('67355',' Richard Gere (qv) took tap dance lessons for three months. His tap  dance scene was shot in half a day.'),
('67356',' Catherine Zeta'),
('67357','Jones (qv) added Velmas pose for the photographers  in the Cell Block Tango.'),
('67358',' In the scene in prison where Billy Flynn is passing by the bars,  Hunyak starts speaking in Hungarian but the final sentence is in  Russian. She says, "Help, help me, please."'),
('67359',' When mama introduces Billy Flynn for the first time, the "All I Care  About is Love" dancers slowly appear behind her. There were no CGI  effects involved, it was simply a scrim. In fact, the only CGI  effects throughout the movie are from "erasing" the harnesses on  Christine Baranski (qv) (Mary Sunshine) and on some of the  reporters during the end of the "We Both Reached for the Gun"  number.'),
('67360',' The musical numbers "My Own Best Friend" and "Me and My Baby" were  originally written into the script, but were removed at the last  minute. "My Own Best Friend" was to have taken place when Roxie and  Velma are put in solitary confinement after getting into a cat  fight.'),
('67361',' The music heard after Roxie faints, and proclaims that she is  pregnant, is the music for the number "Me And My Baby", from the  stage musical, originally included in the script.'),
('67362',' When the film rights were originally bought by producer  Martin Richards (I) (qv) in the 1970s, Bob Fosse (qv) was to be  involved with the film project, and Goldie Hawn (qv),  Liza Minnelli (qv) and Frank Sinatra (qv) were announced as the  stars; but Fosses death in 1987 ended that attempt at a film  version.'),
('67363',' Miramax became involved in a new attempt to film the musical in  1994, and Larry Gelbart (qv) was brought in to work on a script,  eventually turning out seven drafts while directors  Milos Forman (qv), Herbert Ross (I) (qv) and Baz Luhrmann (qv)  turned down the project.'),
('67364',' The 1996 smash Broadway revival renewed interest, and new names  became leading candidates for starring roles, including  Goldie Hawn (qv) and Madonna (I) (qv). Nicholas Hytner (qv)  was brought in as director, and he had Wendy Wasserstein (qv)  re'),
('67365','write Larry Gelbart (qv)s script. The project again went on  hold when Madonna withdrew and Nicole Kidman (qv) chose to do  _Moulin Rouge! (2001)_ (qv) instead.'),
('67366',' Rob Marshall (qv) had previously been hired by the producers to  direct the TV version (_Annie (1999) (TV)_ (qv)) of the play  "Annie"; he had not wanted to direct that earlier film, preferring  only to do choreography, but was persuaded to do both. That films  success resulted in his getting the job to direct this film.'),
('67367',' Charlize Theron (qv) had initially secured the role of Roxie Hart  while Nicholas Hytner (qv) was attached as director. When Hytner  withdrew and Rob Marshall (qv) took over, Theron had to audition  again and lost the lead to Renée Zellweger (qv).'),
('67368',' This was the first feature film to have its soundtrack recorded  using Sonys Direct Stream Digital process and released on the  multi'),
('67369','channel SACD format.'),
('67370',' Mandy Moore (II) (qv) auditioned for the role of Kitty Baxter but  was passed over because the producers felt she was too young.'),
('67371',' Rob Marshall (qv) was originally considered by Miramax to direct  the screen version of the smash Broadway play "Rent". When he  arrived for his interview, he told Miramax he wanted to talk about  "Chicago" instead and proposed the "musical in Roxies mind"  concept. Miramax loved the idea and put "Rent" on the back burner,  finally making _Rent (2005)_ (qv) three years later.'),
('67372',' The play "Chicago" was Maurine Dallas Watkins (qv) retelling of  two very public murder trials that occurred in Chicago in 1924,  those of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner. Watkins had been a  reporter for the Chicago Tribune (real life Mary Sunshine) and later  wrote a play based on her coverage.'),
('67373',' Queen Latifah (qv) plays Matron Mama Morton. She plays Charlene  Morton in _Bringing Down the House (2003)_ (qv).'),
('67374',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('67375',' The original play, "Hellcab", opened in Chicago in 1992.'),
('67376',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('67377','packers Armour & Co.'),
('67378',' This parade took place on 1 December 1901.'),
('67379',' This was supposed to be a Nick Carter serial, but the copyright  owner wouldnt give permission for the character to be used. The  name of Chick Carter, Nick Carters nephew, was used instead,  although it is technically Nick Carter who appears in this serial.'),
('67380',' The writer, Paul Diamond, absolutely avers that the title was a  tribute to Ray Bradburys Martian Chronicles"'),
('67381',' This was Johnny Downs (I) (qv)s last appearance as an "Our  Gang"er. He had been in Our Gang for five years and acted in 24  installments.'),
('67382',' Produced as a propaganda short during WWII, warning audiences not to  believe anti'),
('67383','American propaganda. Originally the film was to have  more direct references to the war '),
('67384','Foxey Loxey would have read from  "Mein Kampf", the chickens graves would have been marked by  swastikas '),
('67385',' but Walt Disney decided to keep the film generic so that  it would not become dated after the war'),
('67386',' The original plans were to have the beginning of this film, telling  the establishing story of Chicken Little and the acorn, in  traditional ("hand'),
('67387','drawn") animation. Don Knotts (qv), who  supplied the voice of Turkey Lurkey, the town Mayor, recorded the  voice track as the narrator for this sequence. The idea was  abandoned and that part of the story was refashioned as a main part  of the film and done in computer animation.'),
('67388',' Holly Hunter (qv) was considered for the role of Chicken Little.'),
('67389',' There are 250,000 feathers on Chicken Little.'),
('67390',' Loosely based upon the fable "The Sky is Falling". The story only  bears minute similarities to the movie, such as the idea of "the sky  is falling" and the rhyming names (Turkey Lurkey, Foxy Loxy, et al).  The story was previously adapted by Disney in 1943 as  _Chicken Little (1943)_ (qv).'),
('67391',' Morkubine Porcupine says three words in the entire movie. They are,  in order: "Yo", "No", and "Whoa".'),
('67392',' The first motion picture made in the Dimensionalization process by  ILM for the 3'),
('67393','D version.'),
('67394',' The first fully computer generated feature film produced in'),
('67395','house by  Disney.'),
('67396',' Editor Dan Molina (qv) performed the "voice" of Fish Out of Water  by vocalizing through a tube into a water cooler tank full of water.'),
('67397',' First film released in REAL Ds digital 3D format.'),
('67398',' Don Knotts (qv) last film.'),
('67399',' Chicken Little was originally going to be a girl.'),
('67400',' Dedicated to the memory of, Joe Grant (1908'),
('67401','2005).'),
('67402',' This film had an exclusive trailer in the film The Hitchhikers  Guide to the Galaxy. It starts out with the beginning of  Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxys teaser trailer and then turned  into Chicken Little.'),
('67403',' Mark Dindal (qv), a huge fan of Dave The Barbarian, wanted  Danny Cooksey (qv) to voice the character Runt of the Litter.'),
('67404',' In the scene where Buck Cluck is driving Chicken Little to school,  they stop at a red light. In the background, you see a bird walking  into a storefront window twice. The store owner comes out to  investigate. Hes a bull. The store is full of China. The proverbial  "Bull in a China Shop".'),
('67405',' During the opening sequence, when the water tower ball crushes 3  cars, their horns sound off the M'),
('67406','O'),
('67407','U'),
('67408','S'),
('67409','E portion of the Micky Mouse  Club theme.'),
('67410',' The technical team built a digital tool called "Chicken Wire", which  is a geometric wire'),
('67411','frame model of the characters that the animators  could squash, stretch, and smear. They wanted to get a 2D animation  style in 3D animation.'),
('67412',' The technical team built a program called "Shelf Control", which  allowed the animators to see the whole model on screen, while having  a direct access to any chosen area of the character.'),
('67413',' The chickens assemble in front of coop #17 '),
('67414',' a reference to  _Stalag 17 (1953)_ (qv), an archetype of prison escape movies.'),
('67415',' As Rocky (Mel Gibson (I) (qv)) flies into the chicken coop for the  first time, he screams "Freedom!", an allusion to Gibsons role in  _Braveheart (1995)_ (qv).'),
('67416',' In one of the scenes showing Ginger in solitary confinement after  trying to escape, she is shown bouncing a Brussels sprout against  the wall of her cell, a reference to Steve McQueen (I) (qv) in  _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv).'),
('67417',' During the scene where Rocky is using a pair of braces to help the  chickens fly, Nick and Fetcher sit watching and eating from a bag of  dog biscuits. The brand name printed on the dog biscuit bag is  Chuffy '),
('67418',' the same fictional brand of dog food repeatedly referred to  in _"Rex the Runt" (1998)_ (qv), an animated TV series made by  Aardman Animation, the same studio as Chicken Run.'),
('67419',' After Rocky leaves, there is another joke at Mel Gibson (I) (qv)s  expense. Bunty says, I dont even think he was American, a reference  to the common misconception that Gibson is actually Australian.  (Although he was born in the USA and didnt move to Australia until  he was 12, the belief persists, especially in the UK, that hes  Australian.)'),
('67420',' During the film Mrs Tweedy removes a chicken named Edwina for not  laying enough eggs. This is a reference to the Conservative former  Health Minister, Edwina Currie, whose political career foundered  over an egg'),
('67421','related farming crisis in the UK.'),
('67422',' In the scene where Rocky is tuning in the radio, one of the short  bursts of music heard is from the opening theme to The Archers, a  long'),
('67423','running British drama series on BBC Radio 4 (An everyday story  of country folk). The Archers began in 1950, and is still broadcast  regularly to this day (2006).'),
('67424',' The signpost recycled as a propeller reads Halifax 32; Lancaster 40;  Sunderland 59. This narrows down the location of Tweedys Farm to  the Yorkshire Moors, probably somewhere in Upper Wharfedale or  Littondale. A short way north of Upper Wharfdale is a place called  Wensleydale, which is Wallace and Gromits, another Aardman  creation, favorite cheese. Those town names were also all names of  British WWII warplanes.'),
('67425',' According to the pattern of the scarf she is wearing, the Scottish  chicken Mac belongs to clan MacLeod of Lewis.'),
('67426',' The original script featured an additional character: Gingers  little brother Nobby. Dreamworks suggested that Nobby was left out,  in order to make the film less cute.'),
('67427',' A song originally intended for the end credits was "Dont Fence Me  In", sung by The Andrews Sisters.'),
('67428',' In the opening scene, the penguin from  _Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993)_ (qv) makes a very  short cameo appearance (minus the rubber glove).'),
('67429',' DIRCAMEO(Nick Park (qv)): Voice of the clucking chicken below the  disguised tea'),
('67430','pot.'),
('67431',' There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at  the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the  popularity of the film among Academy members led to the inclusion of  Best Animated Feature for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was  won by fellow Dreamworks film _Shrek (2001)_ (qv).'),
('67432',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv)s kids played a major part in convincing  Gibson to take the part because they were very impressed with the  Wallace and Gromit shorts.'),
('67433',' Mel Gibson (I) (qv) recorded all of his lines separately in the  United States, while the rest of the crew recorded together at  Aardman (in the UK).'),
('67434',' John Sharian (qv)s part was a lot longer, but cut to the point  that only a single line of his was left: "Sure". It was a costly  cut, since Nick Park (qv) arranged for him to be flown from  America just to do the part.'),
('67435',' During the screwball teaching the hens to fly sequence, Mac, the  Scottish chicken is tossed into the air exactly like a caber in the  Highland Games. And, in fact, when she lands on her head and falls  facing exactly away from her tosser, this would achieve the maximum  possible score for that event.'),
('67436',' Early in development, Macs name was supposed to be short for  MacNugget.'),
('67437',' Almost the entire sequence inside the pie'),
('67438','making machine is a direct  spoof of the Indiana Jones films:  '),
('67439',' In the oven, they have to avoid stepping on the pies    (_Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv))  '),
('67440',' Leaving the oven, they slide under the door just before it closes    and Ginger grabs her hat just in time    (_Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv),    _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv))  '),
('67441',' Running out of the pie making machine, cogwheels fly across their    path and a great mass of cogwheels roll after them (both    _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv))'),
('67442',' While the normal frame rate for a motion picture is twenty'),
('67443','four  frames per second, and all the Aardman Animations shorts had been  shot accordingly, this film was shot at only twenty frames a second  to save on time and money.'),
('67444',' Originally, the filmmakers had planned to have sparrows ridicule the  chickens attempts at flight. Rather than spend time and money on  characters that would be on screen for only a brief time, they used  Nick and Fetcher instead.'),
('67445',' One reference to Indiana Jones in the pie machine sequence that was  never used had Rocky come face to face with a chicken skeleton  inside the machine, as Indy does in  _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv). Rocky would then have said,  "They bought a used machine. How cheap is that?"'),
('67446',' In Russian the title of this movie is, "Escape from the Hen House".'),
('67447',' The filmmakers were nervous about showing Rocky and Ginger kissing,  fearing the sight of two chickens touching beaks would look too  awkward. This led to the running gag of their being interrupted  every time time they are about to kiss (by the sound of the pie  machine, by Ginger slapping Rocky, by the gravy explosion, etc.).  When the kiss finally comes, it is staged so that the actual contact  of "lips" is hidden.'),
('67448',' During the exercise scene, Bunty is doing her push'),
('67449','ups on one wing  only.'),
('67450',' The characters bodies were made of silicone with latex covering,  while the heads and hands (or wings) were plasticene. All the  chicken characters have collars and ruffles to hide the disparity  between the modeling clay heads and wings and the latex'),
('67451','covered  bodies.'),
('67452',' The chickens were built on two scales: full'),
('67453','size "A" models for the  main scenes, and smaller "B" models for scenes with the Tweedys and  for forced perspective shots.'),
('67454',' Babss knitting is real, done with toothpicks as needles.'),
('67455',' When Rocky throws a party and the chickens are dancing, the two rats  appear wearing Ray Ban Butterfly sunglasses, the same model and  brand used by The Blues Brothers. They also do a little dance  impersonating Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues. The song they dance to,  Chuck Callhouns "Flip, Flop and Fly", was a standard on the bands  set, and they released it in four of their albums.'),
('67456',' When the plane is about to take off, Fowler calls, "chocks away!"  The chocks are actually triangular bars of chocolate, modeled on the  Toblerone brand.'),
('67457',' The movie was shot using converted 1950s 35mm Mitchell BNC cameras.'),
('67458',' The theme music playing in the very opening of the movie is the  theme to _Great Escape, The (1963)_ (qv), another obvious nod.'),
('67459',' Biograph production number 2977.'),
('67460',' As a short, this ran onto Cartoon Networks World Premiere Toons  show. They ordered a series based on this short (this was not a  pilot for the series).'),
('67461',' This film was also almost entirely re'),
('67462','shot the same year with  Stan Laurel (qv) and Oliver Hardy (qv) reprising their roles  (and speaking very good phonetic Spanish) with a Spanish speaking  cast and released as _Politiquerías (1931)_ (qv).'),
('67463',' The very first investor in the film insisted that he be given a  nickname in the credits of the film.'),
('67464',' The Peruvian cast was real people in similar situations as the  characters in the film. None of them had prior acting experience.'),
('67465',' The film crew had people from four different continents working on  the set.'),
('67466',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _April Fool (1911/II)_ (qv).'),
('67467',' Wynn, Ed (qv) basically recreated his popular radio character "The  Fire Chief" in this movie. The original opening of the movie had  Wynn describing a three'),
('67468','act opera on his radio show, but that  sequence was cut from the final release print. But the ending, in  which he describes on his radio show the fate of the characters in  the opera, is in the movie.'),
('67469',' Visa dexploitation en France # 97874.'),
('67470',' Biograph production number 2052.'),
('67471',' Jean Renoir (qv)s first sound film.'),
('67472',' French censorship visa #46040'),
('67473',' Italian censorship visa #20535 delivered on 20 December 1955.'),
('67474',' The image of the bikers naked girl friend hugging a winged  snake'),
('67475','man is taken directly from a famous Boris Vallejo painting.'),
('67476',' The design for the lizard'),
('67477','demon'),
('67478','gargoyle creature is taken from a  infamous 1600s wood'),
('67479','carving depicting a man selling his soul to the  devil.'),
('67480',' Originally, Soavi and Argento wanted to shoot the movie in the  Lorenzkirche of Nuremberg (Germany), and even did some test shots  there. However, it was abandoned because the town of Nuremberg  didnt wanted a horror movie to be shot there.'),
('67481',' Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002  (#10)'),
('67482',' Peter Pau (I) (qv) only photographed the title sequence of the  movie.'),
('67483',' First movie of Jacklyn Jose (qv).'),
('67484',' Actor Tsuchiya, Yoshio (I) was offered the lead role but turned it  down instead opting to play the Mysterian leader.'),
('67485',' An early concept of Mogera was of a four footed mecha, more along  the lines of a mole. The name "Mogera" was based on the Japanese  word for "mole" ("mogura"). Mogera was not in the original script,  but was added at the insistence of producer  Tomoyuki Tanaka (I) (qv) who felt the movie needed a giant  monster.'),
('67486',' U.S. press material issued at the time of the films original  release incorrectly listed Masaru Satô (qv) (another highly  regarded Japanese film composer), rather than Akira Ifukube (qv),  as the creator of the score.'),
('67487',' This was one of the last films to be distributed by RKO in the  United States. When RKO ceased operations, most of the first run was  handled by Metro'),
('67488','Goldwyn'),
('67489','Mayer.'),
('67490',' This was one of the first Japanese productions to be shot in  anamorphic widescreen. Toho, who called their anamorphic system  "TohoScope", specifically made this film to show off the process.  Part of Akira Ifukubes battle score was used for the TohoScope logo  which appeared at the beginning of the Japanese prints.'),
('67491',' Tadao Nakamaru (qv) played a first lieutenant in this film. It was  his first feature film role in a career that spanned almost 40  years.'),
('67492',' The giant robot that was added to the film was created to be a  Godzilla'),
('67493','like mechanical monster, including spines along the back  and a large tail. In the final edit of the film, most of the  selected shots hide the fact that the robot does have a tail.'),
('67494',' In the original Japanese version, the aliens are called  "Mysterians." When he visited the United States, special effects  director Eiji Tsuburaya  (qv) was surprised to discover that the  term "Mysterians" was well known. It had also been used in the  English dubbing, and the film had even been released in the United  States under the title _The Mysterians (1957)_ (qv).'),
('67495',' SPOILER: At the end of the U.S. version, the last Mysterian saucer  is seen ascending into the upper atmosphere. In the original  Japanese version, this is revealed, through dialog, to actually be  an Earth satellite that is launched to monitor the Mysterians and  prevent a future attack.'),
('67496',' Japans Self Defense Forces gave assistance to this production and  allowed the filming of military equipment and personnel. Through  them, the production was also allowed to shoot TohoScope footage,  especially of military aircraft, at U.S. military installations in  Japan.'),
('67497',' Released to theatres in the USA on a triple bill with the East  German film _Schweigende Stern, Der (1960)_ (qv) and the Italian  film _Space Men (1960)_ (qv).'),
('67498',' The one'),
('67499','hit'),
('67500','wonder band, Question Mark and the Mysterians, named  themselves after the the movies US title, "The Mysterians." Theyre  known for the song "96 Tears" and the eccentric behavior of their  leader, who had his name legally changed to "?".'),
('67501',' The original script for this film was entitled "King Ghidorahs  Great Counterattack" (Kingu Gidora no Daigyakushû), which featured  Godzilla, Rodan and Varan fighting Ghidorah, Gigan, and a new  monster named Mogu. It was then reworked into the more appealing  "Godzilla Vs. The Space Monsters: The Earth Defense Command" (Gojira  tai Uchû Kaijû: Chikyû Bôei Meirei). The script pitted Godzilla,  Angilas, and Majin Tuol (a giant stone idol, similar to Daimajin)  against King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Megalon, all three recruited by an  evil alien brain called Miko. This second script was ultimately  reworked into the film it is today. The Godzilla Tower, originally  from the script, was part of a world fair amusement park, and was  not made for an evil purpose like in the final film (in one scene,  Gigan actually mistook it for the real Godzilla!). Megalon finally  made his debut in _Gojira tai Megaro (1973)_ (qv), and Majin Tuol  was reworked into King Shisar in  _Gojira tai Mekagojira (1974)_ (qv).'),
('67502',' This was the final appearance for King Ghidorah in a Showa era film.  He later would return with a different look in  _Gojira VS Kingugidora (1991)_ (qv).'),
('67503',' As a cost'),
('67504','saving measure, stock footage from  _San daikaijû: Chikyu saidai no kessen (1964)_ (qv),  _Kaijû daisenso (1965)_ (qv), _Kaijû sôshingeki (1968)_ (qv) and  other films were incorporated into the film (these films feature  scenes of Godzilla, King Ghidorah and Angilas). Also the entire  score of the film was composed of a re'),
('67505','used Akira Ifukube (qv)  scores from numerous Toho Sci'),
('67506','Fi pieces.'),
('67507',' This was the first film in which Godzilla actually drew blood. It  first happens during the big battle later in the film when Gigan  flies over past Godzilla and swipes his shoulder, and later, when  Gigan repeatedly strikes a severely weakened Godzilla in his  forehead.'),
('67508',' This was Haruo Nakajima (qv)s final role as Godzilla before  retiring from the role.'),
('67509',' Producer Kroger Babb (qv) and his wife Mildred Horn (qv) met  while he was distributing this film under the title Dust to Dust.  Years later, Mildred recalled the film warmly as "the most atrocious  thing I ever saw".'),
('67510',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 28  March 1932 but closed after only 8 performances. In the cast were  Glenda Farrell (qv), Mildred Dunnock (qv) and  Frank Wilcox (qv).'),
('67511',' The film was rejected in Ireland, New Zealand and British Columbia  because it might have created fear in expectant mothers. Scenes of  expectant mothers experiencing labor pains, as well as scenes of  actual or suggested childbirth were purposely omitted. In fact none  of the expectant mothers even looked pregnant.'),
('67512',' This story is based on a real event.'),
('67513',' JoBeth Williams and Tom Skerritt are the "Poltergeist" team.'),
('67514',' While most of the setting is authentic, the production company could  not find a suitable crypt in the Danville, Kentucky cemetary, so the  climactic sequence was shot in a fake tomb constructed in the actual  graveyard. The phony mausoleum became a local attraction after the  film aired.'),
('67515',' The Ford Motor Company who produced this tongue'),
('67516','in'),
('67517','cheek promotional  mock'),
('67518','documentary short about the movie _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv)  actually provided a number of the vehicles for the actual movie.'),
('67519',' The closing credits state: "Made for the Film Library of FORD OF  BRITAIN".'),
('67520',' Henry Ford II (qv), the grandson of Henry Ford (qv) appeared as  an extra at the Nassau Casino in _Thunderball (1965)_ (qv). He was  paid $35 for the day. Ford were associated with the picture  providing a number of vehicles such as a light sky blue Ford Mustang  convertible, Ford Bell 47J and 1965 Ford station wagon.'),
('67521',' The film used students from Archbishop Stepinac High School in White  Plains N.Y. as extras'),
('67522',' Marlon Brando (qv) originally signed for the role of Joseph Dobbs  (Robert Preston (qv)), but quit the production before principal  photography commenced. According to Bob Thomass "Brando: Portrait  of the Artist as a Rebel", Brando quit the production when he  realized that James Mason (I) (qv) had the better role, and that  his flagging career would soon be revitalized by the  _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv). Preston, a fine actor, received poor  reviews for his performance from Pauline Kael, among others. Brando  subsequently was sued by producer David Merrick.'),
('67523',' Chuckys full name, Charles Lee Ray, is derived from the names of  notorious killers Charles Manson (qv), Lee Harvey Oswald (qv),  and James Earl Ray (qv).'),
('67524',' The babysitters death scene originally had her being electrocuted  while taking a bath. The scene was used later in  _Bride of Chucky (1998)_ (qv).'),
('67525',' Original writer Don Mancini (I) (qv) stated in an interview that  his original script toyed with the audience a bit longer, making  them wonder if young Andy was the killer rather than Chucky. This  idea was used by Kevin Tenney (qv) in  _Pinocchios Revenge (1996)_ (qv).'),
('67526',' The name of the TV channel announcing the death of Charles Lee Ray  at the beginning of the movie is W'),
('67527','DOL.'),
('67528',' All of Brad Dourifs voice over work for Chucky was recorded in  advance so they could match up Chuckys mouth with the words.  Because of this, Brad Dourif rarely ever appeared on set during the  "doll" scenes. Instead, recordings of his voice would be played back  for Alex Vincent to go by.'),
('67529',' The working title for the film was "Blood Brother."'),
('67530',' All of Brad Dourifs voice over work for Chucky was recorded in  advance so they could match up Chuckys mouth with the words.  Because of this, Brad Dourif rarely ever appeared on set. Instead,  recordings of his voice would be played back for Alex Vincent to go  by.'),
('67531',' Body Count: 6'),
('67532',' Under pressure from Universal, screenwriter Don Mancini was asked to  begin writing the third film even before the second film was  released. Hence, Childs Play 3 was released only nine months after  Childs Play 2. Mancini has called it his least favorite because he  felt he was out of ideas so soon after part 2.'),
('67533',' The movie was the centre of a tabloid panic on its British release,  one newspaper '),
('67534',' The Sun '),
('67535',' even demanding copies be burned.  Journalists claimed the film had influenced two young boys in their  murder of a younger child, Jamie Bulger, although it was later  admitted neither had actually seen Childs Play 3.'),
('67536',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Hills of Corsica, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('67537',' This was the first film released by Solax.'),
('67538',' Probably a non'),
('67539','US production.'),
('67540',' Towards the end the main character get to meet the president of the  United States. The scene was shot inside the real Oval Office of the  White House and Bill Clinton appeared as himself. The first time in  history a serving US president willingly appears as himself in a  fictitious story.'),
('67541',' This film is loosely based on the story of Melissa Weaver, a young  girl who died of cancer.'),
('67542',' The film was shot mostly on short ends.'),
('67543',' Released as a split reel along with a color fashion show.'),
('67544',' Filmed in 1966, but nor released until 1969.'),
('67545',' Cartoon #1 in the ongoing animation project produced by worldwide  animators for UNICEF. Themes are based on articles adopted on  childrens rights at the Child Rights Convention.'),
('67546',' Based on article 32 of the right drafted at the Child Rights  Convention.'),
('67547',' One of the 50 films in the 3'),
('67548','disk boxed DVD set called "More  Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894'),
('67549','1931" (2004), compiled  by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film  archives. This film has a running time of 13 minutes, an added piano  music score, and is preserved by the Museum of Modern Art.'),
('67550',' Josef von Sternberg(qv) was called in by Paramount to reshoot some  scenes, shoot new scenes and recut the existing footage after  executives made the determination that the film was not releasable.'),
('67551',' The film is based on a true story.'),
('67552',' Marks the first official co'),
('67553','production between Australia and China.'),
('67554',' Halfway through this film, when Theo is walking down the ramp on  Battersea Power Station, a stenciled image can be seen on a wall of  two policemen kissing. This image was created by "Banksy", a British  "guerilla artist" who specializes in this type of work. There are  also other works of this artist in the film. One of them is a  stenciled image of a child looking down a shop.'),
('67555',' Theo is seen wearing a London 2012 Olympics fleece in the Bexhill  tower block scene.'),
('67556',' For the first week of release at Leicester Square, London, there was  a mistake on the cinema marquee, declaring the film title to be  "Children of Me".'),
('67557',' When Miriam is taken off the bus in the refugee camp you can hear  the song "Arbeit Macht Frei" by The Libertines. "Arbeit macht frei,"  meaning "Work shall set you free," was written above the entrance at  Auschwitz, one of the major Nazi Concentration Camps.'),
('67558',' The long shot where the Fiat Multipla is attacked by terrorist with  all the FIVE passengers inside, demanded a camera rig that could  rotate within the car. They used a rig developed by Doggicam  Systems. The whole rig was controlled by a stunt driver. However the  one single shot was shot in six takes over four locations. This  required a lot of transition work from the VFX'),
('67559','house Double Negative  as it pans around inside the car. The shot was then added with a  cocktail, stunt driver and motorcycle (from the moment it hits the  car), windshield, blood and roof, that were all computer generated  with 3D'),
('67560','animation.'),
('67561',' In the scene where Miriam (Pam Ferris (qv)) is taken off the bus  at Bexhill, the camera pans by several cages with prisoners in them.  One of the prisoners seen is the infamous "hooded man" from the Abu  Ghraib prison torture pictures. He is seen in the exact pose as the  real pictures.'),
('67562',' When Owen enters the dining room in Battersea power station, the  large black and white mural behind him is "Guernica" by Pablo  Picasso. (The image can also be seen drawn on the wall of the tunnel  which Theo and Kee use to escape in the rowboat.) The painting was  Picassos expression of disgust over the Nazi bombing of Gernika,  Spain during the Spanish Civil War, which killed an estimated 1600  civilians.'),
('67563',' One scene contains a car driving past a heavily guarded gate and  over a bridge towards what is in fact Battersea Power Station.  Between the four smoke stacks of the power station can be seen a  floating pig, a recreation of the cover image of the  Pink Floyd (qv) album "Animals".'),
('67564',' After seeing Charlie Hunnam (qv)s performance in  _Cold Mountain (2003)_ (qv), Alfonso Cuarón (qv) called him up and  offered him the role of Patric.'),
('67565',' The car that Jasper (Michael Caine (I) (qv)) drives is an old  Citroën CX with some plastic add'),
('67566','ons in the front and back. That car  production finished in 1990. Other cars in the movie are Renault  Modus, Renault Avantime, Renault Megane II and Fiat Multipla. There  is also a wreckage of a Peugeot 206.'),
('67567',' Michael Caine (I) (qv) plays an award winning political  cartoonist. In his house you can see some of his cartoons in the  background, these are drawn by Steve Bell, an award winning  political cartoonist for The Guardian newspaper.'),
('67568',' The song that Kee sings to her baby is a lullaby from Ghana called  Kaa fo, which means Baby do not cry.'),
('67569',' From the scene where Theo gets off the train in the beginning, many  of the service rifles carried by the British armed forces are the  XM8 rifle from todays era. The rifle is considered experimental  today, with the program canceled in 2005 between US Defense  Department and the rifles manufacturer, Heckler & Koch. The XM8 was  intended to replace current US M16/M4 variant service rifles by  2015'),
('67570','2020.'),
('67571',' Michael Caine based his performance on John Lennon.'),
('67572',' In the car chase scene, just before the car is attacked, Miriam can  be seen peeling an orange in the back seat. Again, just before the  refugee camp falls into chaos, Kee and Marichka share orange slices  over the baby. In films oranges often represent impending danger or  tragedy. This motif is also prominently featured in The Godfather.'),
('67573',' In an earlier version of the script, Jasper and Theo watch as Janice  takes part in a collective suicide organized by Quietus. This  happens near the beginning of the movie. Later on, Jasper lets  himself get mauled by guard dogs in order to help Theo, Kee and  Miriam reach Bexhill.'),
('67574',' At Jaspers safe house, Jasper discusses the loss of Theos youthful  son to a flu pandemic. During this scene, the soundtrack plays music  from the Kindertotenlieder ("Child Death Songs") by Gustav Mahler, a  song lamenting the death of the artists children.'),
('67575',' There is an animal in almost every shot of the film. Mostly dogs.'),
('67576',' SPOILER: The line "Shantih, shantih, shantih," which is said first  by Miriam over Julians dead body, again when Jasper finds out Kee  is pregnant, and then written at the very end of the credits is in  fact the final line of T.S. Eliots The Wasteland, a poem that deals  with the theme of infertility in the post'),
('67577','World War I world.  Originally from the Hindu Upanishads it roughly translates to "the  peace that passes understanding."'),
('67578',' According to the information given on the newscast in the opening  scene and the date the film begins, Baby Diego was born on June 21,  2009.'),
('67579',' The cities shown in the newscast that declares "The World Has  Collapsed: Only Britain Soldiers On" are, in order: Paris, Moscow,  Washington, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Brussels, Hong Kong, Berlin,  Jakarta, New York, Stockholm, Rome, Shanghai, Caracas, Copenhagen,  Mexico City, Amsterdam, Atlanta, Geneva, Marseilles, Lisbon, Seoul,  Singapore, San Diego, Naples, Boston, and Antwerp.'),
('67580',' SPOILERS: The length of the long takes: Long take in the car when  Julianne is shot '),
('67581',' 3:58 Long take of the birth '),
('67582',' 3:11 Long take of  the siege '),
('67583',' 6:03'),
('67584',' The character of Ian, a member of the Fishes, is seen sitting behind  Theo on the train just before the Omegas begin throwing rocks and  bottles at the train windows.'),
('67585',' The name Thelonious (the Theos name) is derived from Latin  (telonium): It means tribute but pain too.'),
('67586',' When Patric executes the Polish man who is helping Theo and Kee to  find a boat, he is singing a local Newcastle song called The  Blaydon Races. It starts something like All the lads and lasses  with all their smiling faces, gannin along the Scotswood Road to see  the Blaydon Races.'),
('67587',' Cameo: P.D James '),
('67588',' the author appears as the old woman with Theo in  the cafeteria.'),
('67589',' Newspaper headlines throughout the film read: Raid nabs refugees  weapons cache AFRICA DEVASTATED BY NUCLEAR FALL OUT U.S. TROOPS FULL  ATTACK EXTREMIST EXPLOSION A RIGHT ROYAL RIP 0FF: CHARLES SHOULD BE  THRONE OUT MILITIAS OCCUPY CINCINNATI BOZEMAN & SPOKANE CHAOS IN  REFUGEE CAMPS FERTILITY DRUG KILLS! SURGEON ARRESTED HORMONE  ATTACKS: VIOLENT REACTION 100 Suicides: Nation in Denial RUSSIA IN  CRISIS: Massive migration Police put mosques under surveillance  Gatherings are forbidden BOMBING OF SAUDI PIPELINE DISRUPTS WORLDS  OIL SUPPLY (Photo by Janice Palmer) REFUGEES BLAMED FOR INCREASE IN  TERROR ATTACKS (Thursday April 6th, 2018) SOUTH COAST TOWNS TURNED  INTO REFUGEE CAMPS (Tuesday February 11, 2020) PM DENIES "TORTURE"  OF BRITISH CITIZENS ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE DISMISSED AS A SHAM DIRTY  BOMB DETONATED IN MUNICH (Report by Photojournalist Janice Palmer)  England bans ALL immigration completely 25% INFERTILITY RATE  (21.12.2008) Two years since last baby born NO BABY HOPE ADMIT  SCIENTIST WAR AND FAMINE LEAD TO MASS MIGRATION JANICE PALMER  questions Britains ethical response to the refugee situation  MASSIVE MIGRATION CHANNEL TUNNEL CLOSED All foreigners now ILLEGAL  Refugees mass on Europe M15 DENY INVOLVEMENT IN TORTURE OF  PHOTOJOURNALIST (photo of Janice Palmer. Monday 16.7.2018)'),
('67590',' Special effects house Double Negative created a composite shot of  Theos approach to the Ark of the Arts by pasting a bridge over the  M3 roadway in Surrey in front of the Battersea Power Station.'),
('67591',' Not once does the hero, Theo, use or even touch a gun throughout the  entire movie.'),
('67592',' While driving to Jaspers house you can hear Kee and Miriam chanting  "Om Mani Padme Hum" which is a Buddhist mantra.'),
('67593',' The woman who gives them the room is speaking Romanian. When Sid  comes to take them she says "Nu va duceti cu ei. Stati aici" It  translates: Do not go with them, stay here!'),
('67594',' The fighters that fly over Theo and Kees boat to launch an  airstrike on Bexhill appear to be F'),
('67595','35 Lightning II aircraft, a type  of plane created to fit the specifications of the Joint Strike  Fighter program and scheduled to enter service in 2011.'),
('67596',' The computer used in Jaspers hideout to show the video feeds of  intruders breaking in is an Apple Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh  released in 1997. In this movie it would be 30 years old.'),
('67597',' Kees name is a homophone for "chi" (also can be pronounced CHEE)  which means the energy or force of life itself.'),
('67598',' Throughout the film British soldiers are seen with the XM8 assault  rifle, which was considered for a time by the U.S. Army as a  replacement for the aging M16.'),
('67599',' The play opened in New York on 13 August 1928.'),
('67600',' Marlee Matlin (qv) won the Best Actress Oscar for her role as  Sarah Norman. At 21, she is the youngest winner of a Best Actress  Oscar.'),
('67601',' The films box office takings shot up by an unprecedented 164% after  Marlee Matlins Oscar win for Best Actress.'),
('67602',' On the dashboard of Burt and Vickis car is a copy of Night Shift,  the King, Stephen (qv) short story collection in which Children of  the Corn originally appeared.'),
('67603',' In the original theatrical trailer, Stephen Kings name is  misspelled as "Steven".'),
('67604',' In the original ending of the story Linda Hamiltons character Vicki  was killed by the children. She joined "the blue man" on a cross and  had her eyes cut out.'),
('67605',' Though real corn was used for most of filming, polyurethane corn had  to be used for the more difficult action sequences.'),
('67606',' Elis Corn Bible is the hardcover edition of Stephen Kings "Night  Shift" with an altered cover.'),
('67607',' Charlize Theron (qv)s first movie.'),
('67608',' Nicholas Brendon (qv)s first movie.'),
('67609',' The 27 September 1993 draft of the screenplay lists  Matt Greenberg (I) (qv) as a writer. He received no credit for the  final film.'),
('67610',' A deleted scene features Jane and Rosa Nock telling Grace (Naomi  Watts) and Donald (Brent Jennings) how the children called Josiah by  a different name: "He Who Walks Behind The Rows".'),
('67611',' According to director Tor Ramsey (qv), he was pressured a lot  during the filming by Karen L. Wolf (qv) and John A. Russo (qv),  who made him use their friends as the film crew even though Ramsey  wanted to hire other people. After screening the Directors Cut of  the film, Karen L Wolf (qv) took the film away from Ramsey, hired  a new editor and even looped many lines to correct the plot holes of  the new cut.'),
('67612',' Sheriff Randolph gives Matt and Laurie the history of zombie  activity in the diner. He says the first outbreak was in 1969,  referring to _Night of the Living Dead (1968)_ (qv). He then says  the second outbreak was in 1986, referring to  _Return of the Living Dead, The (1985)_ (qv).'),
('67613',' The words young Vernon Lee speaks to Maggie Glass just before they  enter the Half'),
('67614','Moon Café were inspired by a passage from the  autobiography of Gregory, Dick (qv), who plays the older Vernon  Lee.'),
('67615',' German'),
('67616','produced documentary short released under the series title  "MGM Oddities" in the US.'),
('67617',' It took Jeffrey Gold (qv) over five months to get the movie off  the ground due to inclement weather conditions, equipment access,  and transportation issues to and from Little Gransden,  Cambridgeshire, England.'),
('67618',' Shown repeatedly on E'),
('67619','TV in Cambridgeshire, England between May and  June of 1997.'),
('67620',' The film was intended to serve two purposes: to be a self'),
('67621','standing  documentary and also to serve as a recruitment film for the  Cambridge University Gliding Club, of which Jeffrey Gold (qv) was  a member.'),
('67622',' The film was made in cooperation with the Cambridge University Film  Makers (CineCam) (formerly Cambridge University Film and Television  Society, CFTV), of which Jeffrey Gold (qv) is a lifetime member  (other lifetime members include Emma Thompson_ (qv)).'),
('67623',' The documentarys narrator, Stephanie Pursglove (qv), was a fellow  member of Fitzwilliam College. Although she had never narrated  before, she narrated flawlessly. As an example, the recordist  obtained the reading of the free'),
('67624','verse poem, "A Scared Privilege",  by Eli Khamarov, from her second attempt of the full read'),
('67625','through.  She had never read the poem before.'),
('67626',' The cover blurb on both the video/DVD packaging reports that  Katharine Hepburn (qv) and Doris Day (I) (qv) were originally  considered for the lead roles of the school teachers.'),
('67627',' Audrey Hepburn (qv)s final black and white film.'),
('67628',' Miriam Hopkins (qv) who played Martha in the original film  _These Three (1936)_ (qv) played the part of Marthas Aunt Lily.  Merle Oberon (qv), who played Karen in the original film, turned  down the part of Mrs. Tilford.'),
('67629',' Screenwriter John Michael Hayes (qv) was so faithful to  Lillian Hellman (qv)s play that large chunks of the dialogue are  identical to the dialogue in _These Three (1936)_ (qv), the 1936  film version of The Childrens Hour, for which  Lillian Hellman (qv) herself wrote the adaptation and screenplay '),
('67630','  this, despite the fact that _These Three (1936)_ (qv) was a  watered'),
('67631','down, censored version of The Childrens Hour.'),
('67632',' William Wyler (qv) cut several scenes hinting at Marthas  homosexuality for fear of not receiving the seal of approval from  the Motion Picture Production Code. At the time, any story about  homosexuality was forbidden by the production code.'),
('67633',' The film gets its name from a poem by  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (qv).'),
('67634',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916)_ (qv).'),
('67635',' This film was made as a not'),
('67636','for profit educational project. All the  film makers worked without pay, donating their time for a good  cause.'),
('67637',' Writer/producer Carlton Albrights kids, Sarah and Nathaniel, are  cast in this movie as Ellen and Tommy, respectively.'),
('67638',' On opening weekend of this movie, a drive'),
('67639','in in Tucson, Arizona had  a 6'),
('67640','mile backup.'),
('67641',' The noise made when the possessed children are killed is created  from the sound of cats in heat.'),
('67642',' Shannon Bolin (qv)s last film.'),
('67643',' The movies producer, Niv Fichman, can be seen sitting in the  audience towards the end of the movie, right after Taylor says to  Rick, "Your introduction is longer than your film." He is sitting on  the left.'),
('67644',' Filmed in 19 days.'),
('67645',' Released on DVD in 2004 as The Lost Samurai'),
('67646',' The exterior diner scenes were filmed in the small town of Liberty,  South Carolina. In real life, the diner is actually a wood shop and  the $15/night hotel is actually a coin'),
('67647','operated washette.'),
('67648',' The doctors line after the initial detonation of the device is the  same as scientist and father of the atomic bomb Robert Oppenheimers  after the detonation of the Atomic Bomb at Hiroshima. "I am become  death; the destroyer of worlds" is from the Bhagavad'),
('67649','Gita'),
('67650',' The Korean government had placed strict rules on movies in order to  control the industry in the 1960s and 70s. One requirement was that  each production company had to produce 15 movies a year or lose  their license. Director Lee Gyu'),
('67651','woong made another version of this  movie for a different production company at the same time in order  to meet this requirement. That other movie is _Jet Buin (1967)_ (qv)'),
('67652',' The ending was changed while filming because of budget restrictions.  The original ending featured the soldier getting thrown into the  helicopter rotors by the werewolf. This was never filmed and changed  by the director.'),
('67653',' In April 2004, the whole movie was released under Creative Commons  for free worldwide internet distribution. The whole movie can be  downloaded from the official site or the Archive.org.'),
('67654',' According to the Cecil B. DeMille Society, this is a lost film.'),
('67655',' A copy of this film exists at Eastman House.'),
('67656',' This is considered a lost film.'),
('67657',' Lois Laurel (qv), cast as an uncredited audience member in the  circus, is Stan Laurel (qv)s real'),
('67658','life daughter.'),
('67659',' Second release in the "Secrets of the Beauty Parlor" 2'),
('67660','reel comedy  series.'),
('67661',' The photo seen by the Devils of Johnny Wadd sitting on a beach was a  still taken of John Holmes (I) (qv) during the filming of  _Eruption (1977)_ (qv).'),
('67662',' Walthall, Henry B. (qv) collapsed on the set while filming and  died shortly thereafter.'),
('67663',' Martin Johnsons South Sea Adventures series.'),
('67664',' Ernest Borgnine (qv)s first movie.'),
('67665',' Nat King Cole (qv) was paid only $5000 for acting in this film,  but he received $75,000 for singing "Three Coins in the Fountain"  during the opening credits.'),
('67666',' Holds the record for the highest number of extras used in a Hindi  film and the biggest action sequences filmed in a Hindi film.'),
('67667',' The original leading lady was Manisha Koirala (qv).'),
('67668',' Out of all of the films he has directed, Abel Ferrara (qv) has  stated that China Girl is his favorite.'),
('67669',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for  _Empire of the Sun (1987)_ (qv), released in 2001.'),
('67670',' While shooting in the studio two stuntmen were nearly killed as they  were washed away by 50 tons of water.'),
('67671',' The film was banned in Malaya and Singapore.'),
('67672',' Jean Harlow (qv) wore a wig for this film. She had cut her hair  shorter and was letting her natural color grow in. But for the scene  where her character Dolly is soaked, the wig could not be used  because it would look fake. Thus for a few seconds Harlows hair is  shorter and a different color.'),
('67673',' All of the music in the film, including the title song "Somewhere In  Between" by Stephen Bishop (I) (qv), comes from normal sources of  music within the film: car radios, barroom jukeboxes, television  commercials, etc. There is no traditional "soundtrack" of music that  the audience can hear but the characters cannot.'),
('67674',' Stephen Bishop (I) (qv) was brought on late in production to write  the films title song, "Somewhere In Between." Producers wanted a  song to replace the one originally chosen for the titles, which they  felt didnt fit the film. The original song was a then'),
('67675','unknown song  called "What A Fool Believes" by The Doobie Brothers (qv).'),
('67676',' The movie was released on March 16, 1979. By a bizarre irony, the  disaster at the nuclear power plant at Pennsylvanias Three Mile  Island happened just 13 days later on March 28th.'),
('67677',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv) was originally cast as the reporter but  pulled out shortly before filming was to start and  Michael Douglas (I) (qv) stepped in.'),
('67678',' SPOILER: Though he was in over 70 movies, this film contains  Jack Lemmon (qv)s only death scene.'),
('67679',' Jane Fonda (qv) broke her ankle towards the end of shooting and  had to be flown away for treatment. Scenes were shot around her  after that, though through editing, its hard to notice.'),
('67680',' The Ventana Powerplant was based on the experimental nuclear reactor  that Rocketdyne operated at its Santa Susana Field Laboratory east  of Thousand Oaks, California, in Ventura County. The Rocketdyne  reactor also had numerous failures and accidents (due to its  experimental nature, not shoddy workmanship), and was finally shut  down, but to this day it remains in place as one of the first  nuclear reactors in California.'),
('67681',' Michael Small (I) (qv) composed a complete musical score for this  film, but director James Bridges (I) (qv) and the producers of the  film did not like it. This is why the film was completely devoid of  music except for the song sung by Stephen Bishop (I) (qv) at the  beginning of the film.'),
('67682',' The model for the control room of the plant was based upon the  control room at the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant in Rainier, Oregon  (along the Columbia River). At the time, it was the only nuclear  plant in the US to offer tours that included a tour of the gallery  that looked down into the control room.'),
('67683',' This is one of only a few American movies where no music is played  over the end credits.'),
('67684',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _China Syndrome, The (1979)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('67685',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _China Syndrome, The (1979)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('67686',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Pesky Pup, A (1917)_ (qv).'),
('67687',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Young Nick Carter Detectiff (1917)_ (qv).'),
('67688',' DIRCAMEO(Roman Polanski (qv)): the hood who slits Jakes nose.'),
('67689',' The scene where Polanski slits Nicholson, Jack (qv)s nose was  extremely complex to film, and the two men involved got so tired of  explaining how it was done that they began to claim Nicholsons nose  was actually cut.'),
('67690',' Jake Gittes was named after Jack Nicholson (qv)s friend, producer  Harry Gittes (qv).'),
('67691',' The original script was over 300 pages.'),
('67692',' Shortly after Hollis Mulwrays body is recovered, the original  script included an omitted scene in which Lieutenant Escobar reveals  to Gittes that he has limited sympathy for the victim, because a  cousin of his was killed in the Van Der Lip dam disaster. From Faber  and Faber script published UK 1998.'),
('67693',' At one point, Roman Polanski (qv) and Jack Nicholson (qv) got  into such a heated argument that Polanski smashed Nicholsons  portable TV with a mop. Nicholson used the TV to watch L.A. Lakers  basketball games and kept stalling shooting.'),
('67694',' Because this film was the first of a planned trilogy,  Jack Nicholson (qv) turned down all detective roles he was offered  so that the only detective he played would be Jake Gittes.'),
('67695',' Roman Polanski (qv) eliminated Jake Gittes voiceover narration,  which was written in the script, and filmed the movie so that the  audience discovered the clues at the same time Gittes did.'),
('67696',' The last movie Roman Polanski (qv) filmed in the US.'),
('67697',' According to Roman Polanski (qv)s autobiography, he was outraged  when he got the first batch of dailies back from the lab; due to the  success of _Godfather, The (1972)_ (qv), producer  Robert Evans (I) (qv) had ordered the lab to give this movie a  reddish look. Polanski demanded that the film be corrected.'),
('67698',' Among the items in Ida Sessions pocketbook, which Jake Gittes  rummages through, are a $2 bill and a Screen Actors Guild membership  card.'),
('67699',' The name of Water and Power engineer Hollis Mulwray is likely a play  on the real'),
('67700','life head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and  Power, William Mulholland (1855'),
('67701','1935). A man obsessed with an  engineering challenge of epic proportions, Mulholland brought the  Owens River to Los Angeles'),
('67702','which turned the previously lush Owens  Valley into a virtual desert'),
('67703','through a combination of determination  and deceit.'),
('67704',' The movies line "Forget it, Jake, its Chinatown." was voted as the  #74 movie quote by the American Film Institute (out of 100).'),
('67705',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #21 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('67706',' The movies line "Foget it, Jake, its Chinatown!" was voted as the  #71 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('67707',' The movies line "Forget it, Jake, its Chinatown!" was voted as the  #71 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('67708',' Rance Howard plays the role of an angry farmer at the council  meeting. Rance is the father of famed actor and director Ron Howard.'),
('67709',' The first part of a planned trilogy written by Towne, Robert (qv)  about J.J. Gittes and L.A. The second part,  _Two Jakes, The (1990)_ (qv), was directed by Nicholson, Jack (qv)  in 1990.'),
('67710',' SPOILER: Robert Towne (qv) originally intended to have a happy  ending. However, during pre'),
('67711','production Roman Polanski (qv) and  Towne argued over it, with Polanski insisting on a tragic ending.  Polanski won the argument and, when the picture was re'),
('67712','released in  1999, Towne admitted that he had been wrong.'),
('67713',' Screenwriter Robert Towne (qv) based his famous exchange'),
('67714','Evelyn:  "What did you do in Chinatown?" Jake:"As little as possible."'),
('67715','on a  joke a LAPD officer friend told him. This was because there were so  many different Chinese dialects floating around that an Anglo cop  would only get himself into trouble by misinterpreting anything said  by the Chinese residents.'),
('67716',' Faye Dunaway (qv) and Roman Polanski (qv) were notorious for  their on'),
('67717','set arguments; during filming, Polanski pulled out some  strands of Dunaways hair.'),
('67718',' The role of Evelyn Mulwray was originally intended for the  producers wife, Ali MacGraw (qv), but she lost the role when she  divorced him for Steve McQueen (I) (qv).'),
('67719',' After several takes that never looked quite right,  Faye Dunaway (qv) told Jack Nicholson (qv) to actually slap her.  He did, and the scene made it into the movie.'),
('67720',' Writer Robert Towne (qv) was originally offered $125,000 to write  a screenplay for _Great Gatsby, The (1974)_ (qv), but Towne felt he  couldnt better the F. Scott Fitzgerald (qv) novel, and accepted  $25,000 to write his own story, "Chinatown," instead.'),
('67721',' The prop knife used to cut Jack Nicholson (qv)s nose had a  special hinged blade that would only bend in one direction. If it  were inserted the wrong way, it would have really cut Nicholson who  was understandably nervous during the filming of that scene.'),
('67722',' Jack Nicholson (qv) had the name "Jake Gittes" written on the  shirts he used in the movie. Though this is not shown, it was done  so Nicholson could enter in character more easily.'),
('67723',' CAMEO(C.O. Erickson (qv)): the banker in the barbershop who starts  an argument with Jake.'),
('67724',' Phillip Lambro (qv) was originally hired to write the films music  score but it was rejected at the last minute by producer  Robert Evans (I) (qv), leaving Jerry Goldsmith (qv) only ten  days to write and record the new score.'),
('67725',' Roman Polanski (qv) forced Robert Towne (qv) to sit and re'),
('67726','write  the script with him. Towne was so opposed to this idea that he would  argue with Polanski non'),
('67727','stop.'),
('67728',' Faye Dunaway (qv)s distinctive look was inspired by  Roman Polanski (qv)s memories of his mother, who in the pre'),
('67729','WWII  era would fashionably wear penciled'),
('67730','on eyebrows, and have her  lipstick shaped in the form of a Cupids bow.'),
('67731',' Producer Robert Evans (I) (qv) was pushing for Jane Fonda (qv)  for the part of Evelyn Mulwray but Roman Polanski (qv) insisted  upon Faye Dunaway (qv).'),
('67732',' Was voted the 4th Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.'),
('67733',' This was the first film of a planned trilogy about corruption in the  development of Los Angeles. "Chinatown" was set in the 1930s and was  about the water department. The second film called "The Two Jakes",  which was completed and released. It was set in the 1940s, and was  about the gas company. The third film of the trilogy was about the  building of the massive freeway system and was to be called  "Cloverleaf", named after the famous interchange in downtown, but it  was never filmed.'),
('67734',' Peter Bogdanovich (qv) turned down the chance to direct. He later  regretted his decision.'),
('67735',' The haunting trumpet solos are by respected Hollywood studio  musician, Uan Rasey (qv).'),
('67736',' After Ali MacGraw (qv) left the project, Robert Evans (I) (qv)  approached Jane Fonda (qv) for the role of Evelyn Mulwray. Fonda  turned it down without discussion.'),
('67737',' SPOILER: Roman Polanski (qv) has said that the dark ending to the  film was a result of his own despair following the murder of his  wife, actress Sharon Tate (qv).'),
('67738',' "El Macondo" Hotel is named after the imaginary city in Gabriel  Garcia Marquezs novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude".'),
('67739',' A video copy of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('67740',' Completed as a silent film, but was dubbed with sound for release.  Florence Vidor (qv) did not return to record her characters  dialog, so Nella Walker (qv) supplied her voice instead.'),
('67741',' This interview segment is featured on the DVD for  _Chinatown (1974)_ (qv), released in 1999.'),
('67742',' Many of the people involved with the film are members of the  Immediate Theatre Company, and alumni of Carnegie Mellon University  in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.'),
('67743',' The film was part of the official selection at the following film  festivals: IFP Los Angeles International Film Festival, San  Francisco International Film Festival, Chicago International Film  Festival, Miami International Film Festival, Hawaii International  Film Festival, Rhode Island International Film Festival, The Louis  Vuitton Hamptons International Film Festival, Rome International  Film Festival, Greenwich Film Festival, Film Fest New Haven, Ashland  Independent Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, Asiana  International Short Film Festival in Seoul, South Korea, Gen'),
('67744','Arts  New York Film Festival, Gen'),
('67745','Art "Shorts In The Park" Miami Film  Festival, and Gen'),
('67746','Arts Chicago Film Celebration.'),
('67747',' The film was originally written in English, then translated into  Mandarin Chinese, and then re'),
('67748','translated from the English original  into Cantonese, before the film was shot, and then, after editing,  the dialogue had to be translated back into English for the addition  of the English subtitles.'),
('67749',' The filmmakers were inspired by many of the films of auteur  Kar Wai Wong (qv), most specifically his film  _Fa yeung nin wa (2000)_ (qv).'),
('67750',' Based on a vaudeville routine.'),
('67751',' A print of this short survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('67752',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Beggars and Fakirs of India (1920)_ (qv).'),
('67753',' No prints of this film are known to exist.'),
('67754',' Conrad Veidt (qv), a friend of Paul Leni (qv), was considered  for the role of Charlie Chan, but lost it to Sojin.'),
('67755',' Stan Brakhage (qv) created this film by moistening the film  emulsion with his saliva and scratching it off with his fingernails.'),
('67756',' The "Chinese" magician in this movie is Chung Ling Soo, who was  actually a British/American magician in disguise! He would give  interviews in phony Chinese, which would then be interpreted by his  assistant, who was actually his wife. Soo died when he was  accidentally shot during his famous routine where he would catch  bullets in a saucer that were fired at him by a group of his  helpers; one of the guns, which had been partially blocked by him,  fired at full force when the metal solder blocking the firing tube  ruptured.'),
('67757',' Chung Ling Soos real name was William Ellsworth Robinson, and he  was born in New York City to Scottish parents around 1864.'),
('67758',' The film was initially called "A Prostitute And A Postman".'),
('67759',' Sushmita Sen (qv) was not the first choice. Kalpana Lazmi had  offered the role to Raveena Tandon (qv), Bipasha Basu (qv) and  Preity Zinta (qv) before her.'),
('67760',' In order to portray the situation of the Indians very authentically,  the film was thoroughly researched. For example, Henn Haas, a ballet  master from Halle was recruited so as to rehearse the dances as  close to the original as possible.'),
('67761',' The film was viewed by almost 100,000 people within its first week '),
('67762','  a great success for films in the former German Democratic Republic.'),
('67763',' The group of friends are based on the director and his friends that  he grew up with.'),
('67764',' Having wanted to make a film on a middle aged womans revenge, the  director originally considered casting Du'),
('67765','shim Ko (qv) for the  part of Geum'),
('67766','ja. However, he had to abandon his plan for a couple of  reasons. He found that Ms. Ko was rather old for the character and  was afraid that the movie would look quite similar to  John Cassavetes (qv) _Gloria (1980)_ (qv).'),
('67767',' The snow at the ending is not real. They brought two trucks of salt,  scattered it all over the street and finally adjusted the scene  using computer graphics.'),
('67768',' The bakery that Geumja works in is called "Naruse", which is the  name of the Japanese director Mikio Naruse (qv).'),
('67769',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Tilleys Bird Farm (1912)_ (qv).'),
('67770',' The following public service announcement is printed on the closing  title card below "The End," with a shadowy statue of a Continental  soldier in the background: "America needs your money. Buy War Bonds  and Stamps at this theater."'),
('67771',' Features the concluding scene from _Donald Gets Drafted (1942)_ (qv)  (Donald cutting potatoes).'),
('67772',' This was the first French talking picture actually made in France.  See _Trois masques, Les (1929)_ (qv).'),
('67773',' Originally released theatrically as a double feature with  _Mouse and His Child, The (1977)_ (qv) in Japan.'),
('67774',' This is a collection of jokes, some of them told by some of the most  famous comedians of the time in Spain, and others played by actors  as short sketches.'),
('67775',' While in production on this film in Mexico, John Wayne (I) (qv)  won the Golden Globe and found out he was nominated for the Oscar  for _True Grit (1969)_ (qv).'),
('67776',' Although they met some time earlier Christopher George (I) (qv)  and Lynda Day George (qv) fell in love and later married after  working on this project.'),
('67777',' Both Ralph Volkie (qv) and Trinidad Villa (qv) are credited as  the blacksmith in various reference works.'),
('67778',' The Zoom in and zoom out sequences of Chisum sitting on his horse on  the hillside at the beginning and end of the movie are the same  footage. The original shot was the zoom out used at the end. That  was reversed to produce the zoom in used at the beginning.'),
('67779',' When Chisum and Sally are talking on the porch, Chisum opens up a  pocket watch to see what time it is and Sally remarks that the  picture of a man and a woman inside the watchs cover are her  parents (Chisums brother and sister'),
('67780','in'),
('67781','law). The man in the  photograph is actually producer Andrew J. Fenady (qv).'),
('67782',' The Chisum Ranch house in this film is the exact house used in "Big  Jake", a John Wayne film that was made a year later. Note the  scenery around the ranch.'),
('67783',' Dick Van Dyke (qv)s character was named for Caractacus, the last  independent ruler of England before the Roman conquest of southern  England.'),
('67784',' Lionel Jeffries (qv) played Dick Van Dyke (qv)s father, despite  the fact that Dick Van Dyke (qv) is actually seven months older  than Jeffries.'),
('67785',' Phil Collins (I) (qv) claims he was one of the children storming  the castle at the end of the film but was edited out because of a  rather large and unsightly bandage on his head that was covering a  cyst.'),
('67786',' The first non'),
('67787','Disney film to feature songs by  Richard M. Sherman (qv) and Robert B. Sherman (qv).'),
('67788',' In addition to several partial mock'),
('67789','ups of the car used for the  purposes of filming, one real, custom'),
('67790','built Chitty Chitty Bang Bang  automobile was constructed for the film. It survives today,  privately owned, and often appears at special events. The car is  street'),
('67791','legal and is registered as a motor vehicle in the U.K. with  the same license plate seen in the film (GEN 11).'),
('67792',' Dick Van Dyke (qv) had appeared in several Disney movies prior to  this. In a press release he quipped, "This will out'),
('67793','Disney Disney."  He was banned from Disney productions for several years after this.'),
('67794',' The license number for Trulys car, CUB 1, is a reference to  Albert R. Broccoli (qv)s nickname, Cubby.'),
('67795',' Baron Bombursts castle is Neuschwanstein, built between 1869 and  1886 for the Bavarian King Ludwig II, "The Mad King of Bavaria".  This castle is also famously known as the model for Disneys  _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv) and _Cinderella (1950)_ (qv) castles,  for the movies and also as an emblem of Disneyland and the  _Magical World of Disney, The (1988) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('67796',' The colors of the floating Chitty '),
('67797',' purple, green and white '),
('67798',' are  the colors of the womens suffrage movement of that time.'),
('67799',' Has the distinction of being the only non'),
('67800','James Bond film produced  by Albert R. Broccoli (qv) after the Bond series began. This is  because the novel on which the movie is based was written by  Ian Fleming (I) (qv), creator of James Bond.'),
('67801',' "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" was written by the creator of "James  Bond", Ian Fleming (I) (qv). In "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" two  "James Bond" actors appear: Gert Fröbe (qv) and  Desmond Llewelyn (qv).'),
('67802',' Voted number 14 in Channel 4s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"'),
('67803',' The name of the chiva (goat) is Hope.'),
('67804',' A Spanish'),
('67805','titled, tinted copy of this rare film was rediscovered,  restored to very good condition, and revealed at the 2003 Festival  of Silent Films in Italy, as part of a tribute to the Russian'),
('67806','French  star, Ivan Mozzhukhin (Mosjoukine, 1889'),
('67807','1939).'),
('67808',' Emilio Fernández (I) (qv) and Pilar Pellicer (qv) won Ariel  Awards for Best Director and Best Actress ("Actuación femenina")  from the Academia Mexicana de Artesy y Ciencias Cinematograpficasin  1975 for their work on this film.'),
('67809',' Almost the entire score is made up of remixes of music pieces heard  in previous Final Fantasy games.'),
('67810',' Hallström, Lasse (qv)s _Mitt liv som hund (1985)_ (qv) also took  place in the year 1959.'),
('67811',' Binoche, Juliette (qv) and Olin, Lena (qv) appeared earlier  together in _Unbearable Lightness of Being, The (1988)_ (qv).'),
('67812',' This is the second time that Thivisol, Victoire (qv) (Anouk) has  played Juliette Binoches daughter. The first time was in  _Enfants du siècle, Les (1999)_ (qv).'),
('67813',' Johnny Depp (qv) plays guitar in this movie in three scenes, and  also does on two songs on the soundtrack (the first and last tracks)'),
('67814',' The French town of Flavigny'),
('67815','sur'),
('67816','Ozerain, where most of the movie was  filmed (except for scenes on the water), does not have a  chocolatier. However, it is the home of lAbbaye de Flavigny; the  abbey makes anise (and other flavored) candies that are sold  worldwide in little tins decorated with flowered designs and copies  of old engravings. Unfortunately, the factory does not allow  visitors.'),
('67817',' The films three main stars are all previous nominees for Best  Supporting Actress (Binoche, Juliette (qv) '),
('67818','  _English Patient, The (1996)_ (qv), Dench, Judi (qv) '),
('67819','  _Shakespeare in Love (1998)_ (qv), Olin, Lena (qv) '),
('67820','  _Enemies: A Love Story (1989)_ (qv)). Binoche and Dench are both  winners in that category, and were both nominated for this film.'),
('67821',' Anouks imaginary kangaroos name is spelled Pantoufle, not Pantouf.  This is clear in the closed'),
('67822','captioning. Pantoufle means "slipper" in  French (this makes slightly more sense in the book, where Pantoufle  is a rabbit).'),
('67823',' When we finally see him hopping away, Anouks imaginary "kangaroo",  Pantoufle, is played by a wallaby.'),
('67824',' According to the audio commentary on the DVD, Johnny Depp doesnt  like the taste of good chocolate '),
('67825',' he prefers the cheap Easter bunny  type.'),
('67826',' Juliette Binoche (qv) went to a chocolate shop in Paris to learn  how to make chocolates.'),
('67827',' Some of the extras used in the movie were from the town.'),
('67828',' In the scene where Pere Henri is dancing, Alfred Molina was  originally supposed to walk down the steps and see him. However,  because he actually had a hurt toe, he just stood there instead of  walking down the steps.'),
('67829',' According to the audio commentary on the DVD, the Easter sermon that  Pere Henri gives towards the end of the film, is actually the scene  that Hugh OConor auditioned with.'),
('67830',' According to the audio commentary on the DVD, the storyteller in the  film is Tatyana Yassukovich. It isnt until one of the last scenes  that you realize she is supposed to be the adult Anouk. It was  debated about having a well known celebrity take this role, however  in the end they decided that would take away from the power of the  film.'),
('67831',' According to the audio commentary on the DVD, in the scene where  Vianne throws her mothers ashes into the wind, telephone lines had  to be digitalized out as the camera pans over the village.'),
('67832',' According to the audio commentary on the DVD, there were three  trainers on set trying to make the wallaby hop a certain way.'),
('67833',' Although a large portion of the film was shot in France, Johnny Depp  never actually filmed any of his part there (despite his home being  in France).'),
('67834',' In several of the kitchen scenes, you see a womans hands stirring  chocolate. These are not actually Viannes hands, but an extras.  Viannes bracelet was added to make it look like her.'),
('67835',' The man that Josephine dances with at the party is actually a  flamenco dancer.'),
('67836',' The boat on which Juliette and Johnny (Vianne and Roux) have their  love scene was actually built on a stage and then physically rocked  to mimic the water. When the outside of the boat is shown after they  kiss, the shadowy figures were actually digitalized.'),
('67837',' You can see the name of Rouxs boat during the movie'),
('67838',' "Reine Tora".  Meaning Queen Tora, it is a tribute to the directors daughter Tora.'),
('67839',' It is actually Johnny and Juliette jumping in the water (despite  having stunt people). It was reportedly freezing and muddy. But in  the close up shot of Juliettes face in the water, the man pulling  her is not Johnny. This was shot in a water tank.'),
('67840',' The cemetery which overlooks the town is not real and was actually  created for the film.'),
('67841',' The scene where Alfred Molina (Comte Paul de Reynaud) eats the  window display was shot on his last day of shooting in case he  didnt feel well after eating all the chocolate. He didnt.'),
('67842',' Some of the filming in Chocolat took place at a small farm in  Bruton, Somerset, UK for its "french rural feel".'),
('67843',' As the camera is zooming out on the village at the end during the  credits, you can see a man walk through the lower half of the  square. The director wanted to be able to prove that it was the  actual village and not a miniature.'),
('67844',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Because of a Hat (1914)_ (qv).'),
('67845',' Molnárs play, Testör, opened in Budapest, Hungary, in 1911. English  versions were staged in London (as Playing With Fire) and New York  (as Where Ignorance Is Bliss) in 1913. But the definitive English  version, adapted by Philip Moeller, opened in New York in 1924, and  starred Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine. The Chocolate Soldier opened  in New York City, New York, USA, on 13 September 1909 and ran for  296 performances. The popular musical had 5 New York revivals, the  last one in 1947. Although it was based on George Bernard Shaws  "Arms and the Man", only the music was used in the film version.  Harold Rosson filled in as director of photographer when  cinematographer Karl Freund became ill.'),
('67846',' When the stage version of "The Chocolate Soldier" premiered, it was  as a musical adaptation of George Bernard Shaws satirical play  "Arms and the Man". Shaw strongly voiced his outrage over the way  his play had been adapted and forbade any other musical adaptations  of his plays (at least, as long as he was alive). "The Chocolate  Soldier" had already been made into a silent film using the plot of  Shaws "Arms and the Man", but when the 1941 sound film was made,  the plot of Ferenc Molnars "The Guardsman" was used so as not to  further offend Shaw, who was still alive.'),
('67847',' The film had a paltry music budget of about $15,000. Most of the  artists featured on the soundtrack allowed the filmmakers to use  their songs at bargain basement prices. David Bowie, however, asked  for $100,000 to utilize his song "Heroes" during the final scene and  credits, so Kate Bushs "Running Up That Hill" was substituted.'),
('67848',' Doug Hutchison, who portrayed 16'),
('67849','year'),
('67850','old Obie Jameson, was 27 when  this movie was filming.'),
('67851',' A fund'),
('67852','raising short for the United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive  in World War I.'),
('67853',' Demi Moore (qv)s debut.'),
('67854',' Vitaphone Production Reels Number 2018'),
('67855','2019.'),
('67856',' Portions of this film were shot in what used to be a Wonder Bread  factory.'),
('67857',' The budget for this film was only thirty'),
('67858','five thousand dollars. It  was originally conceived and shot as an HD experiment in twelve  days. The director wanted to shoot a small film using HD cameras and  mostly practical lighting.'),
('67859',' Official Selection: The Other Venice Film Festival 2005'),
('67860',' Official Selection: Silver Lake Film Festival 2006'),
('67861',' Aishwarya Rai (qv) was dubbed in this Bengali spoken film by  Sreela Majumdar (qv) and Raima Sen (qv) by  Sudipta Chakraborty (qv).'),
('67862',' Aishwarya Rai wore dark brown contact lenses for her role.'),
('67863',' Though she is one of the highest paid actresses,  Aishwarya Rai (qv) did this film for free.'),
('67864',' Suthi Veerabhadra Rao (qv) died during the making of this film and  so Jandhyala (qv) dubbed for him.'),
('67865',' This film was shot in Hindi and Punjabi at the same time, and the  producer (Vivek Kumar) has decided to add a new item song to the 2  versions.'),
('67866',' Vivek Kumar also decided to release a dubbed version of the film in  the Bhojpuri language.'),
('67867',' The Producer (Vivek Kumar)also plans to release another version of  the film dubbed in the Bhojpuri language.'),
('67868',' The literal English translation of the title is "Bracelets".'),
('67869',' Twelfth and final episode in the Frolics of Youth 2'),
('67870','reel comedy  series.'),
('67871',' The model used for the filming of the desert scene was 32 feet wide  and 82 feet long. 5,000 miniature trees were made and put on the  model. At the time it was the longest continuous sequence filmed  with miniatures.'),
('67872',' Filming for the space sequence took place on Stage 3 at The Walt  Disney Studios in Burbank.'),
('67873',' The underwater sequence was shown as "dry for wet". This means that  smoke filled the set to create the illusion that you are moving  underwater.'),
('67874',' While filmed on 35 mm film, it was transferred to videodisc for  projection from GE Talaria PJ'),
('67875','5055 video projectors.'),
('67876',' While moving through the sequence, the individual screen that moves  along with each ride vehicle is 6 feet wide and 5 feet high and made  of GE Lexan.'),
('67877',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('67878',' Dialogue in this film was taken directly from correspondence.'),
('67879',' Eric Bana spent 2 days living with Mark "Chopper" Read so he could  get a better understanding of how to play his character in the film.'),
('67880',' Mark "Chopper" Read suggested that Eric Bana play Chopper, after  seeing him in the sketch comedy series "Full Frontal".'),
('67881',' Well'),
('67882','known Australian singer/songwriter Billy Thorpe was strongly  opposed to the use of his version of "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" in  the opening credits. The makers chose to use "Dont Fence Me In"  instead. Interest in the writers of the latter song was increased  substantially by the songs use over shots of a prison.'),
('67883',' Eric Bana admitted to eating junk food for four weeks to put on the  extra weight needed to play the 1986 Chopper.'),
('67884',' An important shot of Chopper walking down the street towards the  camera, in slow'),
('67885','motion, and with everyone else in the shot out of  focus is filmed in exactly the same manner as a similarly important  shot of Travis Bickle in _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv).'),
('67886',' The original call for this movie was "Chrome Hearts", all signs used  to mark set locations and all verbal references by cast, crew and  extras reflected this.'),
('67887',' CAMEO(Paul Bartel): the same character he played in  _Eating Raoul (1982)_ (qv), another Corman, Roger (qv) production.'),
('67888',' Cameo[Dick Miller]: the same character he played in  _Bucket of Blood, A (1959)_ (qv), another Roger Corman production.'),
('67889',' CAMEO(Mary Woronov): the same character she played in  _Eating Raoul (1982)_ (qv), another Corman, Roger (qv) production.'),
('67890',' A movie poster of another Jim Wynorski (qv) film,  _Lost Empire, The (1985)_ (qv), is seen in the background of many  shots in the restaurant.'),
('67891',' Kelli Maroney (qv) did most of her own stunts.'),
('67892',' The Killbot claws were made from plastic toy grippers adapted with  electric solenoids'),
('67893',' Director Jim Wynorski (qv) provided the voices of the three  Protector robots.'),
('67894',' The films negative was tied up in legal limbo, so the Lions Gate  DVD edition of the film was mastered from a Lightning Video VHS  master.'),
('67895',' The horror movie that Allison (Kelli Maroney) and Ferdy (Tony  ODell) are watching in the furniture store is  _Attack of the Crab Monsters (1957)_ (qv), another  Roger Corman (qv) movie.'),
('67896',' The book Gerrit Grahams character is reading is "They Came from  Outer Space" which was written by the films director Jim Wynorski.'),
('67897',' Cast member Fay Spain said that she was promised a five'),
('67898','figure  salary but only made $48, after having to pay her own expenses on  the shoot in Brazil and airfare back to the US.'),
('67899',' Segundo de Chomón (qv) used models for the trains.'),
('67900',' This movie is on the American Humane Association Unacceptable list  due to a live crocodile being slashed with a knife'),
('67901',' Ajay Devgan (qv) and Kareena Kapoor (qv) were teamed for the  first time in this movie, but Kapoor opted out and was replaced by  Rani Mukerji (qv).'),
('67902',' The movie was supposed to have a 2000 release, but due to financial  problems the movie released in early 2001.'),
('67903',' Inspired by the film _Cage aux rossignols, La (1945)_ (qv).'),
('67904',' In 2004, this was the #1 movie at the French box office, with more  than 8.6 million admissions.'),
('67905',' Actor, co'),
('67906','producer Gérard Jugnot (qv) mortgaged his Paris  apartment to help finance the film. The bet paid off, and he ended  up making over 5 million euros for "Les Choristes" as actor and  co'),
('67907','producer, earning him the title of highest'),
('67908','paid French actor in  2004, overtaking Jean Reno (I) (qv) and Gérard Depardieu (qv).'),
('67909',' For the role of Pierre Morhange (Jean'),
('67910','Baptiste Maunier), the  filmmakers chose to hire an actual boys choir soloist. Jean'),
('67911','Baptiste  is the soloist of Petits Chanteurs de Saint'),
('67912','Marc, the choir who also  sang the songs in the film.'),
('67913',' The song "Dance 10, Looks 3" was originally called "Tits and Ass",  but it was changed so that the audience wouldnt see that title in  the program. They figured that if the joke was a surprise it would  be funnier.'),
('67914',' SPOILER: Originally, in the Broadway play, Cassie didnt get the  job. After a few performances they changed it, and since then always  got a standing ovation.'),
('67915',' Kelly Bishop, best known to young audiences as Rorys grandmother on  _"Gilmore Girls" (2000)_ (qv), won a Tony award for her performance  as Sheila in the original cast of Chorus Line (under the name Carole  Bishop).'),
('67916',' Audrey Landers (qv) left a successful recurring role on the TV  show _"Dallas" (1978)_ (qv) to take a role in this film.'),
('67917',' Because of her comparative inexperience, Audrey Landers is generally  not seen in wide shots of the entire cast dancing, but is inserted  in close'),
('67918','ups. You can see this very clearly in the opening number,  as well as during the "Surprise" number. The dancer in her position  during the long shots of "One" at the end is not Audrey Landers,  either.'),
('67919',' Pam Klinger (Maggie)and Charles McGowan (Mike) met during the  production, became a couple and eventually married.'),
('67920',' Roxann Dawson (qv)s film debut.'),
('67921',' The young boy gives The Driver an Incredible Hulk band'),
('67922','aid to put on  his ear. Ang Lee (qv) also directed _Hulk (2003)_ (qv).'),
('67923',' This was originally meant to be Jessica Powers (qv) final project  at Webster University.'),
('67924',' There are two versions of the film. The first version was submitted  with a sparse soundtrack as J. Powers final Video Production  project. The second was premiered months later at an invitation'),
('67925','only  event for the cast and crew in Collierville, Tennessee. The  soundtrack had been completely re'),
('67926','scored by the sound mixer for the  film, Eric Enger.'),
('67927',' The movie was shot in only four days in Memphis, Tennessee, the  directors hometown.'),
('67928',' Ricky Fisher, playing lead character "Michael", came to the open  casting call because of an announcement for "everyone to head to the  Chosen open call" after rehearsal at a local community theatre, the  Harrell Theatre, for Broadway Babies. He was one of three to try out  for the part.'),
('67929',' Many of the people working on the movie were members of the same  families. Youll notice in the credits the repeated last names of  Hanford, Hester, and Settle. But the directors own family also  worked on the film '),
('67930',' Karen Preston, Wayne Preston, and cousin Scott  Wilson.'),
('67931',' This featurette is included on the 2'),
('67932','Disc DVD for  _Star Wars: Episode III '),
('67933',' Revenge of the Sith (2005)_ (qv).'),
('67934',' Verna Felton (I) (qv)s film debut.'),
('67935',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _South Sea Naiads (1920)_ (qv).'),
('67936',' Making of the comedy "The Chosen One".'),
('67937',' Romy Schneider (qv) and Michel Piccoli (qv) sang "La Chanson  DHélène" for the movies soundtrack.'),
('67938',' Six monthspreparation. The sequence of the accident took ten days  to film.  The film inspired a song performed by Frida Boccara (theme by  Telemann): "Lannée où Piccoli jouait les Choses de la Vie"'),
('67939',' Chosen by "Les Cahiers du cinéma" (France) as one of the 10 best  pictures of 2002 (#01, with "Ten")'),
('67940',' All filmed in 18 days. There was no time to repeat stunts and actors  worked without padded clothes.'),
('67941',' Names of Warner Brothers staff in the newspaper want ads.'),
('67942',' This film was partially shot in 3D.'),
('67943',' Jan Gassmann and Christian Ziörjen did this Film about Christians  cancer. Christian died during the shooting.'),
('67944',' Premiered at the 57. Berlin International Film Festival.'),
('67945',' All of the strangers wear turtlenecks.'),
('67946',' For some reason, all of the strangers seem more attracted to Chris.  We never see any strangers take any interest in Reed.'),
('67947',' Biograph production number 475.'),
('67948',' Both Penny Marshall (qv) and Cindy Williams (qv) had small parts  in this film five years before _"Laverne & Shirley" (1976)_ (qv),  but both ended up on the cutting room floor.'),
('67949',' The film takes it title from the lyrics of the song "Pleasant  Street," written and performed by Tim Buckley. A selected part of  the lyrics: "You dont remember what to say / You dont remember  what to do / You dont remember where to go / You dont remember  what to choose / You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down /  All the stony people / Walking round in Christian licorice clothes  / I cant hesitate / And I cant wait / For Pleasant Street"'),
('67950',' In one shot, in which Beau Bridges character is preparing to shoot  the hairspray commercial seen in the final sequence, the clapboard  clearly reads "Title: The Christian Licorice Store; Director: J.  Frawley".'),
('67951',' Filmed in 1969 and shelved for two years.'),
('67952',' Jean Renoir (qv)s final feature film, in a cameo appearance in  which he discusses love and life with the films stars Beau Bridges  and Maud Adams. The scene featuring the director was mostly  improvised.'),
('67953',' American filmmaker Monte Hellman appears in this film. Floyd Mutrux,  the films writer, wrote much of the screenplay for Hellmans  Two'),
('67954','Lane Blacktop (1971) and lost credit in an arbitration with the  Writers Guild due to the fact he was not a member of the Guild. So,  Hellman agreed to appear in this film.'),
('67955',' Vitagraphs first feature length film, and one of the longest to  date (8 reels).'),
('67956',' Christina Aguileras first full'),
('67957','length live concert DVD release in  her first ever worldwide tour.'),
('67958',' Footage shot for _Lac des morts vivants, Le (1981)_ (qv) was spliced  into this film for subsequent releases.'),
('67959',' Romy Schneider (I) (qv) and Alain Delon (qv) met on the set for  the first time and got engaged after the shooting (1958).'),
('67960',' Director Slatan Dudow (qv) died in a car accident during filming  and leading actress Annette Roth (qv) was injured. A rough cut  version film was shown to the public in 1974.'),
('67961',' Christine was said to be a 1958 Plymouth Fury, which had similar  panels and trim to the 1957 model. When the Fury name was  introduced, it was essentially a sport and trim package on the  Belvedere '),
('67962',' notably two doors, gold anodized trim, gold grille and  dual four'),
('67963','barrel carburetors. Christine, as shown in the movie,  could have been any two door Belvedere with a 318 or 350 engine.  Although over 5300 Furys '),
('67964',' and far more Belvederes '),
('67965',' were built in  1958, they have since become very rare and are now collectors  items. There were 13 or 16 (depending on source) Belvederes/Furys  smashed in the making of the movie (out of the roughly 25 used  during filming), but it is unknown whether they were 1957 or 1958  models, or a combination. In any event, Plymouth enthusiasts were  infuriated, although the movie popularized the car and probably  saved many of them '),
('67966',' in the same way that  _Back to the Future (1985)_ (qv) did for the DeLorean. In the  original Stephen King (I) (qv) book, the car had four doors but  this was changed to a two'),
('67967','door model when it was realized that there  never was a four'),
('67968','door 1958 Plymouth Fury. Although all 1958 Plymouth  Furys had Buckskin Beige exterior paint and gold anodized aluminum  side trim and grille, the book mentions that this particular car was  custom ordered in Ford red.'),
('67969',' The book that Dennis pulls off the shelf in the library before  asking Leigh out is "Christine" by Stephen King (I) (qv).'),
('67970',' Special Edition DVD contains  '),
('67971',' 20 deleted, extended, or alternate scenes. They are as follows:  '),
('67972',' A brief scene of Arnie and Dennis driving to school, in which    Arnie recites a dirty limerick.  '),
('67973',' Alternate scene of Arnie being bullied by Reperton and his gang.  '),
('67974',' Arnie driving to Darnells in a junked out Christine.  '),
('67975',' Arnie breaking down in anger in Denniss car.  '),
('67976',' Darnell and a friend talking to Arnie when he is fixing up    Christine.  '),
('67977',' Extended scene of Arnie visiting Dennis at the hospital.  '),
('67978',' Extended scene of bullies trashing Christine, including the guy    defecating on the dashboard.  '),
('67979',' Extended scene of Arnie and Leigh walking into Darnells.  '),
('67980',' A scene in which Leigh visits Dennis in the hospital.  '),
('67981',' Brief scene of Arnies mother looking in on him while he is    sleeping.  '),
('67982',' Extended scene of Arnies second visit to see Dennis in the    hospital.  '),
('67983',' Alternate scene of Detective Rudolph Junkins questioning Arnie in    the school parking lot.  '),
('67984',' Brief scene of Leigh telling Arnie over the phone that she cant    see him any more.  '),
('67985',' A brief scene of the gas station bully being crushed by a car,    explaining his death rather than the implied death of being    immolated in the gas station fire seen in the wide release.  '),
('67986',' Extended scene of Detective Rudolph Junkins questioning Arnie at    Darnells after Darnells death.  '),
('67987',' Alternate scene of Leigh calling Dennis.  '),
('67988',' Extended scene of Leigh visiting Dennis at his house.  '),
('67989',' Alternate scene of Arnie and Dennis driving in Christine, in which    Arnie is speeding and drinking alcohol.  '),
('67990',' A scene of Leigh and Dennis kissing in Dennis car, and Arnie    pulls up behind them and catches them.  '),
('67991',' Extended scene of Dennis and Leigh waiting in the bulldozer for    Arnie to arrive. The following deleted scene is not included in    the DVD, but is mentioned by screenwriter Bill Phillips during    the featurettes:  '),
('67992',' A scene at the end featuring George Thorogood (qv) and    Bill Phillips (I) (qv) as junk yard workers, who smash the pile    of Christine.'),
('67993',' SPOILER: After reading over the book, actor Keith Gordon (I) (qv)  (Arnie) and the costume designer came up with a visual way to show  Arnie being possessed by Christine. As the movie progresses, Arnie  begins to wear clothes that reflect the era of Christines make. At  various points, especially when Arnie is yelling at Leigh on the  phone, Arnie is seen wearing button up shirts open with black  t'),
('67994','shirts, black pants, and boots like a 1950s "greaser". When hes  talking to Junkins (both times), hes wearing a leather vest over a  button up shirt (a nod to western TV shows which were popular in the  50s), and he even starts to wear a red suede jacket like  James Dean (I) (qv) in _Rebel Without A Cause (1955)_ (qv).'),
('67995',' According to Keith Gordon on the DVD Commentary, he kept having  trouble with Christines ignition. The 1958 Plymouth Fury has a  "push button" starter meaning you turn the key and push a button to  get the car to start (The button can be seen in some shots located  near the steering column but is never seen being pushed in the  film). He says that it would routinely take several tries to get the  engine to turn over. In a few instances, filming would be delayed so  that a technician could repair the starter and even then hed still  have trouble with it.'),
('67996',' SPOILER: In the DVD Documentary, Bill Phillips (I) (qv) says that  he cut out the novels plot line of the dead owners spirit  possessing Arnie and actually causing Christine to kill not only to  save time and compress the story, but also because he didnt want it  to look like they were copying  _An American Werewolf In London (1981)_ (qv) where Jack does the  same thing to David.'),
('67997',' According to Bill Phillips on the DVD Documentary, the movie  technically didnt have enough violence to justify an "R" rating.  But they were afraid that if the movie went out with a PG rating  (PG'),
('67998','13 didnt exist yet), then nobody would go to see the movie. So  he purposely inserted the word "fuck" and all its derivatives in  order to get the "R" rating. He then commented that they were  criticized at the time for their use of the word in the film...until  _Scarface (1983)_ (qv) came out a few months later.'),
('67999',' Scott Baio (qv) was considered to play Arnie Cunningham and  Brooke Shields (qv) was considered for Leigh Cabot. But the film  makers involved all felt the movie would be better served by casting  "unknowns".'),
('68000',' Screenwriter Bill Phillips and rocker George Thorogood (qv) filmed  a cameo appearance as the junkyard workers who compress Christine  and dropped the cube at the end but the sequence was cut because  neither one could act very well (as Phillips states in the  documentary). It was Phillips who also suggested that they use  Thorogoods "Bad To The Bone" as the movies theme song.'),
('68001',' Richard Korbitz (qv), who had produced the film version of Stephen  Kings novel "Salems Lot", was given some new unpublished  manuscripts from King to consider for their next film adaptation.  One was "Christine" and the other was "Cujo". Korbitz chose  Christine because he thought Cujo was too silly.'),
('68002',' Arnies nemesis, Detective Rudolph Junkins, also drives a Plymouth  Fury. The car Detective Rudolph Junkins is driving when he meets  Arnie in the high'),
('68003','school parking lot is a 1977 or 1978 Plymouth Fury  '),
('68004',' a popular police car of the late 1970s.'),
('68005',' As a joke, Alexandra Paul (I) (qv)s twin sister,  Caroline Paul (qv), stood in for her during some scenes, most  notably the ride on the bulldozer.'),
('68006',' To simulate the car regenerating itself, hydraulic pumps were  installed on the inside of some of the films numerous Plymouth Fury  "stunt doubles", a mock'),
('68007','up in plastic that looked more like metal on  camera than actual metal as it bent and deformed. These pumps were  attached to cables, which were in turn attached to the cars  bodywork and when they compressed, they would "suck" the paneling  inwards. Footage of the inward crumpling body was then reversed,  giving the appearance of the car spontaneously retaking form.'),
('68008',' Stephen King (I) (qv)s popularity was such at the time that the  film went into production before the book was even published.'),
('68009',' One of the stunt Furys used in the film '),
('68010',' the one that runs over and  kills Moochie '),
('68011',' had a rubber front end. The car was destined for the  salvage yard and has been restored using parts from the other  "stunt" vehicles. The vehicle is now in private hands.'),
('68012',' The movie playing at the drive'),
('68013','in scene is  _Thank God Its Friday (1978)_ (qv).'),
('68014',' Kevin Bacon (qv) was offered the lead role but ended up choosing  _Footloose (1984)_ (qv) instead.'),
('68015',' To create the coming'),
('68016','back'),
('68017','to'),
('68018','life effect, hydraulic pumps were  placed in the car to pull the body panels inwards, denting and  destroying the car. Then, to make it look like Christine was  rebuilding herself, John Carpenter (I) (qv) simply ran the film in  reverse.'),
('68019',' The license plate of Christine reads: CQB '),
('68020',' which is an acronym for  Close Quarters Battle.'),
('68021',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _Christine (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68022',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _Christine (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68023',' This documentary is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _Christine (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68024',' "Frank Cranes Holiday Presentations" series.'),
('68025',' Worldview Entertainment and the Killiam Collection has released a  set of nine early movies about Christmas collectively called "A  Christmas Past," with an original score by Al Kryszak. This movie is  the fourth one, and has a running time of 15 minutes.'),
('68026',' Was originally presented on CBS and sponsored by IBM. The end of the  broadcast featured a "Read All About It" segment featuring George C.  Scott talking about Dickens.'),
('68027',' Worldview Entertainment and the Killiam Collection has released a  set of nine early movies about Christmas collectively called "A  Christmas Past," with an original score by Al Kryszak. This movie is  the eighth one, and has a running time of 11 minutes.'),
('68028',' Lionel Barrymore (qv) was originally set to play Scrooge, but had  to back out due to illness. Barrymore instead suggested his friend  Reginald Owen (qv) take over the role. Barrymore did not perform  the radio version of "A Christmas Carol" in 1938 so that it would  not interfere with the success of the picture, and he appeared in a  special trailer for it called  _Fireside Chat with Lionel Barrymore, A (1938)_ (qv), which was  produced by Frank Whitbeck (qv) and directed by  Edwin L. Marin (qv).'),
('68029',' John Seitz (qv) temporarily replaced cameraman  Sidney Wagner (qv) during production when Wagner was ill with a  bad case of flu, and Marvin Stuart (qv) replaced assistant  director Dolph Zimmer (qv) when Zimmer had a cold.'),
('68030',' MGM released a record'),
('68031','breaking 375 prints of the film so that as  many people as possible could see it during the Christmas season.'),
('68032',' This was the only film in which Gene Lockhart (qv) appeared with  his wife Kathleen Lockhart (qv) and their daughter  June Lockhart (qv),'),
('68033',' Carl Barks Uncle Scrooge McDuck was probably based physically on  this version of Ebenezer Scrooge, with the fringe of hair and the  small tuft of hair on the top of his head.'),
('68034',' Although he seemed much older, Reginald Owen was only 4 years older  than Gene Lockhart.'),
('68035',' June Lockhart (qv)s film debut.'),
('68036',' At the time, the longest television play ever broadcast.'),
('68037',' Eva Marie Saint (qv)s TV debut.'),
('68038',' Originally shown as an episode of "Kraft Television Theatre".'),
('68039',' This version of the story was actually a made'),
('68040','for'),
('68041','television film,  and premiered as a TV special, but was thought to be so excellent  that it was released theatrically and pronounced eligible for Oscar  consideration.'),
('68042',' Alastair Sim (qv) and Michael Hordern (qv) reprise their roles  as Scrooge and Marley from the classic British film version of  _Scrooge (1951)_ (qv).'),
('68043',' The only film version of "A Christmas Carol" to win an Oscar.'),
('68044',' After this film won the Oscar, the Academy changed its rules so that  a made'),
('68045','for'),
('68046','TV cartoon could never again win this honor, even if it  was shown theatrically.'),
('68047',' The animation is based on John Leechs illustrations for the  original edition of the novel "A Christmas Carol."'),
('68048',' Director Clive Donner (qv) was the film editor on  _Scrooge (1951)_ (qv).'),
('68049',' Edward Woodward (qv) replaced Leo McKern (qv).'),
('68050',' Pat keen, Rebeeca Saire, Basil Henson and Richard Huw were  interviewed for parts.'),
('68051',' Fourth episode in the Sunny Jim 2'),
('68052','reel sound comedy series.'),
('68053',' (SPOILERS!)This short was Professor Grampys only solo short. In all  other shorts in which he appears, he is with Betty Boop and it is  black'),
('68054','and'),
('68055','white. In this short, Grampy takes on the role of Santa  Claus himself.'),
('68056',' (SPOILERS!)This was the Fleisher brothers only serious Christmas  short. Although Pudgy makes a cameo appearance as the cuckoo in the  cuckoo clock, Betty Boop doesnt appear; she is mysteriously absent  for the whole of the cartoon.'),
('68057',' (SPOILERS!)The orphans are all based on the same template except for  the baby who tries to reach the toy soldier in his stocking and  fails.'),
('68058',' Fourth in the "Fast Steppers" series of six two'),
('68059','reel stories.'),
('68060',' The name of the Senator, "Francis Mohan," is an anagram for  Executive Producer Aron Schifman.'),
('68061',' While the production was taking a day off, the yellow rowboat, which  is a key prop in the film, was loaded with hay and set on fire by  some mischievous teenagers. The Murrieta Fire Department was called  to put out the blaze. The teenagers were never apprehended.'),
('68062',' The book that the screenplay was based on, was based on the lyric  written by Eddie Carswell for the song of the same name '),
('68063',' a #1 song  by the group New Song.'),
('68064',' The choir of Marines was actually the Mens Choir of UCLA (in marine  uniforms). The producers had hoped to book the actual Marine Corps  choir, but they were unavailable at the time of filming.'),
('68065',' Cher (I) (qv)s cameo was taped in only 25 minutes as she was  whisked in and out of the studio due to a heavy schedule for a  promotional tour at the time.'),
('68066',' In order to secure Magic Johnson (qv)s appearance, the producers  had it arranged to film just under an hour, on a Saturday, as he had  a game scheduled later in the day while he was with the Los Angeles  Lakers.'),
('68067',' As it tied into the Saturday morning show,  _"Pee'),
('68068','wees Playhouse" (1986)_ (qv), this originally aired during  prime time, on a weekday.'),
('68069',' The lighting apparatus used in Miss Yvonnes hair actually shorted  and smoked during production and the crew had to intervene to remove  the power pack from under her wardrobe and remove the wig which  housed the lighting.'),
('68070',' k.d. lang (qv) was asked by Paul Reubens to be on the show after  hearing her first record in which was given to him by issue of  Warner Bros. Her segment took the longest to film; nearly half a  day.'),
('68071',' To find an American city resembling an Indiana town of the 1940s,  director Bob Clark (III) (qv) sent his location scouts to twenty  cities before selecting Cleveland, Ohio, as the site for filming.'),
('68072',' The people of Cleveland were incredibly cooperative during filming,  donating antique vehicles from every corner of the city. These  vintage vehicles helped to enhance the authenticity of the  production design.'),
('68073',' Ralphs school exteriors were filmed at Victoria School in St.  Catharines, Ontario, Canada.'),
('68074',' CAMEO(Jean Shepherd (I) (qv)): writer/narrator is the irate man  waiting in the Santa line at the department store.'),
('68075',' Singer/Songwriter Pepper McGowan was an extra during the mall scene.'),
('68076',' Jean Shepherd (I) (qv)s book "In God We Trust: All Others Pay  Cash", which the film is partly based on, is a collection of short  stories that Jean Shepherd (I) (qv) wrote for "Playboy" magazine  during the 1960s.'),
('68077',' The films setting is a town in Indiana, but was actually filmed in  Cleveland, Ohio. The street the "Parkers" live in is called  "Cleveland Street".'),
('68078',' The movie was based on a city in Indiana named Hammond. References  were made throughout the film to support this claim. Examples:  Harding school (on 165th St.) where Flick stuck his tongue to the  flagpole, Goldblatts department store, the mention of Griffith (a  city that borders Hammond), Cleveland Ave and other streets that are  located in Hammond. Although the movie was not filmed in Hammond the  houses and look of the film is very authentic.  Jean Shepherd (I) (qv) (Writer) grew up in Hammond.'),
('68079',' Parts of the movie, including the Christmas tree shopping scene,  were filmed in Toronto, Ontario. One of Torontos trademark red  trolleys can be seen driving by the shot of the outside of the tree  lot.'),
('68080',' The St. Catharines Museum owns some props used in the film,  including two pairs of Ralphies glasses including the pair that was  smashed, and two scripts.'),
('68081',' The Daisy Red Ryder 200'),
('68082','shot Carbine Action Air Rifle had to be  created specially for the film, because it never actually existed.'),
('68083',' DIRCAMEO(Bob Clark (III) (qv)): Swede, the dim'),
('68084','witted neighbor,  who marvels at the Leg Lamp from outside.'),
('68085',' Inspired the creation of _"Wonder Years, The" (1988)_ (qv).'),
('68086',' Some of the "snow" used during the scenes between the kids and the  bullies was actually soap flakes. The stars later remarked that they  were slipping and sliding during the filming of the scenes.'),
('68087',' The film was released just before Thanksgiving and became a surprise  hit. By the time Christmas rolled around, the movie had already been  pulled from most theaters because it had been "played out". After  complaints were lodged at the theater owners and the studio, the  film played on select screens until after the first of the year  1984.'),
('68088',' According to Director Bob Clark, Jack Nicholson (qv) was given the  script and was very much interested in the role of Mr. Parker, "The  Old Man". However, Clark didnt learn of this until later and the  studio didnt want to pay Nicholsons fee anyway, which would have  doubled the budget. Regardless, Clark says that  Darren McGavin (qv) was still the better choice and was born to  play the role.'),
('68089',' The "major award" was based on a real lamp: an illuminated Nehi  logo.'),
('68090',' The Radio Orphan Annie decoder pin that Ralphie receives is the 1940  "Speedomatic" model, indicating that the movie takes place in  December, 1940. Different decoder badges were made each year from  1935'),
('68091','1940. By 1941, the decoders were made of paper.'),
('68092',' The Department Store featured in the Santa scene is really Higbees  in Downtown Cleveland. There were no Higbees in Hammond.'),
('68093',' During the filming in downtown Cleveland, the antique automobile  club members, whose cars were used, were given a route to follow on  Public Square. They were instructed to continue circling the square  until otherwise instructed. Road salt was a major concern for the  car owners and the cars were pressure'),
('68094','washed after each days  filming and parked underground beneath the Terminal Tower.'),
('68095',' When the character of Scut Farkas first appears, the "Wolf" music  from Sergei Prokofiev (qv)s "Peter and the Wolf" plays in the  background. The name "Farkas" is derived from the Hungarian word for  "wolf."'),
('68096',' The Parkers Oldsmobile is a 1937 Model 6, four'),
('68097','door sedan.'),
('68098',' Mrs. Parkers memory is correct. The Lone Rangers nephew, Dan Reid,  rode a horse named "Victor". He was the son of the Lone Rangers  horse, Silver.'),
('68099',' While reading the newspaper at the kitchen table the "Old Man"  angrily mentions that the "Sox traded Bullfrog". This is a reference  to long time Chicago White Sox pitcher Bill Dietrich whos nickname  was Bullfrog. He pitched during the 1930s and 40s. Dietrich was  never traded from the Sox, he was released September 18, 1946.'),
('68100',' Ralphie says that he wanted the "Red Ryder BB Gun" 28 times.'),
('68101',' The piece that plays after Ralphie says "fudge", and after the lamp  breaks for the second time, is the opening of "Hamlet" by Pyotr  Ilyich Tchaikovsky.'),
('68102',' White Sox player Bill "Bullfrog" Dietrich is mentioned as being  traded. He was traded to the White Sox in 1936 and from the White  Sox in 1946. Since the family drives a 1937 Olds, it would imply it  was the 1946 trade. This would be consistent with the soldiers  present at Higbees corner window in the movie opening since the war  may have just ended. However, war era versions of the decoder badge  were paper due to the shortage and Little Orphan Annie was off the  air well before 1946.'),
('68103',' Bob Clark (III) (qv)s success with the teen'),
('68104','sex comedy  _Porkys (1982)_ (qv) allowed him the ability to make a movie he  wanted to make. Without Porkys there would have been no Christmas  Story.'),
('68105',' For the scene in which Flicks tongue sticks to the flagpole, a  hidden suction tube was used to safely create the illusion that his  tongue had frozen to the metal.'),
('68106',' An elaborate fantasy sequence '),
('68107',' in which Ralphie joins Flash Gordon  to fight Ming the Merciless '),
('68108',' was filmed but dropped from the final  cut.'),
('68109',' In 2005, the original home used for the exterior shots of the family  home was put up for auction on eBay and avid fan of the movie Brian  Jones managed to purchase the home directly from the seller for  $150,000.00 USD. Jones then spent the following year restoring the  home to the way it looked on screen. The exterior of the home was  completely restored and the interior was renovated to match the  interior of the home shown in the movie. (Parts of the interior was  actually filmed in a Toronto studio) On November 25th, 2006, the  famous home finally opened its doors as a tourist attraction. Jones  spent close to $500,000.00 USD in preparation for this grand  opening. In addition, Jones also purchased the house next door and  converted it to a gift shop and museum dedicated to the film and the  house.'),
('68110',' 2002 winner of the "George Lucas Selects Award" at The Official Star  Wars Fan Film Awards.'),
('68111',' Many of the characters in this film (including Balthazar, Rugby, Mew  and Ditz the Clown) were spun off into their own TV series "The  Secret Life of Toys" which ran on the Disney Channel.'),
('68112',' Used to be a regular on Swedish TV the night before Christmas from  the late'),
('68113','80s to mid'),
('68114','90s.'),
('68115',' NYU student film of Tim Sullivan (IX) (qv)'),
('68116',' Won the 1986 Cinemagic Short Film Search Audience Award'),
('68117',' Clark and Eddie drink from "Marty Moose" glasses, the theme'),
('68118','park  character from the first Vacation film, _Vacation (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68119',' The movie is based on the short story "Christmas 59" by John  Hughes, the second Vacation story to be published in National  Lampoons Magazine (the first was "Vacation 58", which was the  basis for the first Vacation movie). The Christmas story was printed  in December 1980.'),
('68120',' Frank Capra III (qv), the grandson of  _Its A Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv) director, Frank Capra (qv),  was the Assistant Director of _Christmas Vacation (1989)_ (qv).'),
('68121',' The Griswolds neighbors house is the same house Murtaugh and his  family lived in all the Lethal Weapon movies. The houses on this  street are on the Warner Brothers Studios back lot.'),
('68122',' Rusty is younger than Audrey in this film. In the other three  Vacation films, Rusty is always the older brother.'),
('68123',' Based on the article "Christmas 59" by John Hughes (I) (qv).'),
('68124',' In the home movie Clark watches in the attic the house front shown  in the home movie is the same house front from  _"Bewitched" (1964)_ (qv) and _"New Gidget, The" (1986)_ (qv).'),
('68125',' The movie that Russ is watching when his grandparents arrive is  _Its a Wonderful Life (1946)_ (qv).'),
('68126',' After Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase (qv)) unsuccessfully attempts to  demonstrate his handiwork with the house Christmas lights to his  family, he asks his son, Rusty (Johnny Galecki (qv)), to help him  check all the light bulbs again. Rusty looks at his bare wrist,  pretending to have a watch, and excuses himself. Looking at a bare  wrist and pretending to have a watch is one of Chevy Chases  trademark gags.'),
('68127',' Final screen appearance of Mae Questel (qv), whos film career  began in 1930 as the voice of Betty Boop.'),
('68128',' Dana Barron (qv) is the first Griswold kid to reprise their role.'),
('68129',' The actual narrator of this program is Rich Little (qv), doing his  impression of Gene Kelly (qv), who is credited with providing the  track.'),
('68130',' The Connecticut home is the same set used in  _Bringing Up Baby (1938)_ (qv),'),
('68131',' The character of Elizabeth Lane was loosely based on the then  popular Family Circle Magazine columnist Gladys Taber, who lived on  Stillmeadow Farm in Connecticut.'),
('68132',' DIRCAMEO(Arnold Schwarzenegger): Sitting in a chair with a blanket  on his lap in front of the media truck.'),
('68133',' The working title of this film was "A Cup Of Coffee".'),
('68134',' Preston Sturges (qv) wrote the play, "A Cup of Coffee" in 1931,  but it was produced off'),
('68135','Broadway in New York in 1988.'),
('68136',' The set to this movie was open because Sturges loved visitors to  observe what he was shooting.'),
('68137',' Sturges helped invent the gadget sofa demonstrated in the department  store scene.'),
('68138',' Preston Sturges (qv) made a cameo appearance as the man listening  to the radio while his shoes are being cleaned.'),
('68139',' The first animated TV special made for Nickelodeon.'),
('68140',' Majestic Films is donating 100% of box office revenues for the month  of November, 2005 to challenged California public schools.'),
('68141',' The trailer for this film as featured in the video extras section of  the DVD disc in the CD/DVD edition of The Flaming Lips album  "Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots" stated that it would be released  in Christmas of 2003. As of January, 2007, "Christmas on Mars" is  still unreleased.'),
('68142',' The Grammy'),
('68143','winning song "Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia  Planitia)," from The Flaming Lips album "Yoshimi Battles the Pink  Robots," originated as the score for a scene in this film. When that  scene was cut, the song was placed on the album at the last minute.'),
('68144',' Although this program was videotaped at Christmas 1997, it was not  shown for an entire year, and finally aired on 23 December 1998, a  mere month before Shaws sudden death.'),
('68145',' During filming, it was reported that the cast and crew had ingested  over 10 pounds of fake snow.'),
('68146',' The title of the John Grisham (qv) book on which the film is based  is "Skipping Christmas". It wasnt used for the film to avoid  confusion with another Christmas'),
('68147','themed film,  _Surviving Christmas (2004)_ (qv).'),
('68148',' Lots of deleted and alternate footage appears in the movies trailer  (included in the "Previews" section on the DVD). Some examples are:  '),
('68149',' A book being opened to a photo of the Krank family.  '),
('68150',' Nora Krank taking a photo of her husband and daughter outside    their house.  '),
('68151',' Luther Krank with a device in his mouth, obviously sitting in a    dentists chair to get his teeth whitened and/or fixed.  '),
('68152',' Luther Krank driving home with the skimpy tree on the roof of his    car getting heckled by another motorist.  '),
('68153',' A different cruise advertisement in the travel agencys window.  '),
('68154',' Luther Krank showing his botox'),
('68155','injected face in the hospital. (We    only see it for the first time in the scene afterwards where hes    eating with his wife.)  '),
('68156',' The shot of Blair Krank saying goodbye to her parents at the    airport doesnt have a screen credit over it as it does in the    actual film.'),
('68157',' Tom Postons final film'),
('68158',' This special was made during  _"MisteRogers Neighborhood" (1968)_ (qv) four'),
('68159','year hiatus ranging  from 1975 to 1979.'),
('68160',' To reach high authenticity the whole crew crossed the Atlantic Ocean  from Spain to America in three original ships provided by the  Spanish government.'),
('68161',' The project was concurrently developed with Ridley Scott (qv)s  _1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)_ (qv) to be released on time for  the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America.'),
('68162',' It has been alleged that cast and crew did not receive any salaries  because of funding problems'),
('68163',' Timothy Dalton (qv) pulled out of playing the lead.'),
('68164',' Rachel Ward (qv) stepped into the role of Queen Isabella when  Isabella Rossellini (qv) walked away from the film.'),
('68165',' Even before its release, Marlon Brando (qv) was asking that his  name be removed from the credits. According to "Variety", Brando was  upset that the film failed to portray Columbus complicity in the  genocide of Native Americans.'),
('68166',' George Corraface (qv) inherited his leading role from  Timothy Dalton (qv) three days before filming began.'),
('68167',' Producers Alexander and Ilya Salkinds first choice for director was  Ridley Scott (qv). Four months after rejecting their offer, Scott  started working on a rival Christopher Columbus project which  ultimately became _1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992)_ (qv). As a  consequence of this, the Salkinds unsuccessfully tried to sue Scott  for stealing their idea. They were forced to drop their lawsuit when  it was proved that "1492"s producer Alain Goldman and writer  Roselyne Boschs first proposal of a Christopher Columbus project  predated theirs.'),
('68168',' According to "Variety", Marlon Brando (qv) was paid $5 million for  his cameo as Torquemada. Over 10 years earlier, Brando had set an  industry record when producer "Christopher Columbus" producer  Ilya Salkind (qv) had paid him $3.7 million for 12 days work on  _Superman (1978)_ (qv) against a percentage of the gross. That deal  yielded Brando $14 million, though he had to sue the producer to get  it. It was widely suspected that Brando took the role to raise money  to pay for the defense of his son Christian Brando (qv), who had  been indicted on murder charges after shooting his sister Cheyennes  lover Dag Drollett" (qv).'),
('68169',' The last cinema film of Michael Gothard (qv).'),
('68170',' This featurette is available exclusively in the DVD for  _Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)_ (qv).'),
('68171',' Newsreel footage of parades and famous flights were used in the  movie.'),
('68172',' Katharine Hepburn (qv) replaced Ann Harding (qv).'),
('68173',' Leonard Nimoy (qv) was originally cast as General Surtur.'),
('68174',' As of February 2006 the film remains unreleased.'),
('68175',' News reports dating back four years, copyright notices on stills and  press releases indicate that principle photography was completed in  2002.'),
('68176',' Cheryl Ladd (qv)s first film.'),
('68177',' Partly intended as a wartime morale'),
('68178','booster for the British. Certain  parts of the play were consequently omitted, such as Henrys hanging  of a friend as an example of firm justice.'),
('68179',' The filming of a battle scene was stopped in order for the company  to watch while overhead a group of British fighters attacked a  formation of German bombers on their way to bomb London. When the  real battle passed out of sight, the movie battle resumed filming.'),
('68180',' As a tribute to his abilities as a director, and uncertain over his  own unproved directing abilities, Laurence Olivier originally  invited William Wyler, who had directed Olivier in "Wuthering  Heights", to direct "Henry V". It was Wyler whom Olivier always  credited with teaching him how to give a more subtle performance in  films and with giving him more respect for the art of acting in  film. Wyler, however, declined, saying, "If its Shakespeare, it  must be you [who directs the film]".'),
('68181',' Because wartime rationing made supplies of metal scarce, all the  chain mail armor in the movie was actually made of handknitted grey  wool.'),
('68182',' Laurence Olivier was 37 when he tackled this challenging production.'),
('68183',' The government commissioned Olivier to make a film that would prove  inspiring to the beleaguered British people who were then suffering  through their 5th year of war with Germany.'),
('68184',' Filmed with a budget of $2 million, making it the most expensive  British production at the time.'),
('68185',' The majority of the film, including the Battle of Agincourt, was  filmed in Ireland where cast and crew could be safe from nightly  Luftwaffe raids (Ireland was a neutral country in the Second World  War).'),
('68186',' Due to privations brought about by the war, most of the costumes and  weaponry were made from clothing scraps and with wood painted  silver.'),
('68187',' The most significant cuts to the text '),
('68188',' the ones which generally  provoke criticism at Henry as a king '),
('68189',' were reputedly made at  Winston Churchills request.'),
('68190',' Due to the absence of trained stunt men Olivier had to do his own  stunts as well as showing almost every Irish extra how to do their  stunts (this resulted in him suffering many injuries including  fractured shoulders).'),
('68191',' As he lies dying, the lines that Falstaff speaks aloud and the ones  that he hears in his mind are not from "Henry V". They are from  Shakespeares "Henry IV: Part II".'),
('68192',' Renee Asherson replaced Vivien Leigh'),
('68193',' John Gielgud asked Olivier to cast him as the Chorus in the film but  Olivier declined, offering him the lesser role of the King of France  instead. Gielgud turned down the offer.'),
('68194',' Laurence Olivers wife Vivian Leigh very much wanted to play  Katherine, but David O. Selznick would not let her out of her  contract, feeling that the role was much too small for a actress of  her cachet. Leigh never forgave Selznick for that and never worked  for him again.'),
('68195',' Many of the casts of thousands extras were servicemen, and it is  said that you can tell the American servicemen as they wear their  helmets at a jaunty angle.'),
('68196',' Olivier agreed not to appear in a film for 18 months to encourage  this one to attract as large an audience as possible and in return  was paid £15,000 tax'),
('68197','free, about £460,000 in todays money.'),
('68198',' Many of the sets used for scenes in France (not including the battle  scenes) are based on medieval illustrated texts such as the "Très  Riches Heures du Duc de Berry". The producers attempted to recreate  the flawed perspectives and stylised architecture, leading to a  distinctly unrealistic look to the sets.'),
('68199',' Has the longest title of any film ever nominated for the Best  Picture Oscar.'),
('68200',' Winner, Kodak Short Film Award, 24th Torino Film Festival'),
('68201',' Originally supposed to be released in 2007.'),
('68202',' Actor Ben Barnes was acting in the play "The History Boys" when he  was offered the role.'),
('68203',' Actor Warwick Davis (I) (qv) (Nikabrik) portrayed the characters  Reepicheep and Glimfeather in the BBC productions of  _Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1989) (TV)_ (qv)  and _Silver Chair, The (1990) (TV)_ (qv)'),
('68204',' Walden has optioned the entire seven'),
('68205','part "Chronicles of Narnia"  fantasy book series for film development.'),
('68206',' The movie had two fake working titles: "The Hundred Year Winter" and  "Paravel." Signs in Auckland that directed extras and crew to the  sets had "Paravel" written on them.'),
('68207',' The Director, Andrew Adamson (qv), who himself is from West  Auckland, along with some of his production crew, were given a  traditional Maori welcome in a meeting house near the West Auckland  studios. This was done as a sign of respect to the native people of  West Auckland, whose lands were used for filming locations.'),
('68208',' When placing ads in "The New Zealand Herald" for extras, the first  call was put out for people under five feet and over six feet four.  Calls for extras were made in New Zealands main cities of Auckland,  Wellington, and Christchurch over a period of two weeks. Later calls  were for moderately tall males and females.'),
('68209',' The makers asked for permission to bring in twelve reindeer to New  Zealand to pull the Ice Queens sled. The Ministry of Agriculture  and Forestry denied, citing the potentially deadly Q fever from  which the North American reindeer population suffers as the reason.  However, ten wolves were allowed in for filming in Auckland.'),
('68210',' Tilda Swinton (qv) hadnt read the book prior to filming.'),
('68211',' Co'),
('68212','producer Douglas Gresham (qv) is the stepson of  C.S. Lewis (qv), author of the novel upon which the film is based.'),
('68213',' Because Skandar Keynes (qv) wasnt there at the time that they  were filming the scene where Edmund follows Lucy into the wardrobe,  Anna Popplewell (qv) wore his costume from the waist down and did  the scene for him.'),
('68214',' When the Pevensies are at the train station, Peter looks at a  soldier. That soldier is played by Jaxin Hall (qv), the runner'),
('68215','up  who auditioned for the part of Peter and lost to  William Moseley (I) (qv).'),
('68216',' Georgie Henley (qv)s reaction to Mr. Tumnus at the lamppost is  genuine. She had not seen her cast mate James McAvoy (qv) in his  costume before the scene was filmed, so her screams and reaction  were real. Georgies first reaction to the snowy world of Narnia is  also genuine '),
('68217',' she was carried into the set blindfolded to make her  first entrance, and her wide'),
('68218','eyed, delighted reactions to it all are  entirely her own.'),
('68219',' The motive power for the Pevensies evacuation train was GWR 7802  Bradley Manor, one of the former Great Western Railways Manor'),
('68220','class  steam locomotives. Nine out of the thirty Manor'),
('68221','class locomotives  built survive today.'),
('68222',' The movie was mostly shot in chronological order. The final scene  where the Pevensies fall out of the wardrobe was shot before all  the outdoor shots so the kids would still be pale and look like they  had in the beginning of the film.'),
('68223',' The historical artifact that Mrs. MacReady warns them not to touch  is the bust of Dante Alighieri (qv).'),
('68224',' Brian Cox (I) (qv) was originally set to voice Aslan.'),
('68225',' When the adults swearing got out of hand on the set,  Georgie Henley (qv) (Lucy) set up a swear bucket.  James McAvoy (qv) was supposedly the worst offender. Even her  teenager co'),
('68226','stars had to pay their toll, though, especially  Skandar Keynes (qv), accordingly to DVDs commentary.'),
('68227',' EASTER EGG: On disc 2, on the menu for Evolution of an Epic, theres  a directors chair on the left'),
('68228','hand side of the menu. Pointing your  remote on it will cause a little red symbol to appear. Click on the  symbol, and it takes you to a short featurette showing how much  Turkish delight Skandar Keynes (qv) had to eat.'),
('68229',' Several birds had made nests within the filming studio, and several  scenes had to be filmed twice due to the noise these birds were  making. One of these bird was filmed using the green screen as the  bird who leads the children from Tumnuss house to the Beavers.'),
('68230',' The wolves that destroyed the Beavers home were mostly real animals  with one or two CGI ones added in, although their tails had to be  digitally removed and re'),
('68231','added. Their tails kept wagging while  filming the scene, making them seem less vicious.'),
('68232',' The CGI on Mr. Tumnus was from his waist down '),
('68233',' his goat legs and  hooves. His ears were controlled by remote control and a fake nose  along with a lot of hair was attached.'),
('68234',' When Lucy meets Mr. Tumnus the faun, he plays music for her on a  funny'),
('68235','looking Narnian instrument. The actual sound heard is produced  by the duduk (doudouk, düdük), an ancient wind instrument, famously  featured in Sergei Parajanov (qv)s _Sayat Nova (1968)_ (qv) as  well as _Parajanov: The Last Spring (1992)_ (qv); the use of the  duduk has become almost a tradition in Hollywood blockbusters. The  instrument that Mr. Tumnus uses on set is actually a figment of the  prop departments imagination.'),
('68236',' Each design carved into the wardrobe signifys an important event  that occurred in the book "The Magicians Nephew," the sixth Narnia  book.'),
('68237',' Anna Popplewell (qv) is afraid of mice, so her scenes involving  mice had to be shot with her double.'),
('68238',' When Mr. Tumnus refers to Lucy as a "Daughter of Eve", a confused  Lucy responds by telling him that her mothers name is Helen. The  mother of Georgie Henley (qv), who plays Lucy, is actually named  Helen.'),
('68239',' The German planes seen at the beginning of the film were HE'),
('68240','111  Bombers.'),
('68241',' Because of how much Skandars voice changed during filming, some of  his voice track had to be re'),
('68242','looped by his sister.'),
('68243',' The role of Edmund was cast last of the four children. That helped  making his character a bit detached to his siblings, since the other  three actors had been together in a workshop for almost a month by  the time Skandar got the part.'),
('68244',' The witchs two'),
('68245','sword fighting style is called Florentine.'),
('68246',' In the Audio Commentary, Skandar Keynes (qv) comments that  William Moseley (I) (qv) coerced him into eating some of the sugar  glass from the broken picture of their father in the beginning of  the movie.'),
('68247',' The stone lion that Edmund draws a mustache and glasses on when he  is entering the witchs castle appears at the end after all the  crowns are given, standing next to the fox.'),
('68248',' Professor Kirke presents three choices to the other Pevensie  children of what to think about Lucys claim about Narnia: that she  is lying, that she is mad, or that she is telling the truth.  C.S. Lewis (qv) was a vocal advocate of Christianity, and in his  book "Mere Christianity" presented three similar choices about  Jesus claim to be the Son of God: Liar, Lunatic, or Lord. This is  known as his "Trilemma" argument, and is still often used by  Christians today.'),
('68249',' The fur around the White Witchs neck during the final battle scene  is Aslans mane that was cut off the night before.'),
('68250',' Before his death C.S. Lewis sold the adaptation rights to the entire  Narnia series. At that time, he absolutely despised T.V. adaptations  of his books, believing they were non'),
('68251','realistic (actors had to wear  suits to play non'),
('68252','human characters). It was only after seeing a demo  reel of C.G. creatures and the advancement of technology that Lewis  stepson/co'),
('68253','producer Douglas Gresham (qv) gave the approval for a  film adaptation.'),
('68254',' No real lions were used for the film, simply because  Andrew Adamson (qv) wanted a moment where Georgie Henley (qv)  could reach out and touch Aslan.'),
('68255',' Rachael Henley (qv), who plays the grown'),
('68256','up Lucy in the hunting  scene near the end of the film, is actually the older sister of  Georgie Henley (qv), who plays the young Lucy throughout the rest  of the movie.'),
('68257',' During filming, William Moseley (I) (qv) (Peter) kept accidentally  hitting Georgie Henley (qv) (Lucy) with his sword handle and  making her trip when he ran too quickly.'),
('68258',' In scenes where the children had to react or talk to CG characters,  Andrew Adamson (qv), the director, and Alina Phelan (qv), his  assistant, would provide the voices for those non'),
('68259','existing  characters, to make it easier for the kids to respond to someone who  really isnt there.'),
('68260',' There are three versions of Peters sword: steel, aluminum, and  rubber. William Moseley (I) (qv) preferred working with the  aluminum swords for the fighting scenes because they were a lot  lighter and "they didnt bounce like the rubber swords."'),
('68261',' Judi Dench (qv)s dress was made from crushed Swarovski crystal.'),
('68262',' It was shipped to theatres under the name "D Shoes".'),
('68263',' According to the Newcastle (Australia) Herald, Australian  Rhiana Griffith (qv) auditioned to reprise her role of "Jack" from  _Pitch Black (2000)_ (qv) (renamed "Kyra" for  _Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)_ (qv)). It came down to top'),
('68264','level  auditions. Vin Diesel (qv) was behind Griffith but told her she  had to "toughen up". Griffith got a trainer and learned kickboxing  but only had three weeks to prepare for auditions.  Alexa Davalos (qv) got the role. Griffith did give her voice to  _Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury, The (2004) (V)_ (qv), the  animated short which is intended to bridge the years between  _Pitch Black (2000)_ (qv) and  _Chronicles of Riddick, The (2004)_ (qv).'),
('68265',' Vin Diesel (qv) wanted Judi Dench (qv) to play Aereon, and went  to great lengths to get her. A long'),
('68266','time fan of Dench, he had her  dressing room filled with bouquets of flowers, and also advised her  that they could not begin casting the movie until she agreed to  accept the role.'),
('68267',' After the original _Pitch Black (2000)_ (qv) proved a success on  DVD, Universal became interested in making a sequel. Writer/director  David Twohy (qv) wrote the screenplays for not one, but three  sequels. He and Vin Diesel (qv) put them into separate leather  binders and presented them to Universal, along with the key for the  first binder.'),
('68268',' Costume designer Ellen Mirojnick (qv) replaced another designer  who had worked on the film for eight months with only 10 weeks  before shooting.'),
('68269',' The fighting style used by Riddick is a messy variation of the  martial art Kali. Kali is characterized by straightforward, powerful  attacks, and often is used with blunt weapons like a staff or two  pieces of bamboo (called Kali sticks).'),
('68270',' All of the sets seen in the final film were built and/or were  CGI/green screen.'),
('68271',' In the scene where Toombs discusses where he should take Riddick in  custody he mentions Butcher Bay. This is a reference to the video  game  _Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, The (2004) (VG)_ (qv).  In this game Riddick escapes that prison.'),
('68272',' The fight scene between Riddick, the Mercs, and the Necromongers at  the ships hangar on Crematoria was filmed on Vin Diesels birthday.'),
('68273',' The Necromonger statues are based on the sculptures of Adolfo Wildt.'),
('68274',' It took 12 hours to sew the armor on Lord Marshals costume.'),
('68275',' The Planet UV6 is made up of land areas called "Fingerprint  Terrain". The majority of the effects work for the scenes on this  planet were done by "Rhythm and Hues" in Marina Del Rey, California  in April and May of 2004.'),
('68276',' There were four complete rooms built on set for Imams house in New  Mecca. They were built in a modular way so that walls could be  removed at any time to get shots from every angle.'),
('68277',' Hundreds of extras went through basic military training and drills  for added uniformity and realism.'),
('68278',' The actors inside the Lensor costumes were skilled in body movement,  some were from Cirque Du Soleil.'),
('68279',' Linus Roache (qv) originally auditioned for the part of Vaako, but  David Twohy (qv) immediately saw him instead as the Purifier.'),
('68280',' The Purifiers line, "Ive done unbelievable things in the name of a  faith that was never my own," was not originally in the script. It  was improvised by Linus Roache (qv) and David Twohy (qv) kept it  in the film.'),
('68281',' It took six weeks to make one head covering for Lord Marshal.'),
('68282',' The entire film was shot at Mammoth Studios in Burnaby British  Columbia, a former Sears warehouse. The studio is only smaller than  all of the stages on the Universal Studios lot '),
('68283',' 310,000 square  feet.'),
('68284',' The line, "Now look at you... all back of the bus and shit," was not  originally supposed to be said by Toombs, but Nick Chinlund (qv)  approached David Twohy (qv) and asked if he could be given the  line because he really liked it.'),
('68285',' Nick Chinlund (qv) apparently really enjoyed the Toombs character.  He enjoyed it so much, in fact, that he began writing a Merc  Cookbook.'),
('68286',' Doing a stunt on the set for Planet UV6, Nick Chinlund (qv)  accidentally swallowed one of his fake teeth.'),
('68287',' Keith David (I) (qv) worked for a total of 12 days to complete his  part in the film.'),
('68288',' Toombs line regarding Crematoria, "If I owned this place and Hell,  Id rent this place out and live in Hell," is paraphrased from an  infamous quote General Phil Sheridan made during post'),
('68289','Civil War  Reconstruction, in which he said "If I owned Hell and Texas, I would  rent out Texas and live in Hell."'),
('68290',' Vin Diesel (qv) founded Tigon Studios, one of the production  companies of this game. This was the very first production for Tigon  Studios.'),
('68291',' First game to have a commentary mode. (PC Version only)'),
('68292',' Originally the opening sequence where Riddick is first lead into the  prison was not to have an appearance by Abbott. Instead Riddick was  to have been lead in by a normal guard who was voiced by John Di  Maggio. Later the developers realized that the sequence would be all  the more powerful if Abbott was the one to bring Riddick in.'),
('68293',' Gustav Leonhardt portrays Bach in his only performance as an actor.  He is a music scholar of International renown, specialized in the  works of Johann Sebastian Bach, and a harpsichord virtuoso whose  Bach recordings (both as harpsichord player and conductor) are the  finest to be found in recording History.'),
('68294',' Because the games 40 playable characters all have different speech  patterns, a sub'),
('68295','program was created specifically for the game to  generate the different speech patterns around the line, rather than  code in every line for every character.'),
('68296',' In the US/Canada version of the game, after completing the game once  players may encounter a battle with three characters returning from  Chrono Trigger: Slash, Flea, and Ozzie. These characters are  (obviously) named after rock legends: Slash of Guns N Roses, Flea  from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Ozzy Osbourne. They are also a  mistranslation; in the original Chrono Trigger, they were named  after condiments (Mayonnaise, Vinegar, and Soy Sauce). However,  thinking that the joke would not go over well, translator Ted  Woolsey changed the names.'),
('68297',' Some of the tracks in the game are remakes of tracks from Chrono  Trigger, including the world map theme in Home world and the victory  theme.'),
('68298',' Features over a dozen possible endings.'),
('68299',' The game features a special Programmers Room, where several  developers left messages to the gamers.'),
('68300',' Maguss three generals, Ozzie, Slash, and Flea, are named after  famous musicians: Ozzy Osbourne, former lead singer for Black  Sabbath; Slash, guitarist for Guns nRoses and Velvet Revolver; and  Flea, bassist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.'),
('68301',' The Japanese dialog of the game had a much better explanation of the  Planets involvement in the whole story, as the Reptites worshiped  the Planet, the "Entity" the characters talk about is the Planet,  and, moreover, the last chapter was not called "The Final Battle",  but "At The Edge of our Planets Dream". This is why the sequel of  this game, Chrono Cross, had Planet references all over the place  that made sense with the original Japanese dialog.'),
('68302',' The character name Ayla is a reference to Jean M. Auels series of  books about a woman in prehistoric times called Ayla.'),
('68303',' Artwork for the game was done by Akira Toriyama, best known for his  Dragon Ball series.'),
('68304',' At the time the game was translated into English, there were very  stringent requirements regarding adult content in games. As such,  scenes in the original Japanese version that involved alcohol had  the script altered, so that your character was drinking soda (the  carnival at the beginning of the game), and in some cases, having  soup (at Aylas camp in the prehistoric era.)'),
('68305',' Composer Michael Stearns (II) (qv) used a instrument called the  Beam to generate many of the sounds for this film, which is 12 feet  long made of extruded aluminum with 24 piano strings from 19'),
('68306','22  gauge. The original instruments it was based upon were made from  cast iron and difficult to move around.'),
('68307',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Drawn Curtain, The (1911)_ (qv).'),
('68308',' UK/Germany co'),
('68309','production filmed in Berlin, Germany. Film was shown  in selected venues with early experimental sound system. Released in  the US in February 1925 by Metro'),
('68310','Goldwyn'),
('68311','Mayer.'),
('68312',' Based upon the life of the last crowned princess of Manchuria.'),
('68313',' The robots in the nightclub are performing a dance called "The  Robot".'),
('68314',' Contains many references to sci'),
('68315','fi movies:  '),
('68316',' Gort the robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) can be    seen holding an oil can.  '),
('68317',' One of the aliens has a Princess Leia "cinnamon buns" hairdo.  '),
('68318',' An alien from Alien (1979) is drinking at the bar.  '),
('68319',' Darth Vader is arm'),
('68320','wrestling Yoda.  '),
('68321',' The two dancing robots are Robbie from Forbidden Planet (1956) and    the Robot from "Lost in Space" (1965).  '),
('68322',' The alien who warns Meeper about the Chubbchubbs is Jar Jar Binks.  '),
('68323',' One of the escaping spaceships is a Martian War Machine from War    of the Worlds (1953).  '),
('68324',' An escaping alien is riding a bicycle with E.T. in the basket.    John Williams "E.T." score is also referenced.'),
('68325',' This cartoon accompanied the US theatrical release of  _Men in Black II (2002)_ (qv) in selected theaters. In every other  theater, it accompanied _Stuart Little 2 (2002)_ (qv).'),
('68326',' The credits say: "How Many Babies were born whilst making this  movie? None". This is a little jab at the animation  colleagues/competitors at Pixar and their habit of listing  "Production babies" in their credits.'),
('68327',' John Marquez was cast as Bruno, but due to schedule conflicts the  part went to writer/director Reuben Rox who originally was to play  the victim in the pre'),
('68328','title sequence. Marquez took on the smaller  role of Henry.'),
('68329',' When Chuck turns to the TV in his office and claims to have signed  the band whose video is playing, the TV is showing They Might be  Giants playing their song "Dr. Worm".'),
('68330',' The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce voted to give Chuck Berry (qv) a  star on the Hollywood Boulevard Walk of Fame a couple of years  before this film was made. The star was never dedicated because  nobody was willing to step forward to pay for it. In order to help  promote the film, the studio paid for the star and it was dedicated  the same week the film was released.'),
('68331',' Shot in 1986, not released until 1987.'),
('68332',' Won the awards for both "Best Comedy for Children" and "Most Magical  Comedy" at the 2004 "Smile, Russia!" Comedic Film Festival, held  that year in Great Novgorod, Russia.'),
('68333',' During the movie theater sequence, the trailer for  _Cheung fo (1999)_ (qv) can be seen playing, which is another film  made by Johnny To (qv).'),
('68334',' The rifle Tok uses in the police shootout is a Barret .50 Caliber'),
('68335',' This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of  Congress, in 1993.'),
('68336',' The scenes of the employment agency and dinner party were originally  filmed for the 63 minute version to be released overseas  simultaneously with a USA 42 minute print, but the 63 minute version  was released in the USA as well.'),
('68337',' In the movies final scenes, Stan Laurel (qv) played a snob named  Lord Paddington, the only instance after 1927 in which Stan Laurel  played a role not related to his Stanley character.'),
('68338',' Anita Garvin (qv)s final film with Laurel & Hardy. She came out  of retirement as a favor to Stan Laurel, playing basically the same  role she had played in Laurel & Hardys silent film  _From Soup to Nuts (1928)_ (qv), whose title is a line of Ollies  dialogue in this movie.'),
('68339',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All  Time" in 2006.'),
('68340',' Leung Chiu Wai, Tony (qv) agreed to do the film on the basis of a  fake script and only learned of the requirement of doing a gay sex  scene after arriving in Argentina for filming.'),
('68341',' This is the 100th feature film by Im Kwon'),
('68342','taek.'),
('68343',' This film was shot, edited and released while Kar Wai Wong (qv)  was on hiatus from the shooting of his epic  _Dung che sai duk (1994)_ (qv).'),
('68344',' The film was shot in 23 days.'),
('68345',' The title is an amalgamation of two "landmarks" in Hong Kong. 1)  Chungking Mansions, a drug'),
('68346','filled, rundown hostel populated by  Indians, Pakistanis and Nepalese. 2) Midnight Express, a Indian  fastfood store in Lan Kwai Fong, a major bar district populated by  foreign yuppies (Tony Leung vists California, a bar located directly  across the street from it).'),
('68347',' Cop 663s apartment is in fact the apartment of  Christopher Doyle (II) (qv).'),
('68348',' Originally, there was going to be three parts to the film. The third  part instead became Wong Kar'),
('68349','Wais "Fallen Angels" film.'),
('68350',' Although the film says its "introducing" Faye Wong, her first film  role was actually in "Beyonds Diary".'),
('68351',' Wong Kar'),
('68352','Wai modeled Brigitte Lins character after Gena Rowlands in  John Cassavetess "Gloria", and actress Greta Garbo.'),
('68353',' The films split structure came from the need to whip up the movie  in short order.'),
('68354',' The script for arose within the two month period when production on  Wong Kar'),
('68355','Wais film Ashes of Time was slow and was interrupted for  those two months. Wong Kar'),
('68356','Wai need a script to fulfill his contract  for a second feature. Chungking Express is that second feature.'),
('68357',' Since Chungking Express was filmed in sequence or "like a road  movie" as Wong Kar'),
('68358','Wai has said, Wong wrote each scene either the  night before or on the morning on the day of filming.'),
('68359',' Kaneshiro Takeshi spoke four languages himself in this film. His  narrations were all in Mandarin, most of his live lines are in  heavily'),
('68360','accented Cantonese, he spoke Japanese when he called one of  his ex'),
('68361','girlfriends, and had one line of English when he apprehended  a suspect (he said "hands up!" to him). He used all 4 when he  approached Bridgett Lins character.'),
('68362',' SPOILER: The original ending involved Faye meeting Cop #633 at the  airport and the two characters flying off to another country.  However, when Wong couldnt agree terms for his ideal location in an  airport, he decided to opt for an ambiguous ending.'),
('68363',' According to the director, Jackie Chan (I) (qv) acted as an extra  and he requested for more work as he need the money. King Hu found  him cute and hardworking but hide his face away from the camera so  that he could work more times, repeatedly as a killed pirate.'),
('68364',' A "pansori" (on which this movie is based) was a four to six'),
('68365','hour  long musical poem performed by a singer and a drummer.'),
('68366',' On the shelf for three years for various legal reasons.'),
('68367',' The script went through nine drafts since the idea came about in  2002.'),
('68368',' Shot in 18 days.'),
('68369',' The play originally opened in Budapest, Hungary, on 2 December 1927.  The original play was written only by Ladislas Fodor (qv). It is  not known why Paul Frank (I) (qv) received onscreen credit. An  English adaptation by Benn W. Levy (qv), entitled "A Church  Mouse", opened in London in early May 1931. Another English  adaptation by Frederic Hatton (qv) and Fanny Hatton (qv), also  entitled "A Church Mouse", opened in New York on 12 October 1931 and  starred Ruth Gordon (qv).'),
('68370',' Winston Churchill (qv) receives his first ever "actor" credit in  this film, playing the part of Roy Bubbles. However, the role was  played unwittingly, as the film uses archive footage of Winston in  public to fit the part.'),
('68371',' Churchills line to Adolf Hitler, "Whats it all about, Alfie?" is a  reference to the theme song to _Alfie (1966)_ (qv).'),
('68372',' The first film to be filmed in Canada.'),
('68373',' Director and co'),
('68374','writer Nisha Ganatra (qv) stepped into the lead  role of Reena after the actress originally cast in the role quit the  production shortly before filming began.'),
('68375',' Won Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best  Cinematography at Vietnams 2006 National Film Awards (The Golden  Kites).'),
('68376',' This movie compilation of  _"Urutoraman: Kûsô tokusatsu shirîzu" (1966)_ (qv) was distributed  by Toho Company Ltd. as a co'),
('68377','feature for their then'),
('68378','latest  SF/monster film, _Kingukongu no gyakushu (1967)_ (qv).'),
('68379',' One of the few films for Toho Company Ltd. (the films distributor)  to have a fanfare in its logo at the beginning.'),
('68380',' This compilation film was originally intended to be an all'),
('68381','original  feature'),
('68382','length film entitled "Ultraman '),
('68383',' Operation: Giant"  ("Urutoraman '),
('68384',' Jaianto Sakusen"), which featured the Baltan Aliens  as the main villains. Although a complete screenplay was written,  the funding never materialized.'),
('68385',' A Marduk'),
('68386','English dictionary was commissioned by LA Hero before  production began with Marduk, Zentraedi and English words.'),
('68387',' At the time, Shoji Kawamori had no interest in doing any more  followups to SDF Macross, although Big West and Bandai pressed him  to. In the end, they decided to do it themselves. Studio Nue was not  involved, and of the original staff, only Haruhiko Mikimoto (the  character designer) and one of the original screenwriters actually  signed onto the project.'),
('68388',' During the scene where Minmay and Kaifunn are in the emergency  shelter at the beginning of the film, the autograph hound is a  caricature of Shoji Kawamori, the films director.'),
('68389',' When Minmay and Hikaru are running through Macross City, one of the  billboards is actually a bumper sticker for the San Francisco radio  station KMEL. While Kawamori was in SF, he became a avid listener of  the station.'),
('68390',' Look closely at the missiles Hikaru fires en route to Bodolzaa. One  is a Budweiser can, another is a sake flask.'),
('68391',' Kawamori and Matsuzaki had originally designed an elaborate ending  sequence for the film, which would have featured Minmay singing  "Angels Paints" while we caught glimpses of the other characters  watching the concert. This sequence (and a storyboarded sequence  featuring Max and Millias wedding) were scrapped due to the budget  running out. The concert sequence was later animated in  _Chôjikû yôsai makurosu furasshubakku 2012 (1987) (V)_ (qv) and the  concert sequence was finally appended to the end of Macross DYRL to  complete the film as the creators had intended.'),
('68392',' The soda that Hikaru and Minmay drink in the "Zero'),
('68393','G Love" song  sequence is Coca'),
('68394','Cola.'),
('68395',' According to Kawamori, this film is considered a "fictional film"  within the Macross universe, that was made some years after the  events depicted in the TV series. This explains the major  differences between the designs in the TV series and the movie. He  has also at some points left it up to viewer interpretation to  determine which is the "real" version of events.'),
('68396',' This movie has become caught up in numerous legal disputes on both  sides of the Pacific (the most prominent, although by no means only  one being the copyright dispute between Big West/Studio Nue and  Tatsunoko/Harmony Gold), and it has been said because of this, there  might never be a legitimate United States release of the film on  DVD.'),
('68397',' In the TV series the Zentraedis dialouge was automatically  translated into Japanese. Here they speak an actual made'),
('68398','up language  and subtitles are provided for the audience. Much like Klingon in  Star Trek, of which a word wasnt spoken until they appeared in the  first movie.'),
('68399',' This is a narration and sound version.'),
('68400',' Comprising three parts: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki, Hito no Maki.'),
('68401',' Comprising three parts: Ten no Maki, Chi no Maki, Hito no Maki.'),
('68402',' The two hit'),
('68403','men employ identical methods and are presented as very  similar characters, which is why their names are anagrams of each  other (Meynard and Dremyan)!'),
('68404',' The film has no opening or closing credits, just the title.  Therefore, credit order for actors is the order of appearance, and  other credits are the result of film research. The Director has  forbidden subtitles in this film. The film was entirely filmed on  location.'),
('68405',' All of the amateur actors were recruited from favelas (slums) in Rio  de Janeiro, and a couple of them '),
('68406',' eg. Buscapé/Rocket (Alexandre  Rodrigues) '),
('68407',' actually lived in the Cidade de Deus (City of God)  itself.'),
('68408',' When Knockout Ned (Mané Galinha in the Brazilian original) kills  someone for the first time, some people who live in the City of God  approach him and congratulate him for the killing. The first woman  to talk to him was played by the mother of the real Knockout Ned.'),
('68409',' The director was once quoted as saying that if he knew the dangers  of filming the movie in a Rio favela, he wouldnt have done the  movie.'),
('68410',' In the DVD commentary track, director Fernando Meirelles reveals  that the shot in which we see Alicate, Cabeleira and Marreco through  the bumper of the gas truck is a homage/spoof of the TV series  _"Charlies Angels" (1976)_ (qv) (the three boys are seen holding  their guns pointing to different ways).'),
('68411',' In order to increase the tension between Dadinho and Marreco, acting  coach Fátima Toledo told teenager Renato de Souza (qv) (Marreco)  to bully the kid Douglas Silva (qv) (Dadinho) for 15 days. In the  scene where Marreco slaps Dadinho, Douglas Silva started crying and  threatened to abandon the movie, so the angry look he gives to  Marreco in the movie is real.'),
('68412',' SPOILER: During the shooting of the sequence at the motel, when  Marreco, Cabeleira and Alicate rob the clients, a real motel was  used as location '),
('68413',' and it kept working through the shooting. Later  on, some clients complained to the management that they heard  gunshots in some of the other rooms.'),
('68414',' Theres a scene in which the young Buscapé (Luis Otávio) laughs at  his brother Marreco (Renato de Souza) after the latter is slapped by  their father. The laughter was not scripted, but Luis Otávio  couldnt stop it. So Renato de Souza improvised, telling his young  brother "not to laugh at him".'),
('68415',' SPOILER: One day, during a pause of the shooting the group of kids  who played the Runts (Caixa Baixa gang) approached screenwriter  Bráulio Mantovani (qv) and asked him if it was true that the movie  would end with their characters controlling the slum. When he  confirmed, they asked if he could write a sequel for them to star  in.'),
('68416',' SPOILER: To prepare the Runt (Caixa Baixa gang) for the scene in  which he cries when Zé Pequeno shoots him in the foot, (acting  coach) Fátima Toledo worked with the child (who had never acted  before) and discovered his biggest fear was having a toothache. So,  when the time came to shoot the scene, she told him to just remember  his toothache, and when he was shot in the foot, to pretend his  toothache pain had moved to his foot.'),
('68417',' The scene where the gang prays before the war was not scripted.  During the shooting a young boy, who used to be on a real gang,  asked director Fernando Meirelles if the group was not going to pray  like they always did before any important confrontation with the  enemies. Meirelles told him to lead the prayer as they shot the  scene.'),
('68418',' SPOILER: The subjective take in which we see Buscapés point of  view, after Zé Pequeno (Leandro Firmino da Hora) is killed by the  Runts (Caixa Baixa gang), was shot by Alexandre Rodrigues, who  played Buscapé. Photography Director César Charlone insisted on  teaching Rodrigues how to handle the camera, telling director  Fernando Meirelles that was really important that the boy did the  shot, just like his character. Meirelles accepted the suggestion.'),
('68419',' The shot where we see a lot of dead bodies lying on huge blocks of  concrete was recreated from an award'),
('68420','winning photograph taken during  the drug war portrayed in the movie.'),
('68421',' During the sequence set in the newsroom, some crew members can be  seen '),
('68422',' including Art Director Tulé Peak (qv) (hes the older guy  who grins to Buscapé).'),
('68423',' When we hear Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues (qv)) talking to Marina  (Graziella Moretto ) about how "he never took a hot bath", that  was not scripted. Actually, that was Rodrigues and Moretto talking  off camera, during a pause in the shooting, when the boy (who lived  on the slums) was telling her about his life.'),
('68424',' The last shot of the movie, where the little boy loses his slipper  and comes back to pick it, was not scripted. The incident really  happened during the shooting and director Fernando Meirelles kept  the take because it helped to highlight the boys presence.'),
('68425',' At the end the Runts (Caixa Baixa gang) talk about making a list of  people they want to kill. The rat boys grew to become the now feared  CV (Comando Vermelho) or Red Command, the most notorious gang in  Rio. The CV is also known to have a death list.'),
('68426',' Leandro Firmino (qv) (Zé Pequeno) really was from the City of God  and had no ambitions to be an actor; he only went to the audition to  keep his friend company.'),
('68427',' Seu Jorge (qv), who plays character Knockout Ned, is a samba'),
('68428','soul  singer with cult'),
('68429','status in Brazil. One of his songs can be found in  the City of Gods movie soundtrack.'),
('68430',' The correct translation of the names is:  '),
('68431',' Buscapé = Rocket (the firecracker type)  '),
('68432',' Zé Pequeno = Little Zé (Zé comes from José = Joseph)  '),
('68433',' Dadinho = Little dice  '),
('68434',' Cabeleira = Big Hair/Shaggy  '),
('68435',' Mané Galinha = Chicken Mané (Does not imply a coward in Portuguese    slang, but usually means "Womanizer") Mané is short for Manuel  '),
('68436',' Alicate = Pliers  '),
('68437',' Barbantinho = Little string  '),
('68438',' Cabeção = Big Head  '),
('68439',' Filé'),
('68440','com'),
('68441','Fritas = Steak with fries  '),
('68442',' Paraíba = Paraíba is the name of a state in the north east of    Brazil, the state where the character comes from'),
('68443',' In the English'),
('68444','subtitled version, Mané Galinha is instead called  "Knockout Ned". Mané Galinha means "Chicken Manuel" in Portuguese.  Because his real name is Manuel and he stole chickens. But in the  US, "chicken" is slang for "coward". To avoid that connotation, the  name Knockout Ned was created because "knockout" refers to how  handsome he was as compared to the "ugly" Little Zé.'),
('68445',' The B&W footage showing an anchor talking about the prison of "Mané  Galinha" is real. The anchor is Sérgio Chapelin (qv), a well'),
('68446','known  Brazilian news anchor.'),
('68447',' The film was not actually shot in Cidade de Deus slum as it was too  dangerous. It was shot in a neighbouring, less dangerous area.'),
('68448',' Fernando Meirelles (I) (qv) wanted the cast to be made of people  who had never acted before, and professional actors who were not  widely known. One such actor was Matheus Nachtergaele (qv) whom  Meirelles had seen in a play. But while Meirelles was working on the  script, Nachtergaele suddenly became a huge star in Brazil after  starring in the hit film _Auto da Compadecida, O (2000)_ (qv).  Meirelles was a little disappointed at first but Nachtergaele  promised him that he would disappear into the role of Sandro Cenoura  so completely that his stardom would not distract from the film.  Nachtergaele moved to the real Cidade de Deus where most of the cast  lived and lived there for three months to prepare for the role.'),
('68449',' The character of Buscapé was based on a composite of  Paulo Lins (qv) the author of the book "Cidade de Deus" and a  childhood friend of his who dreamed of becoming a photographer.'),
('68450',' The views in black and white taken from satellite, about the new  territories controlled by Zé Pequeno, show the real City of God.'),
('68451',' CAMEO(John Irving): novels author plays the stationmaster.'),
('68452',' One of the attractions of adapting the film for author  John Irving (I) (qv) was that he wanted his son,  Colin Irving (I) (qv), to play Wally Winslow. However, as the  development process took over a decade, eventually his son was too  old for the part and was not known enough to be considered for it in  any event. However, the role of Major Winslow did ultimately provide  Colin Irving a part in the film.'),
('68453',' CAMEO(Colin Irving): Son of author John Irving plays Major Winslow,  who delivers the news about Wally.'),
('68454',' The idyllic beach scene where Homer (Tobey Maguire) and Candy  (Charlize Theron) realize the extent of their relationship was  filmed at Sand Beach in Acadia National Park in Maine.'),
('68455',' The film was originally to be directed by Phillip Borsos (qv), but  he died before financial backing could be secured.'),
('68456',' The orphan that gets into the pie dough and eats all of it and is  shown throwing up all over the orphanage is named Steerforth.  Steerforth is the name of one of the main characters friends in the  Charles Dickens book "David Copperfield" which Homer reads to the  children in their bedroom.'),
('68457',' Michael Winterbottom (qv) was once set to direct but pulled out  due to his impatience with the lengthy development process.'),
('68458',' This film was shot entirely in natural sunlight.'),
('68459',' Jeroen Krabbé (qv)s name is misspelled "Jeroun" in the opening  credits (which pronounced in Italian probably sounds more like the  way his name should be pronounced).'),
('68460',' This short documentary was first featured on the 1999 release of The  X Files episode "One Son", on VHS.'),
('68461',' This film had been shelved for 25 years and was released in 1977.'),
('68462',' When Susana is at the dating agency, she sees a photo and says that  the man in the photo could be her husbands twin brother. The man in  the photo is Bruno Bichir (qv) (Demián Bichir (qv)s brother).'),
('68463',' Yancey Cravat, the character played by Dix, Richard (I) (qv), was  based on the real'),
('68464','life lawyer and gunfighter Temple Houston '),
('68465',' the  son of Sam Houston, whom Dix played in  _Man of Conquest (1939)_ (qv).'),
('68466',' One of the extras was Nino Cochise (qv), the actual grandson of  the great Chiricahua chief Cochise. He and his good friend  Apache Bill Russell (qv) were in this movie as well as several  others.'),
('68467',' A then'),
('68468','record $125,000 was paid for the film rights to the novel.'),
('68469',' The land rush scene took a week to film, using 5,000 extras, 28  cameramen, 6 still photographers and 27 camera assistants.'),
('68470',' This was the first Western to win an Oscar.'),
('68471',' According to Anthony Holdens book "Behind the Oscar" (New York:  Simon & Schuster, 1993), R.K.O. lost $5.5 million (approximately $58  million in 2003 dollars, when factoring in inflation) on the movie  despite its winning a Best Picture Academy Award.'),
('68472',' The movie lost $565,000 on a budget of $1.433 million. It was  re'),
('68473','released in 1935 and the red ink mostly disappeared off RKOs  books.'),
('68474',' The only internally'),
('68475','produced RKO film to ever win the Best Picture  Oscar. The Best Years of Our Lives (AA: Best Picture, 1946) was a  Samuel Goldwyn production distributed by RKO.'),
('68476',' Arguably the only winner of the Best Picture Oscar to lose money  during its initial release. Cimarron received excellent critical  reviews, but its initial financial failure was blamed on it being  released during one of the darkest periods of the Great Depression.'),
('68477',' Director Anthony Mann (I) (qv) was fired near the end of filming  and replaced by Charles Walters (I) (qv).'),
('68478',' Included in Warner Home Videos 2005 DVD release of  _Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)_ (qv).'),
('68479',' Director Sam Peckinpah (qv) insisted on shooting a nude scene for  this film featuring one of the female extras. He claimed that this  scene would only be included in the European release of the movie.  Producer Martin Ransohoff (qv) eventually fired Peckinpah after it  was discovered that Peckinpah intended using the nude scene in the  US print as well. The extra who was to appear nude was star'),
('68480','to'),
('68481','be  Sharon Tate (qv). She disappeared from the film along with  Peckinpah.'),
('68482',' Spencer Tracy (qv) was originally cast as Lancey Howard but poor  health forced him to withdraw and he was replaced by  Edward G. Robinson (qv).'),
('68483',' Mitzi Gaynor (qv) campaigned for the role of "Lady Fingers", but  it ended up going to Joan Blondell (qv). Rumors are abound as to  why Blondell got the role, with the most common being that Gaynor  and Ann'),
('68484','Margret (qv) did not quite get along.'),
('68485',' According to an article written by Michael Wiesenberg of Card Player  Magazine, "[t]he odds of the two hands appearing in the same deal  [in the climactic scene] are worse than 45 million'),
('68486','to'),
('68487','1."'),
('68488',' Series #1, Episode #8 of The Collegians.'),
('68489',' Prints of this film survive in the Library of Congress, and the UCLA  Film and Television Archives.'),
('68490',' In both _Cinderella (1950)_ (qv) and _Sleeping Beauty (1959)_ (qv),  the main characters friends surprise her with a new dress, calling  out "Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Happy birthday!"'),
('68491',' Not only is the name of the prince never revealed, he is nowhere in  the film mentioned as "Prince Charming".'),
('68492',' Ilene Woods (qv) beat exactly 309 girls for the part of  Cinderella, after some demo recordings of her singing a few of the  films songs were presented to Walt Disney (qv). However, she had  no idea she was auditioning for the part until Disney contacted her;  she initially made the recordings for a few friends who sent them to  Disney without telling her.'),
('68493',' Lucifer was modeled after animator Ward Kimball (qv)s cat.  Animators were having trouble coming up with a good design for that  cat, but once Walt Disney (qv) saw Kimballs furry calico, he  declared, "Theres your Lucifer."'),
('68494',' When Cinderella is singing "Sing, sweet nightengale", three bubbles  form the head and ears of Mickey Mouse.'),
('68495',' The first fully'),
('68496','developed, feature'),
('68497','length film the studio released  after wartime cutbacks forced them to release several "package  films" (_Melody Time (1948)_ (qv), _Fun and Fancy Free (1947)_ (qv),  et al). The success of the animation department depended greatly on  its success.'),
('68498',' Walt turned for the first time to "Tin Pan Alley" song writers, to  write the songs. This would later become a recurring theme in Disney  animation.'),
('68499',' The royal proclamation on the castle gate wall reads: " All loyal  subjects of his Imperial Majesty are hereby notified by royal  proclamation that in regard to a certain glass slipper, it is upon  this day decreed that a quest be instituted throughout the length  and breadth of our domain. The sole and express purpose of said  quest is as follows to wit: That every single maiden in our beloved  Kingdom shall try upon her foot this aforementioned slipper of  glass, and should one be found whose foot shall properly fit said  slipper, such maiden will be acclaimed the subject of this search  and the one and only true love of his Royal Highness, our noble  Prince. And said Royal Highness will humbly request the hand of said  maiden in marriage to rule with him over all the Land as Royal  Princess and future Queen."'),
('68500',' According to Ilene Woods (qv), who did the voice for Cinderella,  it was Walt Disney (qv) who suggested the layered harmonies in the  "Sweet, Sweet Nightengale" sequence. She thinks that it might have  been the first time that it was attempted.'),
('68501',' According to Marc Davis, one of the directing animators of  Cinderella, at least 90% of the movie was done in live action model  before animation.'),
('68502',' Was the first Disney film to have its songs published and  copyrighted by the newly created Walt Disney Music Company. Before  movie soundtracks became merchandisable, movie songs had little  residual value to the film studio that owned them and were often  sold off to established music companies for sheet music publication.'),
('68503',' GOOFY HOLLER: When both the King and the Grand Duke fall from the  chandelier.'),
('68504',' The transformation of Cinderellas torn dress to that of the white  ball gown was considered to be Walt Disney (qv)s favorite piece  of animation.'),
('68505',' Walt Disney had not had a huge hit since  _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)_ (qv). The production of  this film was regarded as a major gamble on his part. At a cost of  nearly $3,000,000, Disney insiders claimed that if this movie had  failed at the box office, it would have been the end of the Disney  studio. The film was a big hit. The profits from its release, with  the additional profits from record sales, music publishing,  publications and other merchandise gave Disney the cash flow to  finance a slate of productions (animated and live action), establish  his own distribution company, enter television production and begin  building Disneyland during the decade.'),
('68506',' Disney restored and re'),
('68507','mastered the movie for its 4 October 2005 DVD  release as the sixth installment of Disneys Platinum Edition  series. According to the Studio Briefing, Disney sold 3.2 million  copies in its first week and earned over $64 million in sales.'),
('68508',' Although pumpkins are originally from Central and North America,  settlers brought samples back to Europe, where they flourished in  popularity. It is realistic to see them growing in European farms in  the era of this story.'),
('68509',' The story takes place roughly in June. In the movie, the sun rises  slightly before 6:00 AM (in France), as it would within a few weeks  of the summer solstice. Also by this time, a pumpkin would have  grown to 20'),
('68510','40 pounds.'),
('68511',' CBS originally broadcast this program live and in color. However the  recently discovered kinescope is in black and white.'),
('68512',' When "Cinderella" aired on 31 March 1957, it was watched by more  than 107 million people. By comparison, if the show had been  presented in one of New Yorks largest theaters, the 3,000 seat City  Center, it would have taken 80 years, at eight performances a week,  to reach an audience of the same size.'),
('68513',' It was Richard Rodgers (I) (qv) who wanted the Fairy Godmother  (played by Edie Adams (qv)) to be a beautiful young woman, arguing  that, since she had magical powers, it made more sense '),
('68514',' a concept  that met with disagreement among the creative staff until the  composers view prevailed.'),
('68515',' Two ball gowns of completely different designs were worn by Julie  Andrews. Early publicity stills of the production (some of which  still exist today) show Andrews in a traditional, storybook'),
('68516','like  tulle skirt gown. This gown was ultimately never used for the  broadcast, dismissed as too big and heavy to utilize through all the  live broadcast maneuvers. A simpler, sleeveless white sheath fitted  closer to Andrews body was used instead.'),
('68517',' Features the song "Loneliness of Evening", which  Richard Rodgers (I) (qv) and Oscar Hammerstein II (qv) had  deleted from their 1949 stage musical version of "South Pacific".  (However, the songs lyrics did turn up in the movie version of  _South Pacific (1958)_ (qv) in the form of a poem that Emile de  Becque sends to Nellie Forbush.)'),
('68518',' The white dress that Cinderella wears to the ball was so heavy that  after 12 hours of shooting, Lesley Ann Warren (qv) was unable to  move her shoulders and had to be injected with a muscle relaxant.'),
('68519',' Jack Jones was originally cast as the prince.'),
('68520',' First film project for Lesley Ann Warren (qv).'),
('68521',' The stepsisters are named Goneril and Regan, after the two conniving  sisters in Shakesepeares King Lear.'),
('68522',' The Canadian video release (circa 1981) from Vogue Video was derived  from a video master originally created for hotel use. Thus, at the  six minute mark, a voice comes on the soundtrack telling viewers  that the preview period has ended and, to continue viewing the  movie, they must push the appropriate button on their selector box  and that the charge will be added to their room bill.'),
('68523',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('68524',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Kingdom of Flowers, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('68525',' James Caan appeared 6 years later almost identically in sailors garb  for an uncredited cameo in Steven Spielbergs "1941" as the sailor  who throws the first punch in the ballroom fight sequence.'),
('68526',' Was originally intended to be directed by Lasse Hallström (qv).'),
('68527',' Russell Crowe (I) (qv) dislocated his shoulder while training for  the films boxing sequences, which delayed the filming two months.'),
('68528',' Russell Crowe (I) (qv) lost more than 50 pounds, weighing only 176  pounds for his role (compare to 228 pounds in  _Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)_ (qv)).'),
('68529',' Professional boxers played Braddocks opponents. They were told to  land their blows as close to Crowes body as possible.  Unfortunately, they sometimes couldnt pull back in time and ended  up injuring Crowe.'),
('68530',' Crowe suffered from several concussions and cracked teeth.'),
('68531',' The cinematographer invented a "tire'),
('68532','cam" which is a camera  cushioned inside a tire and behind Plexiglas. This allowed the  professional boxers to hit the tire to create realistic reactions  from a first'),
('68533','person point'),
('68534','of'),
('68535','view.'),
('68536',' At one time, Penny Marshall (I) (qv) was intended to direct the  film.'),
('68537',' Rosemarie DeWitt (qv), who plays the neighbor Sara Wilson, is the  granddaughter of the real Jimmy Braddock (qv). She is the daughter  of his daughter Rosemarie, who is portrayed by Ariel Waller (qv)  in the film.'),
('68538',' This Depression'),
('68539','era drama made headlines for being not only one of  the best reviewed films of 2005, but one of the least well attended.  After four weeks of release the film had taken around US$50 million,  which even during the box'),
('68540','office slump of the time was a  disappointment, especially considering the good buzz. AMC Theatres  hoped to keep the film and started a unique offer of a money'),
('68541','back  guarantee. Ticket buyers who did not like the film were promised  that their money would be refunded, no questions asked.'),
('68542',' Matt Damon (qv), Ben Affleck (qv), Billy Bob Thornton (qv) and  Mark Wahlberg (I) (qv) were all considered for the role of  Jimmy Braddock (qv)'),
('68543',' The streetcars used in the movie are owned by the Halton County  Radial Railway Museum, which has a huge collection of streetcars  near Milton, Ontario, Canada.'),
('68544',' Clive Owen (qv) was also considered for the lead role.'),
('68545',' Max Baer, whos paternal grandfather was Jewish, boxed with a Star  of David embroidered on his trunks. The star is visible on Baers  red trunks throughout his fight with Braddock in the final fight  scene.'),
('68546',' Madison Square Garden Bowl was located at 48th Street and Northern  Boulevard in Long Island City, Queens. The bowl was torn down after  World War II.'),
('68547',' The story Braddock tells of his kids confusing the word "title" with  the word "turtle" is true. A reporter asked Braddocks son Howard  what he would do if his father brought home the title young Howard  replied that hed "play with it. Pull it around on a string".'),
('68548',' According to Steve Kroft (qv) during an interview with  Russell Crowe (I) (qv) on an episode of  _"60 Minutes" (1968)_ (qv), the role of Jim Braddock is Crowes  personal favorite.'),
('68549',' One of the boxers portrayed in the film was Frankie Campbell.  Campbells real name was Frankie Camilli. His brother was Brooklyn  Dodger all star first baseman Dolph Camilli.'),
('68550',' After the films release many boxing analysts and even  Max Baer (qv)s son, Max Baer Jr. (qv) decried the movie for  its historical liberties taken with Max Baer. Specifically, that he  had killed two men in the ring (he did kill one and an opponent hed  KOd died a few weeks after their bout for reasons unrelated to the  fight) and that he took pride in that fact. Max Baer Jr. has said  that his father was always haunted by the memories of killing a man  in the ring and that it played a prominent part in Max Baers  eventual death from alcoholism.'),
('68551',' The trailer features music by James Newton Howard (qv) from the  movie _Dave (1993)_ (qv).'),
('68552',' In preparation for her driving test, Hilary Duff (qv) drove  herself between filming locations during principal photography for  the film.'),
('68553',' Hilary Duff (qv) accepted the lead role because  Charles Perrault (qv)s story "Cinderella" was her favorite fairy  tale when she was growing up.'),
('68554',' The number "609" at the end of Chad Michael Murrays online screen  name is the actual area code for the Princeton area, referred to  throughout the movie.'),
('68555',' The end of Hilary Duff (qv)s characters screen name in the movie  is 818. 818 is the area code for the San Fernando Valley, where the  movie takes place.'),
('68556',' The necklaces around Carters neck in his first scene were taped on  to his shirt to avoid any noise the microphone would pick up.'),
('68557',' Rupert Grint (qv) had gotten the role as Austin, but had to drop  the role because he was busy making  _Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)_ (qv).'),
('68558',' Production designer Charles Breen (qv) built the interior of the  diner and Sams attic bedroom on stage at Warner Bros.'),
('68559',' Jennifer Coolidges fake fingernails had to be attached with tape  because she is allergic to glue.'),
('68560',' This is the third movie that Regina King and Jennifer Coolidge have  co'),
('68561','starred. The first was "Down to Earth" with Chris Rock in 2001,  and the second was "Legally Blonde 2:Red, White & Blonde" with Reese  Witherspoon in 2003.'),
('68562',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Hicksville Epicure, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('68563',' Jerry Lewis (I) (qv) musical entrance down the grand staircase  was done in one take, a Lewis trademark. But his seven'),
('68564','second rush  up the same 63 steps put too much of a strain on his heart and  landed him in the hospital.'),
('68565',' Some exteriors were shot at the Bel Air, California mansion also  used in _"Beverly Hillbillies, The" (1962)_ (qv).'),
('68566',' This TV special was performed on stage as a pantomime and filmed for  television.'),
('68567',' Official selection Cannes 2005'),
('68568',' Elwin Rijken (qv) wrote the script and sent it to  Jaap Postma (qv). After Postma made some changes he accepted the  lead role.'),
('68569',' Rudi van der Steen (qv) was accidentally seriously injured on the  head by a sai. The scene was filmed but the producers decided not to  use the footage.'),
('68570',' Pentamagik [nl] delivered the camera equipment for free, because  they feel it is good to support film work in The Netherlands.'),
('68571',' Filming took 2 nights in a local cinema in Eindhoven.'),
('68572',' All fights and stunts were made up on the set without further  preparation.'),
('68573',' Johan Aders (qv) was actually hit with a real laptop. He refused  to wear a wig for protection because he felt the wig was too big and  obvious. The result was an open wound on the nose.'),
('68574',' Due to lack of time most of the fights had to be shorter than  originally planned.'),
('68575',' This documentary is featured on the Criterion Collection DVD for  _Salvatore Giuliano (1962)_ (qv).'),
('68576',' This tour of Federico Fellinis office is included on both the  2'),
('68577','disc and 3'),
('68578','disc Collectors Edition DVDs for  _Dolce vita, La (1960)_ (qv).'),
('68579',' This is the first film ever exposed to Cinema'),
('68580','Ban issue in Saudi  Arabia which was a serious non'),
('68581','talked'),
('68582','about issue for decades. The  issue was raised after the film and was discussed and covered well  in the media.'),
('68583',' Most of the Saudi young guys appeared in the movie are movie fans  and did write in newspaper about cinema and films. At least four of  them have their periodical columns now. All the guys knew each other  through a website called cinemac.net which discusses movies in  Arabic language.'),
('68584',' The director stated in many interviews that he did not owned a  camera at the beginning of the shooting, and he was borrowing from  friends cameras or renting them. "It was a very low budget film" he  said, and it cost about $2,000 only most of it is hotel expenses!'),
('68585',' A copy of this film is held by the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('68586',' This documentary is featured on the Region 1 DVD for  _Dreamers, The (2003)_ (qv).'),
('68587',' The consists of four short films entitled "Cacciatori di rettili", a  documentary about reptiles; "Sui pattini a rotelle", a ballet  executed on roller skates; "Ritmi nuovi" another documentary (in  color) and "Nel paese dei ranocchi" an animated cartoon (also in  color). Erminio Macario (qv) plays the cashier of the cinema in  scenes linking the four sketches.'),
('68588',' Brazils official selection for the 2007 Academy Awards.'),
('68589',' The movie is based on story narrated by directors great'),
('68590','uncle  Ranulpho Gomes, who sold aspirins in Brazil during the 40s.'),
('68591',' Shot in 3 days.'),
('68592',' Original title: "Cineme Fabrique No. 1".'),
('68593',' Movie was made in response to all the bad festival films that are  regularly celebrated.'),
('68594',' This is a work in progress which started on 7 February 1978, at  11am. It is a silent 8mm film roll (duration: 320) where a person  is filmed in the situation he/she has chosen. No editing is done, no  second take is allowed. As of June 2007, 2157 "Cinematons" have been  shot, mostly artists and friends of author Gérard Courant (qv).  Total length is now nearing 150 hours screening.'),
('68595',' Sophia Loren (qv)s Best Actress Academy Award was the first Oscar  ever given for a performance in a "foreign'),
('68596','language" film.'),
('68597',' Italian censorship visa #33469 delivered on 26 November 1960.'),
('68598',' It has been said that Anna Magnani was originally cast in the role  of Cesira; but when she was unable commit to the film due to  illness, it was Magnani herself who suggested Sophia Loren for the  role, suggesting to Vittorio de Sica that if Sophia (who was 25  years old at the time) would not mind playing a mother with an  adolescent daughter, then the role should go to Loren.'),
('68599',' Screenwriter Arthur Hoerl (qv) always considered this his best  picture. Unfortunately, its not possible to see it as its not been  released in decades.'),
('68600',' Based on a true story'),
('68601',' The film was hand colored using the Pathécolor stencil process, in  which groundstone glass is cut with a pantograph in the shape of an  object to conform with what is on the 35mm print. A machine then  passes a dye'),
('68602','soaked strip of velvet over the film with the glass  stencil on top and the film is colored. Cutting the stencils (a  stencil for every different color) was a very long and tedious  process which delayed the release of the film by almost two years.  The color style/scheme of the movie was to imitate the tone, color  and feel of 17th Century Renaissance paintings.'),
('68603',' Edmond Rostands play was first performed in France in 1897.'),
('68604',' The play was inspired by a real person, Cyrano de Bergerac, Savinen  (1619 '),
('68605',' 1655), an author known for his swordsmanship and large nose.'),
('68606',' At the movies screening after its completion, producer  Willis Kent (qv) determined that the film was so badly made as to  be unreleasable. Since the original director had not shown up for  the screening and was nowhere to be found, he turned to stunt  coordinator Yakima Canutt (qv) '),
('68607',' who was the only person besides  Kent to show up for the screening '),
('68608',' and asked him to re'),
('68609','shoot the  picture. According to Canutt, he re'),
('68610','shot virtually the entire film,  but because of contractual technicalities could not receive credit  for it.'),
('68611',' The entire movie was edited, mixed and rendered in the basement of  co'),
('68612','producer Brad Levicoff (qv)s house?'),
('68613',' Driver, Minnie (qv) gained 30 pounds for the role of Benny.'),
('68614',' To make Chris ODonnell (I) (qv) appear to be much taller than  Minnie Driver (qv) than he really is, she had to walk in a ditch  when they were filming the scene of their stroll in Knockglen.'),
('68615',' During the filming of the fight sequences, David Carradine (qv)s  nose was broken twice, his toe gouged and knee hurt.'),
('68616',' Bruce Lee (I) (qv) and James Coburn (qv) wrote the original  story with the intention of starring in the movie themselves.  David Carradine (qv) was originally offered the part of the main  character Cord, but preferred the multiple roles intended for  Bruce Lee (I) (qv).'),
('68617',' When Tatum ONeal (qv)s character goes to the porn theater where  she meets Richard Burton (I) (qv)s character for the first time,  Lee Majors (I) (qv) and Tatums father Ryan ONeal (qv) are  clearly seen as two of the people in the theater. Ryan ONeal  visited the set often to supervise his daughter due to the films  sensitive material.'),
('68618',' Tatum ONeal (qv) had to keep her legs covered throughout the  entire movie, including during her topless scene. This is because  she had been involved in a terrible car accident shortly before  filming, and her legs had suffered second and third'),
('68619','degree burns  from skidding on the pavement.'),
('68620',' American Film Institute Catalog of Feature Films 1921'),
('68621','1930  erroneously places the last four cast members from this film and the  roles in which they appear'),
('68622','Buddy Smith (I) (qv),  Joan Crawford (I) (qv), Frank Braidwood (qv) and  Derek Glynne (I) (qv)'),
('68623','in the cast of  _Only Thing, The (1925)_ (qv), a different film entirely, in which  they do not appear.'),
('68624',' The film is composed of five separate stories, respectively called:  Contatti telefonici, Gelosia, Dalla finestra, Il postino, Galop  finale al circo.'),
('68625',' The film was shot clandestinely in Rome in 1944 during what is known  in History as the Republic of Salò, when Mussolini was deposed and  the country occupied by the Germans. At that time, all cinematic  activity was to be transferred North (Venice) but many actors and  technicians decided to stay. 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 document  had no choice but to work clandestinely.'),
('68626',' Shooting took only 15 days'),
('68627',' Spotted by the directors of the Melbourne and London International  Animation Festival at a university screening at the Royal Melbourne  Institute of Technology.'),
('68628',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Somnambulists, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('68629',' The ad for "Shannon, Brightons Most Convincing Pre'),
('68630','Op TRANSEXUAL"  actually shows 1940s Hollywood actress Lake, Veronica (qv).'),
('68631',' Fred Ward (I) (qv) replaced Frederic Forrest (qv) at very short  notice'),
('68632',' Three generations of the Landers family collaborate on this made for  TV movie. Veteran Producer, Ruth Landers execs this film. Audrey and  Judy Landers wrote the screen play, and costarred along with their  kids.'),
('68633',' Twelfth episode, third series, of The Gumps 2'),
('68634','reel comedy series.'),
('68635',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives.'),
('68636',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Tango Tragedy, A (1914)_ (qv).'),
('68637',' While filming a scene where the main tent catches fire,  John Wayne (qv) was almost killed when the set collapsed. As he  was "fighting" the fire, Wayne was to be cued by the assistant  director when to leave before the set was to collapse in flames.  Either Wayne didnt hear the cue, or the a.d. mistimed it (it was  never determined which), but the flaming set began to collapse  before Wayne got out. He escaped with just a few seconds to spare  before the entire set would have fallen down on top of him.'),
('68638',' Frank Capra (qv) began this project but left due to unhappiness  with the script and budget.'),
('68639',' David Niven (I) (qv) was originally cast as Cap Carson but left  after one of the earlier script rewrites, complaining that it was  becoming simply "a typical John Wayne (I) (qv) film" and that his  role had become smaller. Lloyd Nolan (qv) replaced him.'),
('68640',' John Wayne (I) (qv) suffered from a chronic cough during filming  and smoked all the time.'),
('68641',' Final movie written by Oscar winner Ben Hecht.'),
('68642',' This film was exclusively shown at the 600'),
('68643','seat IMAX theater at the  Ringling Brothers Circus World Showcase in Central Florida (the site  was converted to the Boardwalk and Baseball Theme Park in 1986).'),
('68644',' The song "Look for a Star", used throughout the film during the  circus sequences, became a hit pop recording in Great Britain and  the United States. It was written by the young Tony Hatch (qv)  under his regular pseudonym of Mark Anthony.'),
('68645',' The footage of the trapeze act featured in the film (complete with  inter'),
('68646','cuts of audience reaction) is identical to that in  John Moxey (qv)s Circus of Fear (1966) (qv)'),
('68647',' The circus used in this movie was that of Billy Smart’s Circus, one  of the three big tenting circuses in the United Kingdom at the time  of filming. The external scenes were filmed on Clapham Common.'),
('68648',' In September 1987, Juliet Prowse (qv) was mauled by an 80'),
('68649','pound  leopard while rehearsing for the show. She required five stitches. A  few months later, she was mauled by the same animal while preparing  to go on _"Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The" (1962)_ (qv) to  promote the broadcast of the "Circus" episode. This time, she  required 30'),
('68650','40 stitches to reattach part of her left ear.'),
('68651',' Paul Scherrer (qv) was to perform the Flying Trapeze with  Cheryl Richardson (qv) and Sylver Gregory (qv) on Circus of the  Stars XVII. During the final rehearsal, Paul suffered a broken arm  from a fall to the net during his "Passing Leap" trick with Cheryl.  Filling for Paul during opening night was his co'),
('68652','trainer,  Richie Gaona (qv). Paul was interviewed and ringmaster,  Alan Thicke (qv) had explained what had happened.'),
('68653',' Premiere included live stage prologue written by Joseph Plunkett.'),
('68654',' Final Charles Chaplin (qv) film of the silent era. He would make  two more "silent" films, bucking the trend towards sound, however  both _City Lights (1931)_ (qv) and _Modern Times (1936)_ (qv) would  nonetheless include significant compromises to incorporate sound.'),
('68655',' Chaplins studio burnt down during production. This, combined with a  number of major personal issues that arose during production, led to  Chaplins nervous breakdown (he spent time recovering in New York  after about two'),
('68656','thirds of the film had been shot).'),
('68657',' Chaplin practiced tightrope walking for weeks before filming. He  actually performed on a rope forty feet in the air. However, the  footage was lost when the negative was scratched during processing.  The scene had to be re'),
('68658','shot, and the footage included in the film  was not as good as that which had been lost, in Chaplins  estimation.'),
('68659',' In the 1969 re'),
('68660','issue, the 80'),
('68661','year'),
('68662','old Chaplin sang the title song.'),
('68663',' Because of the problems with the film, not the film itself, Chaplin  did not mention it once in his autobiography. But, five years after  his autobiography was released, Chaplin re'),
('68664','issued it for the first  time in forty'),
('68665','one years.'),
('68666',' Is the only of Charles Chaplins feature films not to be mentioned  in his autobiography.'),
('68667',' Over 13 cameras were used to capture the magic of the live show. The  show was filmed over a course of three days.'),
('68668',' The musicians are all wearing full stage makeup similar to the  center'),
('68669','stage performers.'),
('68670',' Filmed on the opening section of its world tour, Varekai features  the performers seen in the documentary reality series  _"Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within" (2002)_ (qv).'),
('68671',' According to Cirque Du Soleil, "varekai" means "wherever" in Romany.'),
('68672',' Seymour Cassel (qv) was set to star but left shortly before  filming began. Kris Kristofferson (I) (qv) was a last minute  replacement.'),
('68673',' Elizabeth Allan (I) (qv) was announced as leading lady, and sued  M.G.M. when she was replaced by Rosalind Russell (qv)'),
('68674',' This is William Farley (I) (qv)s first feature film, made on  credit cards.'),
('68675',' Whoopi Goldberg (qv)s first film.'),
('68676',' The budget for the film is less than what Marlon Brando (qv) was  paid to appear in _Superman (1978)_ (qv)'),
('68677',' The building used as the chocolate factory can also be seen in "The  Warriors".'),
('68678',' When a tape is played from bugging Martin Luther King (qv)s hotel  room, the sounds of people having sex are the same sounds from the  sex scene between Jack Nicholson (qv) and Sally Struthers (qv)  in _Five Easy Pieces (1970)_ (qv).'),
('68679',' Screenwriter Mankiewicz, Herman J. (qv) wrote the balance of the  screenplay for this film from a hospital bed recovering from  illness.'),
('68680',' The scene where Kane destroys Susans room after shes left him was  done on the first take. Director/star Orson Welles (qv) hands  were bleeding, and he is quoted as saying, "I really felt it."'),
('68681',' The camera looks up at Charles Foster Kane and his best friend  Jedediah Leland and down at weaker characters like Susan Alexander  Kane. This was a technique that Orson Welles (qv) borrowed from  John Ford (I) (qv) who had used it two years previously on  _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv). Welles privately watched  _Stagecoach (1939)_ (qv) about 40 times while making this film.'),
('68682',' During the scenes where Kane first buys his newspaper and delivers  the line about going bankrupt in 60 years, Orson Welles (qv)  appears to be dressed as himself at his actual age. Welles has  indicated in interviews that he was even more made up playing a  young man than he was playing Kane as an old one; "temporary"  facelifts and hair styling as well as camera tricks make him look  much more beautiful than he actually was. Welles said that he spent  years living down how far hed come down from his "youthful looks,"  when in fact he never really looked that good.'),
('68683',' Despite all the publicity, the film was a box office flop and was  quickly consigned to the RKO vaults. At 1941s Academy Awards the  film was booed every time one of its nine nominations was announced.  It was only re'),
('68684','released for the public in the mid'),
('68685','1950s.'),
('68686',' Xanadus design is based on William Randolph Hearst (qv)s  elaborate home in San Simeon and Mont St Michel in France.'),
('68687',' For the new footage in the opening newsreel to look suitably grainy,  editor Robert Wise (I) (qv) came up with the idea of physically  dragging the footage across a stone floor and running across a  cheesecloth filled with sand. These efforts went unappreciated in  some quarters: one cinema distributor contacted RKO to complain  about the film stock being of inferior quality and demanded a  replacement print.'),
('68688',' The reporter interviewing an aged Kane in the newsreel is the films  cinematographer Gregg Toland (qv).'),
('68689',' Agnes Moorehead (qv)s film debut.'),
('68690',' Much of the Inquirers bad review of Susan Alexanders opera debut  (bylined "Jed Leland" but, in the film, largely written by Kane  himself) can be read in the DVD release, with use of freeze'),
('68691','frame  and zoom. It reads: "Miss Susan Alexander, a pretty but hopelessly  incompetent amateur, last night opened the new Chicago Opera House  in a performance of Salammbo." "Her singing, happily, is no  concern of this department. Of her acting, it is absolutely  impossible to say anything except that it represents, in the opinion  of this reviewer, a new low. The performance, as a whole, was weak  and incomprehensible." "While it is true that a wealth of training  has been expended on the voice of Miss Alexander, the result has  been pathetitc [sic] in the extreme, inasmuch as she lacks tonal  purity, bolume and the nuances of enunciation so important for the  grand opera diva. "LACKS STAGE PRESENCE "Another grave fault in her  performance was lack of stage pres'),
('68692',' ... " (The rest of the column  cannot be seen.)'),
('68693',' George Coulouris (qv), who played Kanes legal guardian, posed for  two hours for a papier'),
('68694','maché statue of himself. He later petitioned  the Screen Actors Guild for payment for those two hours and won his  case.'),
('68695',' Orson Welles (qv) chipped his anklebone halfway through production  and had to direct for 2 weeks from a wheelchair. When he was called  upon to stand up onscreen, he wore metal braces. The injury occurred  in the scene where Kane chases Gettys down the stairs and Welles  tripped.'),
('68696',' For the later scenes featuring an older Kane, Orson Welles (qv)  sat in the make'),
('68697','up chair for 2:30 am to be ready for a 9:00 am  start.'),
('68698',' Orson Welles (qv) always claimed that this picture was not the  biography of one specific individual, but a composite of characters  from that era in America. Though universally recognized as based on  the life of William Randolph Hearst (qv), there were also elements  in the story that applied to the life of Chicago utilities magnate  Samuel Insull (1859'),
('68699','1938).'),
('68700',' The film showcased a technique called "universal focus". To get the  image of Kane and the poster picture during the speech sequence,  short lenses were used. At the same time, the key light (the main  lights) were gradually increased to get both images sharp and clear.'),
('68701',' William Randolph Hearst (qv) was infuriated by this movie,  obviously based on his life. According to an essay written for the  New York Review of Books by Gore Vidal (qv) "Rosebud" was Hearsts  name for long'),
('68702','time mistress Marion Davies (qv) clitoris. But  screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz (qv) insisted that he took the  name from a bicycle he owned as a child.'),
('68703',' In 1998, voted #1 film of all time by the American Film Institute.'),
('68704',' In 2007, the American Film Institute once again ranked this as the  #1 Greatest Movie of All Time. This film was previously the  #1'),
('68705','ranked entry on the AFIs previous list of 1998.'),
('68706',' The movies line "Rosebud." was voted as the #17 movie quote by the  American Film Institute'),
('68707',' The movies line "Old age... its the only disease, Mr. Thompson,  that you dont look forward to being cured of." was voted as the #90  of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('68708',' The movies line "Rosebud." was voted as the #3 of "The 100 Greatest  Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.'),
('68709',' The production number of this movie given by RKO is: 281'),
('68710',' The original nitrate negatives are gone; they were lost in a fire  during the 1970s.'),
('68711',' When everyone goes on a picnic in tents in the Florida Everglades,  the background is a rear projection of an RKO prehistoric monster  movie, possibly _Son of Kong, The (1933)_ (qv).'),
('68712',' The sled that Thatcher gives Kane for Christmas has "THE CRUSADER"  written on it.'),
('68713',' One of the voices of the reporters watching the newsreel at the  beginning belongs to Joseph Cotten (I) (qv).'),
('68714',' Alan Ladd (I) (qv) makes his appearance as one of the reporters at  the end of the film (the one "with the pipe," as indicated in the  credits list), discussing Kane and "Rosebud" just before the furnace  finale.'),
('68715',' In the 1970s, film critic Pauline Kael (qv) wrote an essay called  "Raising Kane". In it, she credited co'),
('68716','screenwriter  Herman J. Mankiewicz (qv) for writing the entire script for this  film, while alleging that Orson Welles (qv) "didnt write one line  of the shooting script". However, this conclusion has very little  factual basis, and was largely based on hearsay. The shooting script  was actually based on two scripts (written separately by Welles and  Mankiewicz) that Welles combined into one for the final version.'),
('68717',' In 1971, shortly after Pauline Kael (qv)s infamous "Raising Kane"  essay first appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire printed the "Kane  Mutiny", an essay apparently by Peter Bogdanovich (qv) that  disputed most of Kaels claims. However, the essay was actually  written by Orson Welles (qv).'),
('68718',' In the scene where Jedediah confronts Kane, Joseph Cotten (I) (qv)  had stayed awake for 24 hours before the shoot so as to finish in  order to start a play in New York. He makes an error and says  "dramatic crimiticism", a flub that Cotten inadvertently made in  rehearsals that Welles decided to use.'),
('68719',' During the opening shots of Xanadu, the single light coming from the  window of Kanes mansion stays in basically the same position of the  frame even though the angles of the house change every few seconds.'),
('68720',' One line by Kane, "Dont believe everything you hear on the radio,"  might be construed as a sly wink from Orson Welles (qv) to those  who panicked upon hearing his radio broadcast of "War of the  Worlds."'),
('68721',' The scene with Charles Bennett (II) (qv) and the "chorus girls"  was supposed to have taken place in a brothel, but the Hays Office  would not allow it. That didnt bother Orson Welles (qv) too much,  as he knew the brothel setting would draw their attention away from  other elements of the script he knew they would object to, which was  why he had introduced it in the first place.'),
('68722',' The credited cast was entirely from the Mercury Theatre troupe,  which Orson Welles (qv) founded when he was 21 years old. The  Mercury Theatre did radio dramatizations of such works as "Les  Miserables", "A Tale of Two Cities", "Treasure Island", "The 39  Steps", "Abraham Lincoln", "The Count of Monte Cristo and, most  famously, "The War of the Worlds".'),
('68723',' The character Jedediah Leland is based on celebrated newspaper  columnist Ashton Stevens, drama critic for the San Francisco  Examiner and later of the Chicago Herald'),
('68724','American, noted interviewer  to the stars and man'),
('68725','about'),
('68726','town. His brother, actor  Landers Stevens (qv), appears uncredited in the film as an  investigator. Ashton was the uncle of director  George Stevens (I) (qv), Landers son.'),
('68727',' William Randolph Hearst (qv) was so angered by the film that he  accused Orson Welles (qv) of being a Communist in order to keep  the film from being released.'),
('68728',' Not only is Joseph Cotten (I) (qv)s voice heard in the beginning  screening room scene but he is also clearly seen in the back row of  reporters.'),
('68729',' Gregg Toland (qv)s equipment included the first extensive use of  coated lenses for shooting a feature film.'),
('68730',' For the opening shot of the "El Rancho" sequence where the camera  appears to move through a gap in the neon sign, a collapsible sign  had to be built that could be split in two to allow the camera to  pass through.'),
('68731',' The piece of music that Susan is repeatedly shown singing is "Una  voce poco fa" from "Il barbiere di Siviglia" by  Rossini, Gioacchino (qv). The character in the opera who sings it,  Rosina, sings in this piece about the voice of an admirer she has  just heard and how she plans to escape with him from her jealous and  overbearing guardian.'),
('68732',' Susans singing voice was provided by a professional opera singer  who, under Orson Welles (qv) direction, sang outside of her vocal  range. She agreed to having her voice used this way on the condition  that her identity never be revealed, fearing it would harm her  career. She was Jean Forward (qv) of the San Francisco Opera.'),
('68733',' It is widely believed that Ted Turner (I) (qv) had plans to  colorize the film, but that wide public outcry led to his decision  not to. The rumor came from a tongue'),
('68734','in'),
('68735','cheek comment from Turner  that he would colorize the film in order to bait critics of the  process. In actuality, Orson Welles (qv) had the rights to the  film, and Turner couldnt have colorized the film even if he had  wanted to. Nonetheless, the controversy over the potential  alteration of this film was one of the catalysts that eventually led  to the film industry requirement that all future video and TV  releases of films that have been altered in any way '),
('68736',' including the  standard conversion from widescreen to "pan and scan" '),
('68737',' must carry a  disclaimer indicating the film has been "modified from its original  version." It is also widely believed that when he heard about it,  Welles supposedly roared, "Tell Ted Turner to keep his crayons away  from my movie!" However, being that he owned the rights to the film,  it is highly unlikely that he ever made any such statement.'),
('68738',' The audience that watches Kane make his speech is, in fact, a still  photo. To give the illusion of movement, hundreds of holes were  pricked in with a pin, and lights moved about behind it.'),
('68739',' Orson Welles (qv) later said that he regretted the way  Marion Davies (qv) was portrayed as "Susan Alexander" and that  Davies was a wonderful woman.'),
('68740',' Was voted the 2nd Greatest film of all time by Entertainment Weekly.'),
('68741',' When Kanes mother, father and Thatcher walk from the living room  into the kitchen, they sit down at a table. For a second, you can  see Thatchers hat jiggle a few inches and then be still again. This  is mainly because the camera had to move through the table to do the  shot. When the camera went into the kitchen, the table split in two,  and then reassembled itself just in time for Agnes Moorehead (qv)  to sit down in the chair.'),
('68742',' One subplot discarded from the final film concerned Susan Alexander  Kane having an affair that Mr. Kane discovers. There were scenes  written and story boards designed for this sequence.'),
('68743',' Mr. Bernsteins first name is never revealed.'),
('68744',' Dispute still rages over ownership of the original idea for the  script, with many claiming that it was the brainchild of co'),
('68745','writer  Herman J. Mankiewicz (qv). In his school days, Orson Welles (qv)  wrote a play titled "Marching Song". Though never produced, it was  the exploration of a public figure through the testimonies of the  people in his life. Mankiewicz certainly wrote the first draft of  the screenplay, which took him about six weeks.'),
('68746',' During filming Orson Welles (qv) received a warning that  William Randolph Hearst (qv) had arranged for a naked woman to  jump into his arms when he entered his hotel room, and there was  also a photographer in the room to take a picture that would be used  to discredit him. Welles spent the night elsewhere, and it is  unknown if the warning was true.'),
('68747',' Editor Robert Wise (I) (qv) dragged the "News on the March"  negatives over concrete, among other tortures, to give them an aged  look.'),
('68748',' Principal photography which began in late June 1940, finished just a  few days over schedule on October 23. THe movie was ready for  release in February 1941. The controversy surrounding the film  delayed its opening until 1 May 1941.'),
('68749',' The character of Mr. Bernstein was named after Orson Welles (qv)s  guardian Dr. Maurice Bernstein.'),
('68750',' Voted #6 in Total Films 100 Greatest Movies Of All Time list  (November 2005).'),
('68751',' Orson Welles (qv) deal with RKO gave him unprecedented freedom  for a first'),
('68752','time director. He was to write, produce, direct and act  in two pictures for the company, with complete autonomy in the  hiring of actors, technicians and final cut. Studio boss  George Schaefer (II) (qv) had to greenlight the project and could  veto any request for extra finance over the modest $500,000 budget  (which eventually would be exceeded by $200,000), but no one other  than Welles was allowed to view the rushes.'),
('68753',' After production wrapped, William Randolph Hearst (qv) forbade any  advertisement of the film in any of his newspapers '),
('68754',' or indeed any  other RKO movies '),
('68755',' and offered to buy the negative from studio head  George Schaefer (II) (qv) with a view to destroying it.  Fortunately Orson Welles (qv) had already previewed the film to  influential industry figures to rave reviews, so it was granted a  limited theatrical release. Critics from non'),
('68756','Hearst newspapers fell  over themselves praising the film. The film itself was not reviewed  in any Hearst newspaper until the mid'),
('68757','1970s, when the film critic  for the "Los Angeles Herald'),
('68758','Examiner" finally reviewed it.'),
('68759',' It was RKO head George Schaefer (II) (qv) who suggested the title  change from "American" to "Citizen Kane". Orson Welles (qv) had  also wanted to call the film "John Q".'),
('68760',' The lengthy scene where the older Jedediah Leland is interviewed at  the old folks home was Joseph Cotten (I) (qv)s very first scene  in front of a Hollywood camera. Orson Welles (qv) broken ankle  had forced the rescheduling of this scene, which originally was  supposed to be shot towards the end of the film, so Cotten hadnt  gotten around to learning his lines yet. Consequently he was  supposed to do the scene from cue cards but because his old'),
('68761','age  make'),
('68762','up included contact lenses dipped in milk and a wig that  wouldnt stay on (hence the sun visor) Cotten took a couple of hours  out to learn the lines properly.'),
('68763',' When asked by friends how Kanes last words would be known when he  died alone, Orson Welles (qv) reportedly stared for a long time  before saying, "Dont you ever tell anyone of this." See also the  Goofs entry.'),
('68764',' To keep studio execs off his back, Orson Welles (qv) claimed the  cast and crew were "in rehearsal" during the first few days of  shooting, when in fact they were actually shooting the film. It took  a number of days before the studio caught on.'),
('68765',' The opening scene in a darkened theater (after the newsreel) is  played by all the main male characters from the rest of the film,  including Joseph Cotten (I) (qv) and Orson Welles (qv).'),
('68766',' In the scene where Bernstein enters the Inquirer amidst a pile of  boxes and luggage, some of the boxes are labeled "891" and "LOT  891." Unit 891 was the WPA theater company Orson Welles (qv)  directed for (and starred with) before shooting this picture.'),
('68767',' Orson Welles (qv) thought it an advantage that  Dorothy Comingore (qv) (Susan) was pregnant when shooting began.  It would reassure the studio brass that he intended to finish on  schedule. Welles hid her advancing condition by shooting her behind  tables or by obscuring her body in flowing dressing gowns.'),
('68768',' For this movie Orson Welles (qv), along with cinematographer  Gregg Toland (qv), pioneered "deep focus", a technique that keeps  every object in the foreground, center and background in  simultaneous focus. This brought a sense of depth to the  two'),
('68769','dimensional world of movies.'),
('68770',' Orson Welles (qv) reportedly wore out a print of  _Power and the Glory, The (1933)_ (qv) while studying its story  construction, a technique its screenwriter Preston Sturges (qv)  referred to as "narratige".'),
('68771',' The "ASK ME" pin worn by Kurtwood Smith (qv) in the hardware store  shows up again in Alexander Payne (I) (qv)s following film,  _Election (1999)_ (qv).'),
('68772',' The Adult Emporium Harlan is walking into is at "3216 1st Ave,  Council Bluffs, Iowa".'),
('68773',' The idea for this film predates Lannings first project Oddworld:  Abes Oddysee, which was made in 1994, and released in 1997.'),
('68774',' The now classic stock footage of the car'),
('68775','flip stunt from  _Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D. (1991)_ (qv) is used once again for this  film. This footage has also been used for several other films  including _Terror Firmer (1999)_ (qv), and  _Tromeo and Juliet (1996)_ (qv).'),
('68776',' After Noxie ties Sarah up, he says "I want to have your abortion." A  small tribute to a line that got cut from _Fight Club (1999)_ (qv).'),
('68777',' Before the films world premiere, a decision was made to leave the  World Trade Center in the opening narration despite the 9/11 attacks  taking place a month earlier. This decision was applauded by the  crowd.'),
('68778',' Mitch Cohen (qv), who played Toxie in the original Toxic Avenger  makes a cameo in the film as a racist who is lynched by the KKK  after Toxie gives him a blackface treatment with a car engine.'),
('68779',' Tromadu shots were filmed in the Playboy Mansion, and the black and  white film clip of Tromadu was an homage to the opening scene of  _Citizen Kane (1941)_ (qv).'),
('68780',' Tex Diaper, the leader of the Diaper Mafia says in one scene  "Alright you fucking retards, drop your Tacos or Ill blow your  brains out!" '),
('68781',' a reference to what Leroy said in the first Toxic  Avenger movie, which was "Alright everybody, drop your Tacos or Ill  blow your brains out!"'),
('68782',' Celeste Octavia (qv) (Kinky Finkelsteins assistant) offered to do  her role completely nude in exchange for one line in the film, where  she asks the doctor if its time to remove the thermometer from her  butt.'),
('68783',' 30 gallons of blood where used in the hospital scene.'),
('68784',' Hugh Hefner (qv) was originally going to be in the Tromadu  segment. They even had a shot of him saying, "Only the Toxic Avenger  knows for sure!" in the original teaser trailer. Unfortunately, a  cease'),
('68785','and'),
('68786','desist order from Hefners lawyers forced Troma to remove  any and all visual depictions of him from both their advertising and  the final film. By all accounts, Hefner himself was initially fine  with being in the film, but his lawyers convinced him he was  unfairly coerced into being in the movie. Because of this, during  the "Special Thanks To" sequence of the final credits, theres a  special "No thanks to Hugh Hefners lawyers" credit at the end of  the film.'),
('68787',' David Mattey is 610", making him the tallest actor so far to play  Toxie.'),
('68788',' Filmed in 1987, but only released in 1993.'),
('68789',' All of the interiors in the film were shot before the exteriors, so  the wounds on Franco Neros face were invented before the actual  beating had been shot. They later had to coordinate the beating to  match the makeup he had had on while shooting the interiors.'),
('68790',' DIRCAMEO(Enzo G. Castellari (qv)): the hoodlum in the denim jacket  in the ship yard.'),
('68791',' Italian censorship visa #10455 delivered on 23 August 1951.'),
('68792',' In Germany, the credits also lists Wolfgang Krüger as the author of  the dialogue, Hella Graf (qv) as the Dialogue Director, Hedi  Rosetz as the Sound Editor, Max Galinsky (qv) and Fritz Klenke as  the Sound Recordists.'),
('68793',' The Philippine board of censor banned the film after then First Lady  Imelda Marcos (qv) objected the use of Manila in the title. Mrs.  Marcos believed that using the name of the countrys capital in the  movie would give great shame to the country. The movie, the  Philippines government claimed, exposed the seedy and dark side of  Manila and its people. The producer was forced to change the title  to City After Dark, and agreed to cut some disturbing scenes as  demanded by the government.'),
('68794',' The fake nurse device of Alma Moreno (I) (qv)s  prostitute'),
('68795','in'),
('68796','nurse attire was taken from a real'),
('68797','life motel slaying  case a year before the production of the movie.'),
('68798',' One of the underwater craft used in the movie is the "flying sub"  from the later seasons of the television series  _"Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('68799',' Irwin Allen (I) (qv) also prepared a presentation reel for this  concept, with Glenn Corbett (I) and Francine York (qv).'),
('68800',' The main set, Tritan Control, was re'),
('68801','dressed, painted black and used  as the Ape Training Center in  _Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)_ (qv).'),
('68802',' Based on true events'),
('68803',' Director Murnau, F.W. (qv) wanted the title of the film to be "Our  Daily Bread". After differences with the producers he left, and an  assistant director finished it.'),
('68804',' 44 pages shot in 3 days.'),
('68805',' The interior scenes of New Yorks City Hall actually were filmed  inside a mansion in Teaneck, New Jersey.'),
('68806',' Al Pacino (qv) spent time with then'),
('68807','New York City Mayor  Rudolph W. Giuliani (qv) and former Mayors Edward I. Koch (qv)  and David Dinkins (qv) to help prepare for his role.'),
('68808',' The scenes at the snowy train station were actually filmed in  80'),
('68809','degree weather.'),
('68810',' The character of Frank Anselmo was based in part on Brooklyn'),
('68811','born  Queens Borough President Donald Manes, who was caught up in real  estate development scandals and attempted suicide in his car in 1986  by slashing his wrists. Although he survived, he succeeded in  killing himself two months later by plunging an eight inch kitchen  knife into his heart.'),
('68812',' Anthony Franciosa (I) (qv)s last film.'),
('68813',' Burt Reynolds (I) (qv) had his jaw broken when he was hit in the  face with a metal chair while filming a fight scene. He was  restricted to a liquid diet and lost over thirty pounds by the time  the film wrapped.'),
('68814',' Blake Edwards (qv) was the original writer and director on the  project. He stepped aside as director after creative differences  with star Clint Eastwood (qv).'),
('68815',' The original titles of the project were "Kansas City Jazz" and  "Kansas City Heat".'),
('68816',' Marsha Mason (qv) was originally cast as Addy but left the film  due to creative differences.'),
('68817',' Clio Goldsmith (qv) was originally cast as Caroline Howley but was  replaced during pre'),
('68818','production by Jane Alexander (qv).'),
('68819',' In the graveyard scene, director Kenji Kodama (qv)s name can be  seen on one of the graves.'),
('68820',' Orson Welles (qv) said that this was his favorite movie of all  time.'),
('68821',' Chaplin, Charles (qv) re'),
('68822','shot the scene in which the Little Tramp  buys a flower from the blind flower'),
('68823','girl 342 times, as he could not  find a satisfactory way of showing that the blind flower'),
('68824','girl  thought that the mute tramp was wealthy.'),
('68825',' The famous Flower Girl theme was written by  Padilla, José (I) (qv).'),
('68826',' Charles Chaplin (qv)s first film made during the sound era. He  faced extreme pressure to make the film as a talkie, but such was  his popularity and power in Hollywood that he was able to complete  and release the film as a silent (albeit with recorded music) at a  time when the rest of the American motion picture industry had  converted to sound.'),
('68827',' In terms of years, this film was Charles Chaplin (qv)s longest  undertaking. It was in production from 31 December 1927 '),
('68828',' 22 January  1931, over three years. It shot for only 180 days, though.'),
('68829',' At the beginning of the film, a town official and a woman dedicating  the statue can be heard uttering nondescript words by way of a paper  reed mouth instrument. The sounds were made by  Charles Chaplin (qv) and this was the first time that his voice  was heard on film.'),
('68830',' When the film opened on 31 January 1931, Albert Einstein (qv)  joined Chaplin at the theater. When the film opened in England,  George Bernard Shaw (qv) joined him.'),
('68831',' Visa dexploitation en France #10182'),
('68832',' At one point, Virginia Cherrill (qv) came back to the set late  from an appointment, keeping Charles Chaplin (qv) waiting.  Chaplin, whose relationship with Cherrill was not friendly, fired  her on the spot. He intended to reshoot the film with  Georgia Hale (qv), his heroine from _Gold Rush, The (1925)_ (qv),  playing the flower girl; he even reshot the final scene between the  tramp and the flower girl with Hale in the role. However, Chaplin  had already spent far too much time and money on the project to  start over. Knowing this, Cherrill offered to come back to work '),
('68833',' at  double her original salary. Chaplin reluctantly agreed and the film  was completed. (Source: Virginia Cherrill interview,  _Unknown Chaplin (1983) (TV)_ (qv))'),
('68834',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #11 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('68835',' The story that Billy Crystal (qv) tells about his "best day" of  going to a Yankee game with his father is a true story from his  childhood. He notes at one point that, "I still have the program."  Not only does he really still have it, but he got Mickey Mantle to  autograph it twice: once at the game that day and once again some 20  years later on a talk show they were both guests on.'),
('68836',' Crystal, Billy (qv) co'),
('68837','wrote the story, but is not given on'),
('68838','screen  credit.'),
('68839',' Some trailers feature a scene where someones spurs are caught on a  rail, but this scene is not in the movie.'),
('68840',' The cow'),
('68841','giving'),
('68842','birth used a puppet calf, as several takes were  wanted. The shot of Norman getting to his feet was real footage  taken just after birth. Billy Crystal (qv) actually assisted in  the delivery. Six calves were used in all, and Crystal arranged for  them all to live full lives on a farm. The shots featuring Crystal  were filmed in Colorado, but the shots from the same scene featuring  Jack Palance (qv) were filmed in New York.'),
('68843',' Crystal, Billy (qv) liked the horse he rode so much, he bought  him.'),
('68844',' The horse that Crystal, Billy (qv) rides in the movie is named  Beach Nut and is the same one he rides in  _City Slickers II: The Legend of Curlys Gold (1994)_ (qv).'),
('68845',' Bruno Kirby (qv) is extremely allergic to horses. Prior to each  day of filming involving a horse, he required an injection of  allergy medication to get through the days shooting.'),
('68846',' Daniel Stern (I) (qv) declined the riding lessons offered for the  movie in order to better convey his characters inexperience at  horse riding.'),
('68847',' There is a 38'),
('68848','year gap between Jack Palance (qv)s Oscar  nomination for _Shane (1953)_ (qv) in 1953 and his win for  _City Slickers (1991)_ (qv) in 1991.'),
('68849',' Billy Crystal (qv)s father ran a jazz label in New York and thus  introduced him to many legends of the Jazz world, including  Billie Holiday (qv) who took a seven year old Billy to his first  movie. The movie was _Shane (1953)_ (qv) featuring  Jack Palance (qv).'),
('68850',' Rick Moranis (qv) was cast in a major role but left the project  because of creative differences.'),
('68851',' Jake Gyllenhaals film debut.'),
('68852',' The horse that Crystal, Billy (qv) rode in this movie is called  Beach Nut and he is the same horse that Crystal rode in the first  _City Slickers (1991)_ (qv).'),
('68853',' Jon Lovitz (qv) refers to Bill McKinney (qv), playing one of the  "hick" robbers, as "pig boy". Bill McKinney played the "squeal like  pig, boy" rapist in _Deliverance (1972)_ (qv).'),
('68854',' Sylvia Sidney (qv) replaced Nancy Carroll (I) (qv).'),
('68855',' The first sound flashback. Dialogue heard earlier in the film was  repeated over a huge close'),
('68856','up of Sylvia Sidneys tear'),
('68857','stained face  as she recalls the past.'),
('68858',' This was Dashiel Hammett (qv)s only original screenplay (adapted  by Max Marcin, with the eventual script by Oliver H.P. Garrett).'),
('68859',' John Le Mesurier (qv) replaced Boris Karloff (qv).'),
('68860',' The last feature film of Henry Oscar.'),
('68861',' Robert De Niro (qv) personally had James Franco (qv) cast, after  viewing his performance in _James Dean (2001) (TV)_ (qv).'),
('68862',' The character of Bree, played by Stephi Lineburg (qv), is named  after the directors younger sister.'),
('68863',' Both Robert De Niro (Vincent LaMarca) and William Forsythe (Spyder)  have played Al Capone on screen. De Niro in "The Untouchables"  movie, and Forsythe in "The Untouchables" TV show.'),
('68864',' Negulesco, Jean (qv) took over direction of the film for a short  period when Litvak, Anatole (qv) suffered an eye injury.'),
('68865',' Quentin "Baby" Breese a professional boxer and ranked as one of the  first ten light weights in the world and losing only 15 of 100  fights in his career was the boxing stand in for James Cagney.'),
('68866',' David Janssen (I) (qv)s final film appearance.'),
('68867',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama _Letter with  the Red Seal, The (1911)_ .'),
('68868',' This dialogue between Seth (Cage, Nicolas (qv)) and Maggie '),
('68869','  "Lets go." "Where?" "I dont care." "What will we do?" "Anything."  '),
('68870',' is virtually identical to an exchange between Nicolas Cage and  Deborah Foreman in _Valley Girl (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68871',' DIRCAMEO(Michael Mann): in the foreground when Cage, Nicolas (qv)  is drinking and smoking in a bar.'),
('68872',' During the "falling" sequence near the end of the film, Seths  memories are shown. One of them is of a pregnant woman. This woman  was portrayed by Elisabeth Shue (qv), though you only see her  stomach.'),
('68873',' When they show shots of any of the angels, they rarely blink.  Nicolas Cage (qv) actually practiced not blinking and was able to  do it for several minutes by the time the film was done. However,  once he became human he was able to blink all he wanted.'),
('68874',' Right before the falling sequence, when Nicolas Cage (qv) is  preparing to fall, the music being played are the prayers "Our  Father" and "Hail Mary" recited in Polish.'),
('68875',' The concept of angels moving among the living, hearing their  conversations, experiencing beauty that humans rarely stop to enjoy  or even notice, yet not feeling any emotion or passing any judgment,  was first discussed in the writings of Rainer Maria Rilke (qv),  specifically, his collection The Duino Elegies.'),
('68876',' The dedication "For Dawn" refers to producer Dawn Steel (I) (qv),  who died of a brain tumor before this films release.'),
('68877',' The rooftop scene with Dennis Franz (qv) and  Nicolas Cage (qv)  sitting on scaffolding high above the city was shot for real. Both  actors were afraid of heights.'),
('68878',' When Meg Ryan (qv) is looking in the mirror and  Nicolas Cage (qv) is not reflected, this was shot twice with  motion control: once with Ryan and Cage, once without the actors,  and mixed together. also, if you look closely enough, you can see a  few strands of Ryans hair morphing in and out where Cages face was  erased.'),
('68879',' Theatrically released in the USA with  _Another Froggy Evening (1995)_ (qv) as the preceding cartoon.'),
('68880',' When Maggie asks Seth what he does for a living, he says he is a  messenger. In Greek, the word for messenger is "angelos" and is  where we get the word angel.'),
('68881',' Debut of Leo Gordon (I) (qv).'),
('68882',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Friend of the Family, A (1911)_ (qv).'),
('68883',' Final episode in the long running Metro'),
('68884','Goldwyn'),
('68885','Mayer Passing Parade  one'),
('68886','reel series.'),
('68887',' Shot in seven days.'),
('68888',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Bébé agent dassurances (1911)_ (qv).'),
('68889',' The fruit that Sok takes back for his wife is durian. This green,  soccer'),
('68890','ball'),
('68891','sized fruit has a green spiky rind and yellow,  custard'),
('68892','like sweet flesh. It is famous for its odor. In fact, it  stinks so much that it is forbidden to carry it on certain airlines,  as well as in Singapores public transport system. This is why Jimmy  asks "Is it supposed to smell like that?"'),
('68893',' The buildings where the foggy final showdown takes place are  actually part of Bokor Hill Station, a colonial hill resort town  built by the French in the 1920s. This site, on a mountain above  Kampot in Southern Cambodia, included a church and Grand Bokor  Palace, a hotel'),
('68894','casino. They were taken over by the Cambodian  monarchs after the French left, and were a Khmer Rouge stronghold  against the Vietnamese (the shelling is still visible, there are no  windows left intact). Today the buildings are abandoned, crumbling  and covered in red moss, but can still be visited.'),
('68895',' Many of those who portray minor characters in the film are  expatriates living in Cambodia rather than professional actors.'),
('68896',' Most of the still photos used to make this film had been preserved  only because they were taken on glass plates, which were then used  as windows in a greenhouse in Dawson City, Yukon, Canada.  Pierre Berton (II) (qv), who wrote and reads the films narration,  lived in Dawson as a boy and walked past the greenhouse daily on his  way to school.'),
('68897',' In the tutorial, "Outbreak", one of the contacts for new players is  named Coyote a.k.a. Matthew Bragg. This character is named after the  first pre'),
('68898','beta City of Heroes message board member, Kiyotee.  Kiyotee, who was named Matthew Bregg in real life, was always the  one to help out new people on the message boards. He died shortly  after the game was released, and the contact was renamed in his  honor.'),
('68899',' Among the problems that beset the production were fire'),
('68900','bombings,  mass demonstrations, media criticism, accusations of murder, a  skyrocketing budget that eventually settled at the $27 million mark,  and Warner Brothers 11th hour pullout that nearly bankrupted the  producers.'),
('68901',' Indian writer Sunil Gandopadhyay (qv) '),
('68902',' a former collaborator of  Satyajit Ray (qv) '),
('68903',' was brought on board to help with the scripts  authenticity. This also acted as a seal of approval for the Indian  authorities who will only allow foreign productions to film on the  continent if they contain significant Indian input.'),
('68904',' Beset with antagonism from politicians and inhabitants of Calcutta,  director Roland Joffe approached Indias leading director  Satyajit Ray (qv) to condone the production. Joffe tried four  times to meet with Ray but he refused each time.'),
('68905',' Two assistant directors were accused of the murder of a local  journalist who had worked for Ashok Dasgupta, editor of "Aaj Kal",  one of the leading Indian newspapers. Dasgupta launched a series of  personal attacks against the production, at one point even accusing  Roland Joffe of making a porn film. Although it later transpired  that the journalist in question had died of lung cancer, Dasgupta  refused to withdraw his attacks, charging Joffe with paying off the  autopsy physicians and police, and demanding that he hire two Indian  crew members because they had insulted him. Joffe refused his  demands.'),
('68906',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('68907','Disc edition DVD for  _Collateral (2004)_ (qv).'),
('68908',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy'),
('68909','drama  _Barrys Breaking In (1913)_ (qv).'),
('68910',' A Bluebird Production. Universal used a 3'),
('68911','tiered branding system for  its releases until the end of 1929: Red Feather (low budget  programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige  pictures).'),
('68912',' A Universal Bluebird Production. Not owning its own theater network,  Universal created a 3'),
('68913','tiered branding system to sell its releases  until the end of 1929: Red Feather (low budget programmers),  Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures capable  of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices).'),
('68914',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fathers Toothache (1912)_ (qv).'),
('68915',' SPOILER: The Ravens Inn proprietress, Mrs Newless, who turns out in  fact to be none other than witch Elizabeth Selwyn reincarnate, has a  phonetically reversible surname that points to her true character.  This is a trick frequently used in vampire film & literature.'),
('68916',' "City of the Dead" aka "Horror Hotel" was the first film made by  Amicus Productions, one of Hammers most successful rivals in the  60s and 70s. At the time of this film, however, the company was  known as Vulcan Productions.'),
('68917',' Released in the U.S. on a double bill with the West German film "The  Head" in June 1963.'),
('68918',' German Import DVD has a Super'),
('68919','8 Version (German language only), as a  special feature on the disc.'),
('68920',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Here and There in Spain (1916)_ (qv).'),
('68921',' To achieve the slightly skewed color scheme of the movie, the actors  were made up in white face and the color palette corrected until  they were flesh'),
('68922','toned.'),
('68923',' The Octopus are conjoined twins joined at the leg, but the actresses  who played them are not. A prosthetic third leg was designed and  fitted to the actresses, but they could not walk while wearing it.  This is why the Octopus sisters do not walk in any shot of their  whole body.'),
('68924',' During filming, Ron Perlman (qv) was bitten by the dog with the  pulley and Judith Vittet (qv) was bitten by the mouse with the  magnet.'),
('68925',' Ron Perlman (qv) doesnt speak French and was the only American on  set. But he learned all of his lines, and delivered them without  error.'),
('68926',' Translated into a Computer Video Game by Psygnosis, with co'),
('68927','director  Marc Caro (qv) overseeing the production and art design.'),
('68928',' Based on a true story.'),
('68929',' Steven Zaillian (qv) adapted the screenplay with nobody else but  Robert Duvall (I) (qv) in mind for the role of Jerome Facher.'),
('68930',' Contains Civilization III and its two expansions Civilization III:  Play the World, and Civilization III: Conquests.'),
('68931',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916)_ (qv).'),
('68932',' Entire movie was shot digitally for only $20,000.'),
('68933',' Filming had to be halted when director Michael Winterbottom (qv)  got frostbite in his ears.'),
('68934',' Originally entitled "Kingdom Come", until the Motion Picture  Association of America (MPAA) awarded the title to a rival  production claiming the rights to the title. Other titles considered  for renaming the movie were "Sierra Nevada", "The Ballad of Daniel  Dillon", and "Sierra City".'),
('68935',' The scene where Dillon (Peter Mullan (qv)) confronts Daglish  (Wes Bentley (qv)) in the bedroom of Lucia (Milla Jovovich (qv))  had to be reshot many months after principal photography was over.  Bentley had cut his hair for another role, and had to be outfitted  with a wig matching his hairstyle in "The Claim" at a cost of ten  thousand American dollars.'),
('68936',' The Manchester Guardian, his hometown newspaper, reported that  director Michael Winterbottom (qv) had left his wife for  Sarah Polley (qv), who had played Hope in the film. The romance,  which started on set, fizzled out and Polley returned to, and  eventually married, her long'),
('68937','time companion, David Wharnsby (qv).'),
('68938',' The movie was filmed at Fortress Mountain in the Province of  Alberta, Canada. Fortress Mountain, part of the Canadian Rockies,  rises to a height of 3,007 meters (9,865 feet). The movie was filmed  at a location above 2,440 meters (approximately 8,000 feet). The  sets were close to the popular ski 71.5 miles) to the west of  Calgary. The film set location was popular with snowboarders, who  threatened to shut the production down through hooliganism,  according to the official movie Web site. Differences were smoothed  over when it was made apparent that the production company planned  to return the site to its natural state. As the production neared  completion, the producers rejected an offer to preserve the  gold'),
('68939','rush town set for tourism, instead burning it down to provide a  fitting climax for the film.'),
('68940',' The official Web site of the movie was one of the first to track a  production day by day, with journal entries, commentary, still  photographs and video. The Web site visitors were asked to help pick  a new name for the production when the original title, "Kingdom  Come", was awarded by the M.P.A.A. to a rival production.'),
('68941',' Fifteenth episode in the Girl Detective 2'),
('68942','reel series.'),
('68943',' Although this film is set in Miami, Elvis Presley (qv)s scenes  were all shot in and around Los Angeles. All the Florida exteriors  were shot in wide angles, using doubles for Presley.'),
('68944',' Elvis red sports car in the film is a 1959 Chevrolet Corvette  Stingray Racer.'),
('68945',' One of the children at the playground during the song "Confidence"  is Corbin Bernsen (qv).'),
('68946',' One of the children at the playground during the song "Confidence",  the girl afraid to slide down the chute, is Lisa Slagle. She became  a member of the Joffrey Ballet'),
('68947',' Elvis Presley (qv) had so much debt in early 1967 due to his  purchase of a Memphis ranch with up'),
('68948','to'),
('68949','date equipment that his  manager, Colonel Tom Parker (qv), had to sign the contract for  this movie in a hurry so that Elvis could get his one million dollar  fee. It was the last time Elvis would get the magic million dollars.'),
('68950',' The film was shot in three languages (French, English and Italian)  with the same cast.'),
('68951',' A planned back'),
('68952','to'),
('68953','back sequel never made it into production.'),
('68954',' A modern source lists Jack Normand as "Goon," interpreted as a typo  by a submitter, who listed Norman Willis (I) (qv) instead (Willis  aka is Jack Norman). However, Willis was not seen in the film.'),
('68955',' Shot in six days.'),
('68956',' Chapter Titles:  '),
('68957',' 1. Toll of the Rapids  '),
('68958',' 2. Brother Against Brother  '),
('68959',' 3. Ambuscade  '),
('68960',' 4. The Storm  '),
('68961',' 5. A Desperate Chance  '),
('68962',' 6. The Wolfs Fangs  '),
('68963',' 7. The Night Attack  '),
('68964',' 8. Crashing Timbers  '),
('68965',' 9. Fingerprints  '),
('68966',' 10.The Breed Strikes  '),
('68967',' 11.The Crimson Strikes  '),
('68968',' 12.Journeys End'),
('68969',' Nigel Hawthorne (qv) and Joan Collins (I) (qv) used their own  cash to fund the film when financial difficulties arose during  production.'),
('68970',' Reportedly written, shot, edited and released in 16 days.'),
('68971',' The actor playing young Robert Schumann '),
('68972',' Nikolai Kinski (qv) '),
('68973',' is  brother of Nastassja Kinski (qv) who herself played the lead role  of Clara Schumann in _Fruhlingssinfonie (1983)_ (qv).'),
('68974',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Fixing Auntie Up (1913)_ (qv).'),
('68975',' Pilot for the "Daktari" tv series, which ran on CBS'),
('68976','TV from  1966'),
('68977','1969'),
('68978',' Originally anticipated to incept a series featured on the CBS  television network in the USA but eventually aired as a special on  Nickelodeon when the concept failed.'),
('68979',' The (original) pilot episode was Clark Dukes senior thesis film at  Loyola Marymount University.'),
('68980',' First live program aired on NWS 9.'),
('68981',' Broadcast from the womens dressing room at NWS 9. This was due to  an earlier fire at the stations Tynte Street building which damaged  the intended place of broadcast, the stations news studio.'),
('68982',' Second of nine episodes in the series "Perils of the Secret  Service".'),
('68983',' The original script called for Perseus to cut off Medusas head by  throwing his shield at her. Hamlin, Harry (qv) convinced the  producers to let him use his sword, as that was how it happened  according to Greek Mythology.'),
('68984',' The Kraken was not the name of a titan in Greek mythology, but a sea  monster from Scandinavian mythology.'),
('68985',' Neil McCarthy (I) (qv) only played Calibos in head shots and  half'),
('68986','body shots. All full body shots of Calibos were played by a  stop'),
('68987','motion model.'),
('68988',' This big budget 1981 release became the last feature film for which  Ray Harryhausen (qv) created the special effects. It was also the  only one in which he had assistants.'),
('68989',' The last film for Charles H. Schneer (qv).'),
('68990',' Maggie Smith (I) (qv), who plays Thetis, was married to  screenwriter Beverley Cross (qv).'),
('68991',' The last film of both Flora Robson (qv) and  Donald Houston (I) (qv).'),
('68992',' Screenwriter Beverley Cross was a student of mythology and he  developed a storyline centering on Perseus and Andromeda which  linked together a number of myths. He took the idea to producers  Charles H. Schneer and Ray Harryhausen. The story was modified to  add more creatures. Crosss wife, actress Maggie Smith, appeared in  the film as Thetis.'),
('68993',' A copy (nitrate projection print) of the film was found in a  somewhat compromised state in South Africa. It was repatriated  through the American Film Institute to the Library of Congress.  Heavy scratches on the print were minimized in the 2003 preservation  on the film.'),
('68994',' DVD reproduction of the film was copied at 22 frames per second from  the 35 mm print preserved and free (mostly) of scratches by the  Library of Congress (AFI/National Film Board of South Africa  Collection. The print is a total of 7 reels long.'),
('68995',' One of the 50 films in the 3'),
('68996','disk boxed DVD set called "More  Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894'),
('68997','1931" (2004), compiled  by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film  archives. This film is preserved by the Library of Congress, has a  running time of 74 minutes and an added piano music score.'),
('68998',' Both the Director (Henry Inglis) and Producer (Candice Thom) make an  appearance in the film. The Production Designer (Georgia Kounis)  also has a small part.'),
('68999',' This film was made with the winnings from Grass Roots Film Festival,  which this team won with their film Blank Point in 2003.'),
('69000',' The lead actress, Imogen Inglis, is the directors twin sister.'),
('69001',' Almost the entire Inglis family appears in this film. Henrys father  (Gordon)is the stunt driver, his Brother (Louis) composed the music  and his Sister (Imogen) plays one of the lead roles.'),
('69002',' The bus stop was built entirely out of cardboard and PVC pipes'),
('69003',' The dead bird in the shot is real. Aaron McCann found it at the side  of the road and thought it would be fun to shoot some footage of it.  Henry Inglis agreed and it ended up in the final film.'),
('69004',' Feature debut of: Andrew McCarthy (qv), Alan Ruck (qv), and  John Cusack (qv).'),
('69005',' Also, the feature debut of Casey Siemaszko (qv),  Virginia Madsen (qv) and Lolita Davidovich (qv).'),
('69006',' San Francisco mayor Art Agnos and city supervisor Angela Alioto can  be glimpsed as extras in church congregation during  Hackman, Gene (qv)s homage speech to his deceased wife.'),
('69007',' The mezzanine of a BMT subway station in Brooklyn was restored to  its 1944 appearance for filming. The subway train consisted of  vintage 1927'),
('69008','28 articulating Triplex units which had already been  retired from revenue service at the time of filming.'),
('69009',' This documentary is featured on the 2'),
('69010','disc DVD of  _Reservoir Dogs (1992)_ (qv) released in Region 1 (USA and Canada)  in August of 2002.'),
('69011',' Upset at the violent content after a screening, screenwriter Barry  Schneider had his name taken off the credits as a screenwriter of  the final film.'),
('69012',' The concerto that Stegman plays in the classroom was written by  Timothy Van Patten himself.'),
('69013',' The project started when Warner agreed to leave the French TV  channel Canal+ to use its 4000'),
('69014','movies catalog free of charge and  rights for a month (except some of them, like Clint Eastwoods  ones). The directors Michel Hazanavicius et Dominique Mézerette, who  already did two short movies using the same way, enjoyed very much  that decision and they picked their choice amongst the whole bunch  of flicks. The whole job was done in six months.'),
('69015',' Hysteria was Def Leppards final album to be produced by Robert John  "Mutt" Lange.'),
('69016',' This featurette is featured on the Flower Drum Song Special  Edition DVD, released in 2006.'),
('69017',' An incomplete print of this film (missing reel 2 from 7 reels)  survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('69018',' Rey Malonzo (qv) broke two ribs performing one of his own stunts.'),
('69019',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Elephants Toilet, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('69020',' A print of this Film survives in the Library of Congress Paper Print  Collection.'),
('69021',' Dorothy McGuire (I) (qv)s movie debut.'),
('69022',' Sands, Diana (qv) was chosen for the female lead role, but she  died of cancer shortly before shooting of the film began.'),
('69023',' Melanie Lynskey (qv) was originally cast as Gina.'),
('69024',' Filmed in nine days.'),
('69025',' A prologue and epilogue were added only after the director and  editor decided that an early cut of the film was too short; actress  Judith ODea was enlisted and agreed to come in for a days filming,  and extra news footage was shot for the films climax.'),
('69026',' Due to widespread complaints from parents with young children that  the game was too hard, Monolith released an update that makes the  game much easier. Extra lives are awarded per 500,000 points instead  of the old million, and the baddies are total pushovers. But the  most interesting change was that they included a whole new set of  fan'),
('69027','designed levels.'),
('69028',' A special edition came with Awe64 that loaded the game sounds and  dialogs in to the sound'),
('69029','font bank.'),
('69030',' The last film of pioneering director Sidney Olcott (qv).'),
('69031',' Features "Lightnin" the police dog.'),
('69032',' Filmed over the course of four years in various parts of Dallas,  Texas.'),
('69033',' The films premiere in Boston benefited Project Turnabout, a drug  rehab program in Hull, Mass.'),
('69034',' Agent Dale Shelby spends the night in a hotel room with three films  taken from the crime scene she visited that day. The films are  _Alien (1979)_ (qv), _True Romance (1993)_ (qv) and  _Swingers (1996)_ (qv). "Alien" was directed by this films producer  Ridley Scott (qv), "True Romance" was directed by  Tony Scott (I) (qv), also a producer on this film and Ridley  Scotts brother, and "Swingers" starred this films lead actor,  Vince Vaughn (qv).'),
('69035',' FBI Agent Dale Shelby and her partner, Agent Renard, have names that  may be loosely derived from _"X Files, The" (1993)_ (qv) characters  Dana Scully and Fox Mulder. "Renard" is French for "fox."'),
('69036',' During the scene where Albrecht has a meeting concerning the artwork  for Lees album, a Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds poster is seen on the  wall behind him. James Johnston (who plays Lee Hauser) plays guitar  and organ in The Bad Seeds.'),
('69037',' Lead actress Maggie Cheung (qv) and director  Olivier Assayas (qv) were already divorced when they made this  movie.'),
('69038',' One of the "Censored 11" banned from T.V. syndication by United  Artists in 1968 (then the owners of the Looney Tunes film library)  for alleged racism. Ted Turner (I) (qv) continued the ban when he  was hired and stated that these films will not be re'),
('69039','issued and will  not be put on Home Video. These cartoons will probably never air on  television again, and only non'),
('69040','Warner Bros. licensed public domain  video tapes will probably ever have these cartoons on them.'),
('69041',' This was the third of twelve entries in the "Tenderfoot Thriller"  series.'),
('69042',' Principal photography was completed one day ahead of schedule, on  March 15, 2007. It was also director Renny Harlin (qv)s 48th  birthday.'),
('69043',' On Friday 1 October 1 1937, Metro'),
('69044','Goldwyn'),
('69045','Mayer signed Robert Allen  as the director of their new series of cartoons based on Rudolph  Dirks "The Captain and the Kids" newspaper comic'),
('69046','strip feature. The  company also signed George Gordon as lay'),
('69047','out man and animator for  the series. Prior to that Gordon had been with Terry Toons for the  previous seven years.'),
('69048',' One of approximately 60 short films produced by Selig for  meat'),
('69049','packers Armour & Co.'),
('69050',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Black Art (1915)_ (qv).'),
('69051',' The play opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 14  September 1932 and had 93 performances. The opening night cast  included Thomas Mitchell (I) (qv), Dorothy Tree (qv),  Dorothy Mathews (qv) and Harry Tyler (qv) as the four leads.  John Bleifer (qv) and Eugene Sigaloff (qv) originated their  movie roles in the play.'),
('69052',' The original play was adapted by writers Bella Spewack (qv) and  Sam Spewack (qv) into the musical "Leave It To Me", which featured  a Cole Porter (qv) score that included "My Heart Belongs To  Daddy". It opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 9  November 1938 and had 291 performances. The four leads were played  by William Gaxton (qv), Victor Moore (I) (qv),  Mary Martin (I) (qv) and Sophie Tucker (I) (qv) and the cast  included future stars Gene Kelly (I) (qv) and  Adele Jergens (qv).'),
('69053',' The mornings were so cold in Santa Clarita that the crew had to have  ice cubes on hand for the actors to suck on to keep their breath  from showing.'),
('69054',' The Baghdad interior house scenes were shot on the Mormon compound  set of the HBO show "Big Love" while the show was on production  hiatus. The production designers completely redesigned the set with  authentic Middle Eastern furnishings, down to the light switches.'),
('69055',' When the Humvee would not start as a result of the freezing  temperatures in Santa Clarita, the entire crew, actors and all, got  together to push the 8000lb Humvee up a hill into place for the  first scene.'),
('69056',' The army base scene, complete with rows of military vehicles and  trucks, was actually shot in the maintenance parking lot of a prop  vehicle rental depot. The shots were carefully selected and composed  to hide the surroundings.'),
('69057',' The most complex shot of the film of a Baghdad exterior scene  featuring street merchants and fruit'),
('69058','sellers and multiple picture  vehicles had to be cut from the final film due to time constraints.'),
('69059',' The U.S. Coast Guard vessel that appears in the opening scenes is  the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tybee, Patrol Boat Number 1330  (WPB'),
('69060','1330).'),
('69061',' The scene in which the convoy of Suburbans is attacked by the drug  cartel is now actually used as a training video in US government  agencies. The footage was also used in an episode of  _"JAG" (1995)_ (qv).'),
('69062',' Excerpts from James Horner (qv)s score were taken directly from a  piece of music from _Aliens (1986)_ (qv), also scored by Horner.'),
('69063',' In the scene at the airport, where the President is answering  questions about his friend (using Jack Ryans advice to say that he  and his friend were very close), you see a pack of media approaching  the President. The lead newswoman, and the one who asks him the  question, is actually Barbara Harrison (I) (qv), a prominent news  anchor in Washington, D.C. on the local NBC affiliate station.'),
('69064',' The aircraft carrier seen in the middle of the film is the Kitty  Hawk (CV'),
('69065','63).'),
('69066',' Several scenes were filmed in nearby cities of Mexico City:  Cuernavaca and Tepoztlan. The scenes in Cuernavaca represent  Colombia, when they are drinking coffee and the persecution  following that scene. Also, Tepoztlans Hotel Tepoztlan is where the  drug lord lives.'),
('69067',' Ritter has a folder on his computer called "SHOWBOAT". In the novel  on which the film is based, Operation Showboat played an important  role.'),
('69068',' A huge chunk of Anne Archer (qv)s part ended up on the cutting  room floor'),
('69069',' Ernesto Escobedo is based upon real life drug lord  Pablo Escobar (II) (qv), who was head of the Medillin cartel in  the 1980s. Escobar died as the movie went into production.'),
('69070',' Ryans line asking Ritter if he played tennis (to distract him  during the computer showdown) was ad'),
('69071','libbed by  Harrison Ford (I) (qv).'),
('69072',' The drug lord mansion destroyed by the missile was a real  brick'),
('69073','and'),
('69074','mortar residence in Mexico purchased by the filmmakers  from a divorcee who had unpleasant memories of the place. The  filmmakers bought the mansion and destroyed it; the divorcee kept  the land and presumably built a new house after clearing out the  rubble.'),
('69075',' The assault on the SUVs was filmed in Mexico on a re'),
('69076','creation of a  real Bogota street. Harrison Ford (I) (qv) did his own stunt  driving in the final escape.'),
('69077',' In Tom Clancy (I) (qv)s novel, Ryan breaks into Ritters safe to  obtain the damning documents. The filmmakers thought that was too  clichéd for film and created the dueling computers scene instead.'),
('69078',' The lines for the final confrontation between Ryan and President  Bennett in the Oval Office were taken from an earlier version of the  script after the filmmakers tried the intended version and found it  lacked punch.'),
('69079',' The oval office set was originally built for _Dave (1993)_ (qv).'),
('69080',' A part'),
('69081','talkie, this demonstrates the difficulty Carl Laemmle had in  securing Foxs Movietone system throughout 1929. He would often be  unable to secure the equipment for no longer than a week at a time  and was faced with the predicament of rushing projects or releasing  them in a less marketable part'),
('69082','talking format at a time when the  public was clamoring for talkies.'),
('69083',' A Jewel Production. Unlike most other major studios, Universal  lacked its own theater network (a business move that would pay  dividends after the 1949 Supreme Court anti'),
('69084','trust decision that  would threaten many of its competitors). Carl Laemmle (qv)  devised a 3'),
('69085','tiered branding system to market Universals product to  independent theaters: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird  (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige pictures produced in hopes  of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices). This system  disappeared in late 1929.'),
('69086',' The grocery store, FayCurrys, where the film was shot, no longer  exists.'),
('69087',' DIRCAMEO(James Klein): the New York Giants fan.'),
('69088',' A sound clip from _Dawn of the Dead (1978)_ (qv) can be heard over  the speakers at one point early in the film.'),
('69089',' Based on a true story of a kidnapping that occurred in Holland.'),
('69090',' During the fight scene in the woods, Willem Dafoe (qv) actually  cracked a rib when Robert Redfords stunt double rammed into him,  tackling him to the ground during the shooting.'),
('69091',' First film featuring Robert Redford (I) (qv) to be screened at the  Sundance Film Festival.'),
('69092',' Went straight'),
('69093','to'),
('69094','video in the UK.'),
('69095',' One of the numbers listed at the top of the ransom note is  814'),
('69096','949'),
('69097','9207, the fax number for Lakemont Park in Altoona,  Pennsylvania.'),
('69098',' Shakespeares play was produced in London circa 1606'),
('69099','7 '),
('69100',' Sardous  play, Cléopatre, opened in Paris on 23 October 1890.'),
('69101',' According to the studio, this film cost $500,000 to produce and  2,000 people were employed behind the scenes.'),
('69102',' The last two prints known were destroyed in fires at the Fox studios  and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Please check your  attic.'),
('69103',' A few feet of this film were turned over to the George Eastman House  by a private collector.'),
('69104',' Even though a print of the film did not exist, this was the version  that 20th Century'),
('69105','Fox was inspired to remake in 1958, the result  being _Cleopatra (1963)_ (qv) starring Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv).  Producer Walter Wanger (qv) was handed a parched script of the  original film and told to update it and immediately go into  production.'),
('69106',' Daily Variety reported that the film was badly panned by Italian  critics, one of whom called it a "travesty and a burlesque," when  shown in Rome. It also was met with "catcalls and derisive laughter"  from the audience.'),
('69107',' A clerical error on the part of the Academy cost  McDowall, Roddy (qv) an Academy Award nomination for Best  Supporting Actor.'),
('69108',' Adjusting for inflation, this is the most expensive movie ever made  to date (mid'),
('69109','1999). Its budget of $44 million is equivalent to 270  million 1999 dollars.'),
('69110',' Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) had 65 costume changes for this film, a  record for a motion picture. The figure is exceeded by  Joan Collins (I) (qv), who had 85 costume changes in the TV movie  _"Sins" (1986) (mini)_ (qv). Coincidentally, Collins was set to star  as Cleopatra before Taylor was signed.'),
('69111',' In 1958 Joan Collins (I) (qv) was cast in the title role, but  after several delays she became unavailable. Collins had previously  starred in a similar role in _Land of the Pharaohs (1955)_ (qv).  After Collins departure, Audrey Hepburn (qv) was considered as a  replacement by producer Walter Wanger (qv). Wanger then offered  the role to Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv). He called her on the set of  her latest film, _Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)_ (qv) and related the  offer through Taylors then husband Eddie Fisher (qv) who had  answered the phone. As a joke, Taylor replied "Sure, tell him Ill  do it for a million dollars." This then unheard'),
('69112','of sum was accepted  and in October 1959 Taylor became the first Hollywood star to  receive $1 million for a single picture.'),
('69113',' Soon after shooting began in England, Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)  became ill and could not work. As her presence was required for  almost every scene production soon closed down. Director  Rouben Mamoulian (qv) finally resigned on January 3, 1961. He was  followed by stars Peter Finch (qv) and Stephen Boyd (I) (qv),  who had to honor prior commitments.'),
('69114',' Taylors illness prevented her from working again in Englands  weather for at least 6 months. Therefore the production moved to  Rome. The sets and the footage already shot were scrapped. (See also  _Carry on Cleo (1964)_ (qv)).'),
('69115',' Various employees of Romes Cinecitta studios where this was filmed  stole several millions of dollars worth of equipment and props while  production took place.'),
('69116',' A group of female extras who played Cleopatras various servants and  slave girls went on strike to demand protection from amorous Italian  extras and their bottom'),
('69117','pinching fingers. The studio eventually  hired a special guard to protect the extras.'),
('69118',' Rex Harrison (I) (qv) had a clause in his contract stipulating  that whenever a picture of Richard Burton (I) (qv) appeared in an  ad, so would his. A large sign was put up on Broadway showing only  Burton and Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv). After Harrisons lawyers  complained, the studio fulfilled the contract by placing a picture  of Harrison on one corner of the billboard.'),
('69119',' The original list of choices for the role of Marc Antony were  Stephen Boyd (I) (qv), Richard Johnson (I) (qv), Michael David,  Peter OToole (I) (qv), Peter Finch (qv) and  Laurence Harvey (I) (qv). Boyd was cast as Antony while Finch was  cast as Caesar. However, both men had to leave the project due to  the lengthy delays and their obligations to other projects. Boyd was  replaced by Richard Burton (I) (qv) and Finch was replaced by  Rex Harrison (I) (qv).'),
('69120',' Filming began in 1960.'),
('69121',' John DeCuir (qv) rebuilt the massive set of Alexandria three  times.'),
('69122',' Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) hoped that the film would be released as  two separate pictures, "Caesar and Cleopatra" followed by "Antony  and Cleopatra." Each was to run approximately three hours. 20th  Century'),
('69123','Fox decided against this, and released the film we know  today. It runs just over four hours. It is hoped that the missing  two hours will be located and that one day a six'),
('69124','hour directors  cut will be available.'),
('69125',' Widely regarded as one of the biggest flops of all time, reality is  quite different: the film made its money back despite the horrendous  costs, but not all at once'),
('69126','it took several years. It was one of the  highest grossing films of the 1960s. According to the late director  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv), many of the best scenes were cut and  there are between 90 and 120 minutes of character development and  story missing.'),
('69127',' At $194,800, the budget for Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s costumes  in this film was the highest ever for a single screen actor. Her 65  costumes included a dress made from 24'),
('69128','carat gold cloth.'),
('69129',' Susan Hayward (I) (qv) was the first choice to play Cleopatra.'),
('69130',' Histories by Plutarch, Suetonius, Appian, other ancient sources, and  Carlo Mario Franzeros book "The Life and Times of Cleopatra" are  credited as the basis of the screenplay.'),
('69131',' Among Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s demands were the requirement  that the film be shot in the large format Todd'),
('69132','AO system. She owned  the rights to the system as the widow of Michael Todd (I) (qv).  This meant even more money being paid to Ms. Taylor.'),
('69133',' Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s contract stipulated that her  million'),
('69134','dollar salary be paid out as follows: $125,000 for 16 weeks  work plus $50,000 a week afterwards plus 10% of the gross (with no  break'),
('69135','even point). When the film was restarted in Rome in 1961, she  had earned well over $2 million. After a lengthy $50 million lawsuit  brought against Taylor and Burton by 20th Century Fox in 1963 and a  countersuit filed by Taylor, the studio finally settled with the  actress in 1966. Her ultimate take for the film was $7 million.'),
('69136',' In 1966, ABC'),
('69137','TV paid 20th Century'),
('69138','Fox a record $5 million for two  showings of the film, a deal that finally put the picture into the  black.'),
('69139',' When the film finally broke even in 1973 (due to a $5 million sale  to TV), 20th Century'),
('69140','Fox "closed the books" on "Cleopatra",  therefore keeping secret all future profits from the film to avoid  paying those who might have been promised a percentage of the net  profits.'),
('69141',' Martin Landau (qv) was booked to play Euphranor, but when they  could not find anyone to play Ruffo, Landau was recast'),
('69142',' Marlon Brando (qv) was sought for the role of Marc Antony but was  attached to _Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)_ (qv).'),
('69143',' Originally Cleopatra was envisioned as a modest $2,000,000 project  starring Joan Collins (I) (qv). However, once  Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) was cast, the film was transformed into  a giant epic.'),
('69144',' This film has been cited as one of the factors that brought an end  to the Italian'),
('69145','made "sword and sandal"/"mythological muscleman"  epics that had been popular since the late 1950s. Specialized  suppliers raised their prices for goods and services supplied to  this production. The higher prices were beyond the budget of Italian  producers so production values for their films dropped and audiences  declined.'),
('69146',' Twentieth Century Fox was in financial trouble in the late'),
('69147','1950s due  to disappointing box office returns of some major releases. Orders  were given to search the Fox script library for a proven property  that could be remade. The project chosen was  _Cleopatra (1917)_ (qv), a Theda Bara (qv) film that had been a  smash hit for the studio. What the studio needed was a producer  willing to handle the project. At about the same time, veteran  producer Walter Wanger (qv) approached Fox with an idea for a  project he had been planning for several years: the story of  Cleopatra. In the words of David Brown (I) (qv), "We fell on him."'),
('69148',' Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) was fired during the  editing/post'),
('69149','production phase. Since there was no actual shooting  script (Mankiewicz was writing as he was shooting), Twentieth  Century'),
('69150','Fox soon realized that only Mankiewicz knew how the story  fit together. He was brought back to complete the project.'),
('69151',' Martin Landau (qv) learned Italian during the shoot.'),
('69152',' Robert Stephens (I) (qv) said in a radio interview that most of  his part was deleted from the final print.'),
('69153',' Michael Hordern (qv) said on a chat show he was under contract for  18 months'),
('69154',' During the making of the movie, Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv) and  Richard Burton (I) (qv) started their love'),
('69155','hate relationship which  lasted until his death.'),
('69156',' Alex North (qv) was chosen to score the film after  Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv)s son Chris told him that North had done  a magnificent job in composing a score for _Spartacus (1960)_ (qv).'),
('69157',' While at Cinecitta studios filming the scene of Cleopatras  triumphant and spectacular entry into Rome, a scene requiring  thousands of extras and the transportation of a huge barge carrying  the Queen of Egypt, Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv) had to cut the  scene, roll back the barge, and begin again because one of the  productions Panavision cameras had caught an enterprising film  extra, in the heat of the Roman summer, hawking gelato to his fellow  extras.'),
('69158',' The scar from Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s tracheotomy, performed  during filming, is visible in several shots.'),
('69159',' During Cleopatras entry into Rome, the shots of Cleopatras barge  and the parade that precedes it were filmed several months apart, so  that the light would be hitting Cleopatra directly.'),
('69160',' The filming of Cleopatras entrance into Rome was delayed for six  months due to lighting problems resulting in the recasting of the  American child actor who was playing her four'),
('69161','year'),
('69162','old son with an  Italian child (complete with accent) as the original boy had grown a  foot taller during the long delay.'),
('69163',' When Fox employees were searching for a successful Fox property that  could be remade, they decided upon _Cleopatra (1917)_ (qv), a silent  epic starring Theda Bara (qv). However, they could only made their  judgment from an archived copy of the original script and some  stills from the production. There were no prints surviving of the  movie itself.'),
('69164',' Elizabeth Taylor (I) (qv)s contract gave her director approval.  When Rouben Mamoulian (qv) resigned from the production, Taylor  would only approve two men as possible replacements:  George Stevens (I) (qv) and Joseph L. Mankiewicz (qv). Stevens  was already at work on _Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965)_ (qv).'),
('69165',' When producer Walter Wanger (qv) was removed from the production,  it marked the end of his career in the motion picture industry.'),
('69166',' Director Joseph L. Mankiewicz referred to this as "the toughest  three pictures I ever made".'),
('69167',' Mitchell, not Panavision, cameras were used on “Cleopatra”.'),
('69168',' Cleos ride in the film is a customized black and silver 1973  Corvette Stingray. When she opens the door to get out, the T'),
('69169','bar  panel in the roof above the drivers seat automatically opens as  well so she can get out without squashing her afro.'),
('69170',' Average Shot Length = ~4.4 Seconds. Median Shot Length = ~4.6  seconds.'),
('69171',' This film marks the first time that major film stars from Pakistan  (Zeba and Mohammed Ali) have worked in an Indian film. This was  something of a ground'),
('69172','breaking event, since there has always been  intense rivalry between the two nations.'),
('69173',' Originally Matt Damon (qv) was supposed to play the role of Lance  Dowds. However, Damon was also filming  _Good Shepherd, The (2006)_ (qv) at the same time and couldnt make  it. So Jason Lee (I) (qv) took over the role during a day off from  his show _"My Name Is Earl" (2005)_ (qv).'),
('69174',' Had Rosario Dawson (qv) turned down the role of Becky,  Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s wife, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith (qv)  wouldve played the part.'),
('69175',' Alec Baldwin (qv), who voiced the character of Leonardo Leonardo  in the _"Clerks" (2000)_ (qv) animated series, was approached to  make a cameo as Randals father in the films beginning.'),
('69176',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [37]: The movie lasts one hour and  thirty'),
('69177','seven minutes, and there is a firetruck seen with the number  37 written on it.'),
('69178',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [star wars]: Randall champions the  cause of the "Star Wars" films against two "Lord of the Rings" fans.'),
('69179',' Dante paints Beckys toe nails. In _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv) Dante paint  the finger nails of his then'),
('69180','girlfriend Veronica.'),
('69181',' There are 16 uses of the term "ass to mouth". The first 14 alone are  in the sequence that begins with Randal saying the seventeen year  old girls like the practice.'),
('69182',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) auctioned off a walk on role on the film for  funds to go to the Red Cross for aid to Hurricane Katrina victims.  The final bid was $16,000 which Smith matched to give to the Red  Cross.'),
('69183',' Although the other films Kevin Smith (I) (qv) has made have all  (with the exception of Jersey Girl (2004) (qv)) been interlocked  with recurring characters, locations, and themes as well as many  references to each other, this is the first real "sequel" made to  any of the films.'),
('69184',' One of the things that most prompted Kevin Smith (I) (qv) to make  the film was a promise he made to friend Jason Mewes (qv). If  Mewes managed to stay off drugs he would be able to play the  character of "Jay" one more time. Smith kept his promise.'),
('69185',' Screened out of competition at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and  received an eight'),
('69186','minute standing ovation from the midnight crowd.'),
('69187',' SPOILER: Joel Siegel (qv), film critic for "Good Morning America",  walked out 40 minutes into a screening of the film. In his own  words: "First movie Ive walked out of in 30 fucking years!". The  straw that broke the camels back was the scene where two of the  characters discuss hiring a woman to perform sex acts on a donkey.'),
('69188',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s daughter Harley Quinn Smith (qv) is the  little girl that Dante waves to in the window of the restaurant.'),
('69189',' The song 1979 by The Smashing Pumpkins is featured in the movie. The  music video for 1979 was filmed in the same convenience store used  in Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back.'),
('69190',' The character of Lance Dowds was based on a character named Hal that  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) created for a sitcom pilot titled "Hating  Hal".'),
('69191',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [hockey]: A hockey goal and KOHO  goalie stick can be seen when Randall leaves the house when Dante  picks him up.'),
('69192',' When Dante picks up Randal in the beginning of the film, the house  Randal comes out of was Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s childhood home on  21 Jackson St.'),
('69193',' During the planning on the original incarnation of this movie back  in 1999, was to feature a love stricken Randal, who instead of  Dante, was going to be learning to dance/falling in love atop a roof  at the Seaside Heights boardwalk, with all those dancers treading  the boards below. The dance partner/love interest  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) had in mind for him was  Alanis Morissette (qv) as the original Becky.'),
('69194',' This is the sixth film in Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s intricately  interconnected View Askewniverse series (the others being  _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv), _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv),  _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv), _Dogma (1999)_ (qv) and  _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv)). The movies are all  linked by characters, themes and events and each contains numerous  references to the others.'),
('69195',' Prior to the release of the film, Kevin Smith (I) (qv) had  mentioned releasing an MP3 file commentary to be downloaded and  listened to in movie theaters via iPod. Ultimately, theater owners  and exhibitors objected, and the plan was scrapped. The commentary  was released on the DVD, unchanged, and containing references to the  listener being in a theater, including the best time to take a  bathroom break.'),
('69196',' Various elements from this movie came from a script  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) wrote in 1994 which was never produced,  called "Busing" for Hollywood Pictures. It was described as "Clerks  in a restaurant" and was very similar to _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv) and  _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv).'),
('69197',' _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv) and _Clerks II (2006)_ (qv) both end with  songs by Soul Asylum (qv). "Cant Even Tell" in Clerks and  "Misery" in Clerks II.'),
('69198',' This movie is separate from the upcoming Clerks animated movie which  is a "spin'),
('69199','off" of the short'),
('69200','lived ABC sitcom  _"Clerks" (2000)_ (qv).'),
('69201',' The letters in the _Clerks II (2006)_ (qv) logo all come from  various fast food logos/products. The C from Carl Jr.s, L from  McDonalds Large fries, E from Burger Kings Whopper, R from Burger  King, K from KFC, and S from Popeyes.'),
('69202',' The shot of the cup scooping ice from a urinal was directed by  Jason Mewes (qv).'),
('69203',' Emmas line to Dante, "Face it tiger. You just hit the jackpot", is  a Spider'),
('69204','Man reference. This is the first line spoken by Mary Jane  in #42 (November 1966) of the original comic book. This line was  also re'),
('69205','used when Mary Jane was introduced in the popular  _"Spider'),
('69206','Man" (1994)_ (qv) cartoon show.'),
('69207',' Shannon Larratt (qv) and Rachel Larratt (qv) (owners of  bmezine.com) make a cameo appearance as "Ear Guy" and "Counter Girl  with Ear Guy" at the counter as customers.'),
('69208',' In the original _Clerks. (1994)_ (qv), no cigarette brands are ever  named, although many packs are sold throughout the film. At the end  of this movie, the Quick Stop only carries "Nails" cigarettes, a  fictional brand shown in some of Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s previous  movies.'),
('69209',' The idea to have Jason Mewes (qv) do his  _Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)_ (qv) dance to "Goodbye Horses"  came straight from Mewes who apparently does this on a regular basis  to the director.'),
('69210',' The character "Elias" in the film is a reference to Kevin Smiths  favorite hockey player Patrick Elias, who played for the New Jersey  Devils.'),
('69211',' The last shot in the movie was the last shot of filming and had been  planned even before Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001). Grace  Smith just so happened to be in town when it was shot so she had a  cameo of her role of the Milk Maid.'),
('69212',' During the first day of shooting, Jeff Anderson (Randal) was  supposed to deliver a line about the office smelling like nail  polish, but accidentally said "What smells like shoe polish?"'),
('69213',' Several actresses were considered for the role of Becky. Among them  were Sarah Silverman (qv) (who didnt want to play a love  interest, but noting that she would have played Randal in a  heartbeat), Rachel Weisz (qv) (who the filmmakers considered too  difficult to get hold of), Bryce Dallas Howard (qv) (who was  already, albeit secretly, attached to  _Lady in the Water (2006)_ (qv)), Liv Tyler (qv) (who did not feel  comfortable saying much of the dialog), and Ellen Pompeo (qv) (who  could not do the movie because of her commitment to  _"Greys Anatomy" (2005)_ (qv)). Rosario Dawson (qv), considered a  long shot, finally agreed to do the movie, mainly to see the filming  of the donkey show.'),
('69214',' Randals rant against the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy was taken  almost verbatim from Kevin Smiths diatribe against the movies in  the London section of his "Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening  Harder" DVD. Many of Randals lines are taken directly from what  Smith said in the Q&A (including the line "and just before the  credits roll, Sam bricks in Frodos mouth").'),
('69215',' The figure of Mooby the Golden Calf on the sign on the restaurant is  in the same pose as the Buddy Christ statue from Dogma. In the movie  Dogma, Loki wants to start a killing spree as divine judgment for  elevating the corporate icon to the same level of veneration as  Christ.'),
('69216',' The last line of the movie "Today is the first day of the rest of  our lives." is a paraphrase from the famous Abbie Hoffman (qv)  quote: "Today is the first day of the rest of your life '),
('69217',' make the  most of it."'),
('69218',' The playground in front of Moobys is in the shape of a penis and  testicles. It is visible during the scene where Emma gives Becky the  invitation to the wedding and when Randal is telling Dante to go and  find Becky after the ordeal between the two of them.'),
('69219',' Art Imitates Life '),
('69220',' In his book "Silent Bob Speaks," Kevin Smith  mentions that his wife Jennifer Schwalbach hates New Jersey with a  vengeance. In the movie, Dantes fiancé Emma (played by Schwalbach)  has nothing nice to say about NJ and cannot wait to leave the state.  She even goes so far as to make a cake that says "Florida Forever,  NJ Never" written on it, with the circled and crossed out "NJ"  abbreviation.'),
('69221',' The word fuck and its variations are used 136 times thought out this  movie.'),
('69222',' One of the movies many taglines (With no power comes no  responsibility), is a play on the famous quote from  _Spider'),
('69223','Man (2002)_ (qv), with great power comes great  responsibility.'),
('69224',' This Vh1 Special appeared on DVD as an FYE exclusive.'),
('69225',' Financed largely by credit cards and money borrowed from family and  friends.'),
('69226',' Filmed at the same store in which director Kevin Smith (I) (qv)  was working at the time. As he was only allowed to film outside of  business hours, and because bright enough lights couldnt be  afforded, the plot included an explanation for the shutters being  always down.'),
('69227',' The cost of obtaining the rights to the soundtrack (approx.  US$27,000) outweighed the entire production costs for this film  (approx. US$26,800) '),
('69228',' a first in motion picture history.'),
('69229',' Dantes beard changes because Kevin Smith (I) (qv) asked Brian  OHalloran (qv) to shave his goatee before filming started during  rehearsals, then, after seeing what it looked like without it, told  him to grow it back. The scenes shot earlier in the shoot show a  thinner beard while the ones shot last show a thicker goatee as it  had longer to grow back.'),
('69230',' Randall and the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup lady are not actually in the  room at the same time. Anderson, Jeff (I) (qv) refused to read the  list of porno movies in front of her, and particularly in front of  the child (although the reaction shots of the Happy Scrappy Hero Pup  lady were obtained by reading the list to her).'),
('69231',' Willem Black was supposed to be a collegiate type, but  Scott Mosier (qv) reinterpreted the character during a shoot, and  it worked out better.'),
('69232',' The guy who buys the cigarettes even after the Chewlies Gum Rep does  his lecture is wearing one of Brian OHalloran (I) (qv)s stage  beards as a wig.'),
('69233',' Clerks was filmed using a 16mm Arri SR'),
('69234','2 camera and used Kodak  Plus'),
('69235','X film.'),
('69236',' The "smokers lung" that the Chewlies Gum rep slams on the counter  is actually a calfs liver thrown in dirt and burned with  cigarettes.'),
('69237',' Jason Mewes (qv) was left off the cover and poster because  executives believed him to be too odd'),
('69238','looking for advertising.'),
('69239',' Despite having almost no violence in the film (with the exception of  the fight between Dante and Randal), it was originally given an  NC'),
('69240','17 rating by the MPAA based solely on its graphic dialogue. The  films distributor Miramax hired attorney Alan M. Dershowitz (qv)  (of the O.J. Simpson (qv) defense team) who successfully  petitioned the MPAA to lower its rating to R without any cuts.'),
('69241',' The "Clerks" logo is made out of letters cut from various magazines  and food items. The C is from Cosmopolitan Magazine, the L is from  Life, the E is from Rolling Stone, the R is from Ruffles potato  chips, the K is from Clark Bar and the S is from a Goobers box.'),
('69242',' Felix the Cat is on Silent Bobs hat.'),
('69243',' The offended customer in the "jizz mopper" scene is buying paper  towels and glass cleaner.'),
('69244',' The offended "jizz mopper" customer was originally written as a  woman.'),
('69245',' Dante wears a Pittsburgh Penguins jersey during the hockey game,  playing against opponents wearing New Jersey Devils jerseys. Randal  wears a USSR (CCCP) jersey during the game, but wears a New Jersey  Devils hat.'),
('69246',' The first draft of the script was 168 pages.'),
('69247',' The anti'),
('69248','smoking sentiment in the film represented  Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s own viewpoint when he wrote the screenplay.  Silent Bob doesnt inhale when he puffs on his cigarette because of  this. After filming this movie, he became a two'),
('69249','pack'),
('69250','a'),
('69251','day smoker.'),
('69252',' Silent Bob is not so silent. In Clerks and _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv) he  speaks only once, but in _Dogma (1999)_ (qv) he speaks twice. In  _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv) he has quite a long speech while in  _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv) he becomes almost  chatty.'),
('69253',' This is the first film in Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s intricately  interconnected View Askewniverse series (the others being  _Dogma (1999)_ (qv), _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv),  _Chasing Amy (1997)_ (qv),  _Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)_ (qv) and  _Clerks II (2006)_ (qv)). The movies are all linked by characters,  themes and events and each contains numerous references to the  others.'),
('69254',' There are at least two different versions of the scene where Randall  is ordering a video for the woman with her little girl. The two  versions have two distinctly different voices for the little girl  when she says "Happy Scrappy"'),
('69255',' The hat Jay is wearing while stealing the donuts during the roofers  story is a San Jose Sharks hat. The Sharks are an NHL team.'),
('69256',' Clerks is loosely based on "The Divine Comedy" by  Dante Alighieri (qv) hence the name. Also, there are nine breaks  in the movie to represent the nine rings of hell.'),
('69257',' When Dante asks Randal whether hes ever thought about the fact that  all prices always end in.99, most items behind them have a price  that end in.95.'),
('69258',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) originally cast himself as Randal which is  why Randal gets some of the best lines.'),
('69259',' No cigarette brands are ever named. Primarily, it was to avoid  lawsuits over royalty payments, but also to avoid associating any  manufacturer with the "cancer Nazis".'),
('69260',' When Jeff Anderson (I) (qv) (Randal) auditioned, he read Jays  lines because he had nothing else to use (the actors were allowed to  bring in a separate dialogue to read instead of the script).'),
('69261',' Jeff Anderson (I) (qv) (Randal) auditioned for the role of Jay.'),
('69262',' The original cut of the film ended with Dante getting shot in a  robbery. This was cut out of the release version, but can be seen on  the supplementary section of the Laserdisc and DVD.'),
('69263',' The VHS cassette of this film is the most stolen video tape in video  stores across the USA.'),
('69264',' Smith, Grace (III) (qv) who plays the "Milk Maid" in the movie, is  Kevin Smiths mother.'),
('69265',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [star wars]: Dante and Randal  argue over which is the better film,  _Star Wars: Episode V '),
('69266',' The Empire Strikes Back (1980)_ (qv) or  _Star Wars: Episode VI '),
('69267',' Return of the Jedi (1983)_ (qv).'),
('69268',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [jaws]: After the fiasco involving  Caitlin and the dead guy in the bathroom, Randal is pulling a chip  through a jar of salsa saying "were gonna need a bigger boat...”  alluding to _Jaws (1975)_ (qv), one of Smiths favorite movies.'),
('69269',' While standing outside the video store, Jay exclaims, "Ill f**k  anything that moves!" This is a reference to the same line that is  said by Dennis Hopper (qv)s character in  _Blue Velvet (1986)_ (qv).'),
('69270',' Director Kevin Smith (I) (qv)s childhood friend  Walter Flanagan (I) (qv) appears in several different roles. Due  to this, Smith later said that Flanagan was the Lon Chaney of the  90s.'),
('69271',' The guy who, when Dante says, "My girlfriend sucked 37 dicks,"  responds, "In a row?" was originally slated to play Silent Bob.'),
('69272',' DIRTRADE(Kevin Smith (I) (qv)): [37]: see above.'),
('69273',' According to Kevin Smith (I) (qv) in an interview in the book "My  First Movie", part of the movies financing came from an insurance  settlement. The settlement was from a car that he and  Jason Mewes (qv) both drove, that was destroyed in a flood. Jason  Mewes had told him there would be a flood, and asked if he could  move the car uphill, but Smith didnt trust him.'),
('69274',' One of the early scripts penned by Kevin Smith (I) (qv) involved  Dante being shot in the chest at the end of the film, after Randal  leaves the store. This scene was actually filmed but was cut from  the released version. It was later included on the 10th Anniversary  DVD'),
('69275',' Kevin Smith (I)Scott Mosier (qv) attended the Vancouver Film  School, British Columbia, Canada and made a pact that whichever of  them first started directing a movie, the other would produce. Smith  created his film first, and Mosier produced it, as he has all of  Smiths films.'),
('69276',' In the documentary "The Snowball Effect" on the special edition DVD,  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) says that the films original title was  "Inconvenience". Then it was changed to "Rude Clerks" before being  shortened to "Clerks".'),
('69277',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) has said on speaking tours that the reason he  cast himself in the movie was that if the movie failed and he was in  near'),
('69278','permanent debt for the rest of his life, he could at least  point at his face in the movie as proof he did it.'),
('69279',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) and Scott Mosier (qv) edited the movie in  the video store next to the convenience store.'),
('69280',' Originally, Dante (Brian OHalloran (qv)) was going to die because  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) didnt know how to end the movie.'),
('69281',' Jason Mewes (qv) (Jay) was so camera shy, that during the dance  scene with him and Kevin Smith (I) (qv) (Silent Bob), everyone had  to leave and go into the video store, and just left the camera  rolling, so that Mewes wouldnt be so nervous'),
('69282',' The scene where Dante confronts Caitlin about her marriage to an  Asian design major in the video store is done in one shot, which  lasts for over five minutes. It was shot on the first night of  filming.'),
('69283',' According to an unfilmed scene that was animated and put into the  10th anniversary DVD, Clerks takes place on Saturday. In Mallrats, a  reference is made to Julie Dwyer dying "yesterday". Mallrats takes  place on Friday.'),
('69284',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) says that he got his inspiration to be a film  maker and make "Clerks." after seeing Richard Linklater (qv)s  _Slacker (1991)_ (qv).'),
('69285',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv), a keen comic book fan, sold a large part of  his collection to help fund this film. He has since been able to buy  most of them back.'),
('69286',' After Randal is introduced and is walking back to the video store,  he turns to a pedestrian and says, "No time for love, Dr. Jones!"  This line was taken from  _Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)_ (qv).'),
('69287',' Randall watches a porn movie called "The Best of Both Worlds", which  is the name of a real series of porn movies. However, the real  movies are about bisexuals, not hermaphrodites.'),
('69288',' Kevin Smith (I) (qv) isnt listed in the opening credits as one of  the actors.'),
('69289',' Although he disliked them, Jeff Anderson (I) (qv) (Randal) had to  eat eight sticks of beef jerky for the scene when he spits water on  the tabloid customer.'),
('69290',' The role of Dante was written for Ernest ODonnell (qv), but  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) felt he wasnt quite right and also the fact  that he did not learn his lines for the audition and cast him as  Rick Derris instead.'),
('69291',' The "Daves Fruit Pies" sold at the mart are actually Hostess Fruit  Pies with the word Hostess blocked out and "Daves" put in its  place.'),
('69292',' The "RST" in RST Video stands "Rajiv, Sarla, Tarlochen." Those are  the first names of the son, mother, and father team who owned (and  still own) the video store and the Quick Stop.'),
('69293',' In the final scene we see Dante leaning on a newspaper rack. The  tabloid headline reads "Worlds fattest man weds tiniest woman".'),
('69294',' Vincent Pereira originally had a scene in which Randal (Jeff  Anderson) talks to a clerk at Big Choice Video, a perfect clerk, but  the sound machine gave way in the middle of the take and they had to  scrap the scene. Sound survives up until that point.'),
('69295',' The character Caitlin Bree was named after the character in the TV  show, Degrassi Junior High, one of Kevin Smiths favorite TV shows  when he worked at the Quick Stop in his hometown. Caitlin Ryan was  his favorite character on the show.'),
('69296',' Dantes car is a 1976 Buick Century.'),
('69297',' The movie was named as one of "The 20 Most Overrated Movies Of All  Time" by Premiere.'),
('69298',' Filmed during the Production of _Mallrats (1995)_ (qv).  Kevin Smith (I) (qv) had no involvement in the series.'),
('69299',' Actors from the original film Brian OHalloran (qv) (Dante) and  Jeff Anderson (qv) (Randal) both auditioned for Dante. After they  saw the result both were glad they never got the part.'),
('69300',' The scene was first published in 1998 in comic book form.'),
('69301',' View Askew Productions new logo made its first appearance in the end  credits of this film.'),
('69302',' Julie Dwyers death is fist mentioned in Clerks (1994) (which is why  Dante and Randal are at the funeral parlor in the lost scene) and is  used as a running joke in Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997) and  Clerks II (2006)'),
('69303',' These performances are taken from a concert recorded live at the  Royal Albert Hall on 25 July 1992.'),
('69304',' When the camera dollies into the restaurant, the dolly really pulled  back and the shot was reversed in post'),
('69305','production. The bartender had  to walk backwards.'),
('69306',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the documentary  _Lake Thun in Switzerland (1911)_ (qv).'),
('69307',' Released as a split reel along with the drama  _Faithful Max (1910)_ (qv).'),
('69308',' The film featured three of the smartest primates in the world. In  it, eminent fifty yr old British psychologist Dr Susan Blackmore is  beaten in a mathematics test by a twenty'),
('69309','four year old chimpanzee  called Ai.'),
('69310',' Director Dallas Jenkins co'),
('69311','wrote and sang the closing credits song,  the mock rock ballad "Callin for Backup."'),
('69312',' Dolores ORiordan (qv), the lead singer of The Cranberries (qv)  is the singer who sings "Linger" at Bens wedding.'),
('69313',' During the swim meet, the band you hear in the background is playing  "Come Out and Play" by The Offspring (qv).'),
('69314',' Lauren Graham (I) (qv) was offered the part of Donna Newman but  declined the offer.'),
('69315',' Drew Barrymore (I) (qv) was initially cast as Donna Newman but due  to various reasons could not do the film.'),
('69316',' When Michael Newman visits Ben Newmans office, the water that Ben  gives Michael is VOSS sparkling artesian water from Norway.'),
('69317',' When Michael revisits his first kiss, Janine is wearing a Bart  Simpson T'),
('69318','Shirt. Michaels mother, Trudy, is played by  Julie Kavner (qv), who is the voice of Marge Simpson in  _"Simpsons, The" (1989)_ (qv).'),
('69319',' The Newmans next door neighbors are the ODoyles. This is a  reference to the Adam Sandler movie _Billy Madison (1995)_ (qv),  where throughout the grades Billy is completing, the familys catch  phrase is "ODoyle rules!". In Click, Kevin ODoyle always boasts  about him and his family having high'),
('69320','tech, state'),
('69321','of'),
('69322','the'),
('69323','art gadgets  and electronics.'),
('69324',' DIRCAMEO(Frank Coraci (qv)): the male nurse who attempts to sedate  Michael in the hospital but sedates himself instead.'),
('69325',' As an in'),
('69326','joke, the names of some of the crew members are visible on  a few headstones at the graveyard scene near the end of the film.'),
('69327',' At Bens wedding in the future, the Freedom Tower can be seen in the  NYC skyline (except there are two towers) where the World Trade  Center once stood.'),
('69328',' SPOILER: Christopher Walken (qv)s character Morty is revealed to  be the angel of death. Mortis is the Latin word for death (and is  the basis for such words as mortician, rigor mortis, mortality,  etc.)'),
('69329',' Panavision Inc. listed this feature as the second official feature  to use the Genesis Digital Camera System after  _Superman Returns (2006)_ (qv). Dean Semler (qv) would use this  system in his subsequent features _Apocalypto (2006)_ (qv) and  _I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)_ (qv).'),
('69330',' In "Click", Eric Lamensoff is the guy who gets Hammers job when he  moves to Morrocco, and then kills himself ten years later. This is  an homage to another Adam Sandler (I) (qv) movie,  _Wedding Singer, The (1998)_ (qv). In The Wedding Singer, Eric  Lamensoff is the guy who Robbie and Julia are talking about with  Fey, the photographer. He is the one to whom Fey "gave that price".'),
('69331',' In the lake scene, Adam Sandler (I) (qv)s character reminisces  his childhood at Lake Winnipesaukee. Winnipesaukee is approximately  50 miles north of Manchester, New Hampshire; where Sandler grew up.'),
('69332',' The films premise was originated from a joke by writer  Steve Koren (qv). It was only upon a suggestion of turning into a  feature, by the girlfriend of co'),
('69333','writer Mark OKeefe (qv), that  the project got started off the ground.'),
('69334',' Michael Newmans (Adam Sandler (I) (qv)) home (when he seems  himself in the future) is the same building used as Mels  (Jon Lovitz (qv)) home in _Benchwarmers, The (2006)_ (qv).'),
('69335',' The futuristic car that Michael Newman drives to his house when he  first realizes he is CEO of the Company, is the Cadillac Sixteen, a  concept car.'),
('69336',' The little girl at the lakeside during young Michaels flashback is  Kate Beckinsale (qv)s daughter, Lily Mo Sheen (qv).'),
('69337',' Michael passes on a favor from Mr. Ammer, to which Mr. Ammer  replies, "Ill put Swardson on it." Nick Swardson (qv) is a friend  of Adam Sandler (I) (qv), appearing on Sandlers most recent  comedy album, "Shh... Dont Tell" (2004). Swardson is also the Bed,  Bath & Beyond Guy who asks Michael to be his friend.'),
('69338',' Christopher Walken (qv) dances in the film, as is his trademark.'),
('69339',' The Elvis PEZ dispenser was designed specifically for this movie, by  the props department, and has never been made by PEZ.'),
('69340',' Joel Schumacher (qv) proposed "movie marriage" to  Susan Sarandon (qv) in the middle of a crowded New York City  restaurant during the summer of 1993 in order to convince her to do  the movie. She agreed to make the film a few days later.'),
('69341',' At the time of filming, author John Grisham (qv) had casting  approval over all film adaptations of his work and specified that  "no professional child actors in Hollywood" be cast as Mark Sway. He  felt that the film wouldnt work with a well'),
('69342','known child actor  (sporting a phony accent) in the role and that by casting an unknown  in the part (preferably from the Memphis area where the story is  set) the films credibility wouldnt be compromised.  Brad Renfro (qv), a native of Knoxville, Tennessee beat out  thousands of actors for the role including Macaulay Culkin (qv).'),
('69343',' At the time of the film, the only prior acting experience  Brad Renfro (qv) had was a school production about D.A.R.E (Drug  and Alcohol Resistance Education).'),
('69344',' This was Brad Renfro (qv)s film debut.'),
('69345',' Set in Colorado, but filmed in Italy. The American Environmental  Protection Agency wouldnt allow filming in America for fear of the  damage that could be left by the film crew. Italy was chosen because  it had spectacular mountains that are similar to the Colorado  Rockies. The production crew paid a very large deposit against  clean'),
('69346','up costs.'),
('69347',' 31 well'),
('69348','known climbers were signed up, including Ron Kauk (qv) and  Wolfgang Güllich (qv). Güllich performed many of the films  stunts.'),
('69349',' Ron Kauk (qv) was Sylvester Stallone (qv)s stunt double and  really had to bulk up. He ate 5 carbohydrate'),
('69350','heavy meals a day and  pumped a lot of iron. The trainer wanted to have him eat a sixth  meal in the middle of the night. Kauk also doubled for  Leon (I) (qv), a 63" black actor, and Janine Turner (qv).'),
('69351',' To demonstrate his faith in the safety equipment, director  Harlin, Renny (qv) put on a harness and flung himself out on a  cable over a cliff.'),
('69352',' Electrical storms hit during filming, knocking down five crew  members. Climber Earl Wiggins (qv) was hit three times, but was  only slightly injured. During a later storm, crew members had fun  taking pictures of each other with their hair standing on end while  the climbers pointed out the wisdom of evacuating.'),
('69353',' The credits include a message which explains that the Black Diamond  harness used in the opening scene was specially modified so that it  would fail.'),
('69354',' Simon Crane (I) (qv), the stuntman who did the air'),
('69355','to'),
('69356','air  transfer, actually couldnt get inside the second plane, but good  editing gives the appearance that he does.'),
('69357',' The two'),
('69358','story high cliff built for the climactic battle sequence  burned to the ground completely in eight minutes when the miniature  helicopter explosion got out of control. The heat of the fire was so  intense it melted one of the cameras.'),
('69359',' One of the buckles on the horses bridle is a piece of climbing  equipment.'),
('69360',' DIRTRADE(Renny Harlin (qv)): [finland]: one of the parachutes  looks like the Finnish flag.'),
('69361',' Christopher Walken (qv) was originally cast as Qualen but left the  production before filming began, so John Lithgow (qv) was cast at  the very last minute.'),
('69362',' Paramount was forced to pay out an additional $750,000 to three  separate writers who were all claiming credit for the story.'),
('69363',' Renny Harlin (qv) initially turned down the opportunity to direct  as he "didnt want to make another _Die Hard 2 (1990)_ (qv)".'),
('69364',' The plane'),
('69365','to'),
('69366','plane airborne transfer stunt was filmed in the USA as  such a stunt is illegal in Europe. The stunt itself cost over $1  million to film.'),
('69367',' In the original cut of the film shown to test audiences, there was a  40'),
('69368','foot jump from one cliff to another that  Sylvester Stallone (qv)s character performs. This scene appears  in the theatrical trailers to the film. It was cut because test  audiences laughed out loud when they saw it and thought it was  totally impossible. The clip of the jump was redone and used for a  shorter jump off a cliff near the end of the film using computer  graphics and special effects.'),
('69369',' An avid golfer, Sylvester Stallone (qv) found that climbing  roughed up his hands and consequently messed up his game. He had a  net on the set for practice. The models he was dating complained  about his rough hands.'),
('69370',' Sneak'),
('69371','preview audiences saw a scene where a rabbit gets killed by  gunfire. Their reaction was strong enough for  Sylvester Stallone (qv) to invest $100,000 of his own money to  have the scene re'),
('69372','shot so that the rabbit escaped.'),
('69373',' In the opening scene where Sarah slips from Gabes hand had to be  done several times because Sarahs glove would not slip off as  desired. In order to get it to slide off, director  Renny Harlin (qv) had her wear a glove that was a couple of sizes  too big and filled the glove with Vaseline and even then  Sylvester Stallone (qv)s grip was too tight and the glove almost  stayed on.'),
('69374',' The teddy bear that falls off the cliff in the opening scene was not  scripted but was added at the last minute. Renny Harlin (qv) liked  the bear so much he bought it so that the audience would have a  clear idea of what would happen and how horrific the fall was.'),
('69375',' In the cave of bats scene, the bats seen on screen were actually  added after filming as a special effect. Real bats were brought in  to fill the cave, but Sylvester Stallone (qv) and  Janine Turner (qv) were too afraid to shoot the scene with live  bats.'),
('69376',' Was originally titled "Gale Force" under the Carolco studio. The  script concerned Sylvester Stallone (qv) fighting a band of  terrorists/thieves in a coastal town during a hurricane. Deemed too  expensive to produce (after investing roughly $2 million in script  rewrites and the original), the plug was pulled. The basic concept  was then carried over to this film with the same director  (Renny Harlin (qv)) and star (Sylvester Stallone (qv)) attached.'),
('69377',' The movie is in the Guinness Book of World Records for the costliest  aerial stunt ever performed. The scene in which Travers crosses from  one jet to the other at a height of 15,000 feet was done without the  aid of any safety devices or trick photography. The insurance  company underwriting the film refused to insure a stunt man for  this, so Sylvester Stallone (qv) offered to reduce his own fee for  the movie by the amount that the stunt cost to produce in order that  the film could be made. The stunt was performed by  Simon Crane (I) (qv). Because of the extremely dangerous nature of  the stunt, it was only performed once.'),
('69378',' During one climbing'),
('69379','scene director Renny Harlin (qv) complained  that the safety'),
('69380','lines were visible, so the stuntman performed the  climbing without any safety'),
('69381','lines.'),
('69382',' Dedicated to Wolfgang Gullich (qv), Sylvester Stallone (qv)s  double in the film, who was killed in a car accident shortly after  filming had finished.'),
('69383',' Filmed in 1991.'),
('69384',' Was one of many films (including _RoboCop 3 (1993)_ (qv)) produced  by Orion and filmed years ahead of its release date. The reason it  was not released until 1994 was due to company Orions pending  bankruptcy, and not because of bad press screenings, as some sources  claim.'),
('69385',' John Ritter (qv)s last film role.'),
('69386',' In the original childrens books, Clifford never talked.'),
('69387',' The filmmakers were required to use the line "fast forward through  this", a bathrobe as a prop, and the genre had to be action. The  film was made in 48 hrs.'),
('69388',' Although she is listed in the credits, Robyn Hilton (I) (qv) only  has a three'),
('69389','second topless scene.'),
('69390',' A deteriorating silent copy of this film survives in the UCLA Film  and Television Archives.'),
('69391',' This film was shot on the lavish sets created for the 1943 version  of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, in an attempt to recoup the large  budget of that film. The opera house set which features in both  films, had been originally built in 1925 for the first film of  PHANTOM, starring Lon Chaney, and this extraordinary set still  exists on the Universal Studios lot. It is the oldest surviving  movie set in the world.'),
('69392',' This feature'),
('69393','length documentary is featured on the 2'),
('69394','Disc DVD for  _Cold Mountain (2003)_ (qv), released in 2004.'),
('69395',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Through Winding Walls (1920)_ (qv).'),
('69396',' Terry'),
('69397','Thomas (qv) can be heard in this film. Made during his days  as a film extra, he imitated the voice of a cow.'),
('69398',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoon  _Monkey Business (1921)_ (qv).'),
('69399',' Zelda Sears (qv) play opened in New York on 25 December 1922.'),
('69400',' This documentary is featured on the DVD for _Firefox (1982)_ (qv),  released in 2004.'),
('69401',' This interview is featured on the Alfa Digital DVD for  _What? (1972)_ (qv).'),
('69402',' Co'),
('69403','star Colin Clive (qv) was in fact a real'),
('69404','life descendent of  Clive of India.'),
('69405',' Don Ameche (qv)s film debut.'),
('69406',' The movie is based on the successful stage play with the same name,  also written by Maria Goos (qv). The four main actors are the same  as in the theatre version.'),
('69407',' Actors Peter Blok (qv), Pierre Bokma (qv) and  Gijs Scholten van Aschat (qv) and director  Willem van de Sande Bakhuyzen (qv) are real life college friends.'),
('69408',' The video game which is central to the movie had already been in  development as production of the film began (the game then named  "Agent X"); when Atari was consulted to provide a game as an element  of the movie, they tweaked "Agent X" and renamed it Cloak & Dagger.  Dabney Colemans character was then named "Agent X" in the movie.  The game saw limited arcade release.'),
('69409',' The Cloak & Dagger game screens are mostly from the arcade version,  and not the Atari 5200 game console as it would appear in the film.  Although an 5200 version of the game was planned, it never was  released due to the video game crash of 1983 and eventual sale of  Atari. The arcade version of Cloak & Dagger appeared in 1983 prior  to the release of the film. Next to the Cloak & Dagger games are  boxes for the 5200 version of Tempest. Like the 5200 version of  Cloak & Dagger, this game was never released.'),
('69410',' The Gamekeeper is an actual shop located in the Glendale Galleria in  Glendale, California; a few miles from Universal Studios. The shop  originally specialized in sophisticated role'),
('69411','playing games, such as  the popular Dungeons & Dragons series. Since the time of the film it  has relocated to a smaller store space within the mall and sells  mainly mainstream board games. There are now also several franchise  locations at other malls around the country.'),
('69412',' Because the Atari 2500 version of wasnt complete during filming,  the cartridge props are actually other 5200 games with a "Cloak &  Dagger" label stuck on them. The arcade game was complete by that  time, and the signal was piped into Morriss monitor whenever he  played. You can actually see the upright game cabinet standing next  to Morriss computer setup.'),
('69413',' Although the movie has gained a reputation for being something of an  Atari 5200 commercial, there is a ColecoVision, the 5200s main  competitor, visible in the main room of the Game Keeper. Its  visible at the top of the screen as Davie is collapsing the  walkie'),
('69414','talkies antenna after talking to Rice.'),
('69415',' The elderly couple in the film, John McIntire and Jeanette Nolan,  both had parts in the original Psycho (1960). Richard Franklin  directed the sequel, Psycho II (1983).'),
('69416',' Anti'),
('69417','atomic bomb dialogue was removed before release.'),
('69418',' One of the pocket watches is engraved with the initials "WED," for  Walter Elias Disney.'),
('69419',' The first and only video game that Kinji Fukasaku (qv) ever  directed.'),
('69420',' If a player restarts the game from the beginning after beating it,  theyll find a special key in Alyssas inventory. This can be used  to unlock the wardrobe in Alyssas room to find a variety of bonus  costumes.'),
('69421',' The first game in the series to give the player complete directional  control over the protagonist. The previous games used  point'),
('69422','and'),
('69423','click interfaces in which the protagonist was used by  selecting a spot to move to and clicking on it.'),
('69424',' The game contains 13 different endings.'),
('69425',' Theres no relation with the storyline or characters from the first  game.'),
('69426',' In the opening scene, Walker, Robert (I) (qv) bums a light from a  commuter played by none other than Freed, Arthur (qv).'),
('69427',' The wistful piano player at the Italian restaurant is  Edens, Roger (qv).'),
('69428',' The wife of the milkman, played by James Gleason (I) (qv) is  Gleasons real'),
('69429','life wife Lucile Gleason (qv),'),
('69430',' In the scene where Judy Garland (I) (qv) and  Robert Walker (I) (qv) are riding in the milk truck, the song  being played over the radio is "Our Love Affair" which was a hit  song from Judys movie _Strike Up the Band (1940)_ (qv) with  Mickey Rooney (I) (qv).'),
('69431',' This,_Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and A Child Is Waiting (1963)_ (qv) are  Judy Garland (I) (qv)s only non'),
('69432','singing movies.'),
('69433',' Started production with Fred Zinnemann (qv) as director.'),
('69434',' The speech Alice gives to Joe on why she knows not to worry was  originally supposed to be delivered by Walker. However, director  Vincente Minnelli (qv) had it rewritten so that  Judy Garland (I) (qv) (whom he was dating at the time) could do  it.'),
('69435',' The lady at the luncheonette counter is Moyna MacGill, Angela  Landsburys mother.'),
('69436',' Director Jack Conway began pre'),
('69437','production, shooting backgrounds on  location in New York, but fell ill, and was replaced by Fred  Zinnemann.'),
('69438',' When Vincente Minnelli took over as director, he recast some of  former director Fred Zinnemanns choices. Minnelli replaced Hume  Cronyn, Connie Gilchrist and Audrey Totter.'),
('69439',' Although establishing footage of the real Pennsylvania Station was  taken for this film in New York, the actual scene that takes place  between Judy Garland and Robert Walker there were filmed on very  accurate recreation on a sound'),
('69440','stage in Hollywood.'),
('69441',' Imperioli, Michael (qv)s character is named JoJo, same as the  name as the character he plays in _Bad Boys (1995)_ (qv).'),
('69442',' Was originally supposed to be directed by Martin Scorsese. He  changed his mind, opting instead to direct _Casino (1995)_ (qv).  Scorsese then asked Spike Lee if he wanted to direct. Lee accepted,  and Scorsese was given an executive producer credit.'),
('69443',' Universal paid $1.9 million for the rights to the Richard Price  novel.'),
('69444',' CAMEO(Spike Lee (qv)): talking to Harvey Keitel (qv) as he first  arrives at the murder scene. He is sipping on a 40 ounce of beer.'),
('69445',' Spike Lee (qv) wanted John Turturro (qv) to play Rocco Klein,  and Michael Imperioli (qv) to play Larry Mazilla. The studio  balked at Lees request, and Martin Scorsese (qv) suggested  Harvey Keitel (qv) for the role of Rocco, with John Turturro  sliding into the role of Mazilla.'),
('69446',' When Martin Scorsese (qv) was signed on as director,  Robert De Niro (qv) was to play Detective Rocco Klein. However,  both dropped out to do _Casino (1995)_ (qv).'),
('69447',' During the time that Martin Scorsese (qv) was to direct this  project, the screenplay focused primarily on the life of Rocco  Klein. When Spike Lee (qv) took over the project, he shifted the  attention to Strike.'),
('69448',' All the effects were created in'),
('69449','camera directly on the 16mm  negative. No color'),
('69450','correction or digital effects were applied.'),
('69451',' '),
('69452','The first feature film directed by Jonathan Frakes not related to  Star Trek.'),
('69453',' DIRCAMEO(Jonathan Frakes): in the background, behind Jesse as he  looks for parts at the science symposium.'),
('69454',' DIRTRADE(Jonathan Frakes): [Star Trek references] Francesca says,  "Make it so, number one."'),
('69455',' The headmaster was on his way to the fictitious University of  Norwich. A University of East Anglia in Norwich *does* exist, but  the film was not shot there.'),
('69456',' The car the headmaster destroys is the same car used in  _"Fawlty Towers" (1975)_ (qv), only with a different paint job. Both  cars are BMC 1100s, but the version in _"Fawlty Towers" (1975)_ (qv)  was a Countryman '),
('69457',' a small estate car (US=station wagon). The car  in _Clockwise (1986)_ (qv)is a saloon (US=sedan).'),
('69458',' The school where Stimpson is headmaster is named after Thomas  Tompion (1639'),
('69459','1713), a famous clockmaker.'),
('69460',' In interviews about the time of _Fish Called Wanda, A (1988)_ (qv),  John Cleese (qv) said watching this film in a USA theater made him  understand this film would not be a hit in the US.'),
('69461',' John Alderton (qv) replaced James Fox (I) (qv).'),
('69462',' Patsy Kensit (qv) was going to be in this film but was replaced  before filming.'),
('69463',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) once said "If Malcolm [McDowell] hadnt been  available I probably wouldnt have made the film."'),
('69464',' It is said that Stanley Kubrick (qv) made this movie because of  the failure of _Waterloo (1970/I)_ (qv). After he completed  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv), he had planned to film a movie  about Napoleons life. After many years of research, he sent  location scouts to various Eastern European locations, and even had  an agreement with the Yugoslav army to supply troops for the vast  battle scenes. However, after "Waterloo" tanked, Kubricks financial  backers pulled out. He thus decided to adapt the American version of  "Clockwork", which had been given to him by Terry Southern (qv)  (co'),
('69465','writer of  _Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)_ (qv)).'),
('69466',' The film rights were sold for "a few hundred dollars", but then  re'),
('69467','sold for a much larger amount. Before director  Stanley Kubrick (qv) became involved in the film, several  different casts were considered for Alex and his droogs: girls in  miniskirts, old'),
('69468','age pensioners, and The Rolling Stones (qv).'),
('69469',' During the filming of the Ludovico scene, star  McDowell, Malcolm (qv) scratched one of his corneas and was  temporarily blinded. He suffered cracked ribs during filming of the  humiliation stage show, and he also nearly drowned when his  breathing apparatus failed while being held underwater in the trough  scene.'),
('69470',' The snake, Basil, was introduced into the film by  Stanley Kubrick (qv) when he found out Malcolm McDowell (qv) had  a fear of reptiles.'),
('69471',' The sculptures in the Korova Milkbar were based on the work of  sculptor Allen Jones.'),
('69472',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) insisted the milk in the milk dispensers were  emptied, washed and refilled every hour (the milk curdled under the  studio lights).'),
('69473',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) deliberately made continuity errors just  before the author worked out who Alex is. The dishes on the table  move around and the level of wine in the glasses change between  shots to give a feeling of disorientation to the viewer.'),
('69474',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[faces]: Frank, when he realizes  who Alex is.'),
('69475',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[Bathroom] Mr. Alexander discovers  Alexs identity while Alex sings "Singin in the Rain" in the  bathtub.'),
('69476',' Tim Curry (I) (qv) and Jeremy Irons (qv) both turned down the  role of Alex.'),
('69477',' SPOILER: To film Alexs suicide attempt from his own perspective, a  Newman Sinclair camera enclosed in a custom'),
('69478','built plastic box was  thrown off a building six times until it finally landed pointing  downwards. It broke the lens, but the camera itself survived  otherwise unscathed. Stanley Kubrick (qv) later marveled at the  durability of this particular type of camera.'),
('69479',' When Alex and the droogs enter the Korova Milkbar, there are many  paintings on the wall, one of a naked woman. This same painting  appears in _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv), also directed by  Kubrick, Stanley (qv).'),
('69480',' In this film, Sharp, Anthony (qv) plays a government minister. In  Kubrick, Stanley (qv)s later film, _Barry Lyndon (1975)_ (qv), he  plays a former minister, Lord Harlan.'),
('69481',' _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv) (also directed by  Stanley Kubrick (qv)) soundtrack highly visible in record store.'),
('69482',' Ken Russell (I) (qv) was originally considered to direct because  his style was considered well'),
('69483','suited for the material. Burgess was  reluctant over Stanley Kubrick (qv) as a director, but was  initially happy with Kubricks work. Later, he felt the film made  the book, one of his least favorites, overshadow his other work.'),
('69484',' Alex singing and dancing to "Singing in the Rain" as he beats and  ties up the writer and his wife was not scripted.  Stanley Kubrick (qv) spent four days experimenting with this  scene, finding it too conventional. Eventually he approached  Malcolm McDowell (qv) and asked him if he could dance. They tried  the scene again, this time with McDowell doing an improv of Alex  singing and dancing. Kubrick was so amused by it that he and  McDowell drove back to his home, where he swiftly bought the rights  to "Singing in the Rain" for $10,000.'),
('69485',' According to an interview with Malcolm McDowell (qv), the actor  often kept Stanley Kubrick (qv) highly amused by his ability to  belch on command (as illustrated at various points of the movie).  The actor and director also passed the time obsessively playing  table tennis (a sport which appeared in Kubricks earlier  _Lolita (1962)_ (qv)); McDowell was later irritated to find that his  salary had been docked for the hours spent playing the game.'),
('69486',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) asked Pink Floyd (qv) if he could use their  "Atom Heart Mother Suite" in the soundtrack. However, because  Kubrick wanted unlimited license to determine what portions or edits  of the song he used, the band turned him down. When Alex is in the  record store (the same shot where the 2001 soundtrack appears), the  upper shelf has the cover of "Atom Heart Mother" (look for the cow  in the field).'),
('69487',' The blunt object the cat woman uses to attack Alex is a bust of  Ludwig van Beethoven (qv), Alexs favorite composer and whose 9th  Symphony accidentally becomes part of Alexs conditioning.'),
('69488',' One of only two movies rated X on its original release (the other  being _Midnight Cowboy (1969)_ (qv)) to be nominated for Best  Picture at the Academy Awards.'),
('69489',' The first line the prison minister says in the film, "Whats it  going to be, eh?" is nearly identical to the first sentence of the  novel ("Whats it going to be then, eh?")'),
('69490',' In the book, Alexs last name is never revealed. "DeLarge" could be  a reference to a line in the book in which Alex calls himself  "Alexander the Large" while raping two 10'),
('69491','year'),
('69492','old girls (in the  film, this is changed to a consensual sex scene with teenage girls).'),
('69493',' The newspaper article gives Alexs last name as "Burgess".'),
('69494',' The tape that Alex removes from his stereo in order to play  Ludwig van Beethoven (qv) bears the name of fictitious artist  Goggly Gogo!, mentioned later by one of the popsicle girls on the  music store.'),
('69495',' The photo'),
('69496','montage when Alex clobbers the old lady are mostly the  paintings the old lady has hanging in her room.'),
('69497',' Franks bodyguard was played by professional bodybuilder  David Prowse (qv). Even so, he was near exhaustion after the  repeated takes of him carrying Frank and his wheelchair down the  stairs.'),
('69498',' Many phallic references: snake crawling between the legs of the  woman in the poster, the popsicles held by the girls in the record  store, the tip of Alexs walking stick, the object used by Alex to  kill the woman.'),
('69499',' McDowell, Malcolm (qv) chose to sing "Singin In The Rain" during  the rape scene, because it was the only song he knew all the lyrics  to.'),
('69500',' The film was withdrawn voluntarily by Stanley Kubrick (qv) from  the United Kingdom after being criticized as too violent. Kubrick  has stated that the film would be released there only after his  death. It was.'),
('69501',' The language spoken by Alex and his droogs is author  Anthony Burgess (qv)s invention, "Nadsat": a mix of English,  Russian and slang. Stanley Kubrick (qv) was afraid that they had  used too much of it, and that the movie would not be accessible. The  original edition of the novel suffered from similar criticisms, and  a Nadsat glossary appendix was added to the second and subsequent  editions.'),
('69502',' One of the reasons why Stanley Kubrick (qv) withdrew the movie  from distribution in the U.K. were, according to his wife  Christiane Kubrick (qv), several death threats that his family  received because of the film.'),
('69503',' Anthony Burgess (qv) originally sold the movie to  Mick Jagger (qv) for $500 when he needed quick cash. Jagger  intended to make it with The Rolling Stones (qv) as the droogs.'),
('69504',' In the record store it appears that not only is the soundtrack for  2001 clearly visible, but the record on the back shelf appears to be  The Beatles (qv) "Magical Mystery Tour".'),
('69505',' Alexs cuff links are bloody eyeballs.'),
('69506',' Filming the rape scene was so difficult for the actress originally  cast in the role, she quit and the part was recast.'),
('69507',' This film was shot almost entirely on real locations as opposed to  sets and was lit almost entirely with a Lowell Kit, a staple for  film students, perhaps as a reaction against the huge apparatus  needed for Stanley Kubrick (qv)s previous film,  _2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)_ (qv).'),
('69508',' This was the first film to use the Dolby Laboratory noise reduction  system during its theatrical run.'),
('69509',' The shot of the bride falling through the gallows trapdoor (during  Alexs fantasy) is footage from _Cat Ballou (1965)_ (qv).'),
('69510',' Walter Carlos (qv)s synthesized score features the first ever use  of a vocoder.'),
('69511',' In the scene where Reformed Alex is being taken into the woods by  his old droogan buddies you can see the officer numbers on their  uniforms 665 and 667 implying that Alex is 666.'),
('69512',' The doorbell at the Alexander residence, "Home", plays the first  four notes of Ludwig van Beethoven (qv)s "Fifth Symphony" (but in  a different key).'),
('69513',' At one point, Tinto Brass (qv) was attached to direct.'),
('69514',' "Korova" is Russian for "Cow", hence the name "The Korova Milk Bar."'),
('69515',' The word "Moloko" on the walls of the milk bar means milk in  Russian.'),
('69516',' Alexs prison number in the movie is 655321. "Six, double five,  three, two, one." However in the book his prison number is 6655321.'),
('69517',' Ken Russell (I) (qv) was considered to direct the movie, with  Oliver Reed (I) (qv) playing the part of Alex.'),
('69518',' When Malcolm McDowell (qv) recorded his voiceover material, it was  on a simple Nagra tape recorder operated by Stanley Kubrick (qv)  himself.'),
('69519',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) handled the advertising campaign, including  posters, commercials, the trailer, etc.'),
('69520',' The title was translated into Serbo'),
('69521','Croatian as "The Orange From  Hell" ("Paklena Naranca" '),
('69522',' Croatian, "Paklena Pomorandza" '),
('69523','  Serbian). This comes from the term for clockwork bombs '),
('69524',' "Paklena  Masina" '),
('69525',' "Machine from hell"'),
('69526',' In the early 1990s Londons popular Scala Film Club showed this  movie without permission from Stanley Kubrick (qv) or Warner  Brothers. At Kubricks insistence Warners sued and won. As a result  the Scala was almost bankrupt and closed in 1993.'),
('69527',' Much of the continuity errors in this film (glass placement in the  dinner scene, Alexs droogs hats appearing/disappearing at the  river, etc.) were all intentional. Stanley Kubrick (qv) was trying  to have a slight disorienting effect in this film.'),
('69528',' The combination to Alexs bedroom door is 17'),
('69529','34'),
('69530','89'),
('69531',' The writer of the novel, Anthony Burgess (qv), claimed that the  term "clockwork orange" was a Cockney phrase, but most philologists  agree that there has never been any such phrase until the appearance  of his book. Burgess lived in Malaysia during the 1940s, and the  Malay word for man is "orang", from which "orangutan" (man of the  jungle) is derived. There is, however, an English slang expression  for a gambling device known as the "one'),
('69532','armed bandit" in the U.S.: a  clockwork fruit (the gambling device typically is referred to as a  "fruit machine" in the UK due to the depictions on its dials;  clockwork in England is a word applied to a plethora of mechanical  devices beyond just time'),
('69533','pieces). The anthropomorphic look of a  "fruit machine" (thus, its name "one'),
('69534','armed bandit" in the U.S. for  its roughly man'),
('69535','sized shape and "arm" giving it a humanoid  appearance) may well have given rise to the term "clockwork orange"  in Burgess fertile mind as Alex, through conditioning, is turned  into a robot (which a fruit machine resembles). Gambling also is a  game of chance, and Alex literally is gambling with his soul. This  is made explicit, particularly in the film, when Dr. Brodsky tells  Alex '),
('69536',' who is upset over the use of Beethoven on the soundtrack to  the atrocity films and claims he has been enlightened '),
('69537',' to take his  chance, as he will be free in a fortnight (roughly the time an  annual vacation in an English resort such as Blackpool '),
('69538',' the Las  Vegas of Britain '),
('69539',' with its scores of fruit machines, would take).'),
('69540',' The writer of the book, Anthony Burgess , lived for a time in  Malaysia. After returning to London his wife was assaulted by four  American GIs during the black'),
('69541','out, thus giving inspiration to this  story. In Malay, the word "orang" means man, [this is also part of  the derivation of the word orangutan, the other half being derived  from "hutan" meaning jungle] therefore, the title of the story is  actually a pun on the British expression. Rather than a clockwork  fruit, it is a clockwork man, which is, of course, exactly what Alex  has become by the end of the film.'),
('69542',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[three'),
('69543','way]: Alex vs Government vs  Alexander.'),
('69544',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):[114]: Alex is given Serum 114 when  he undergoes the Ludovico treatment. It is perhaps an in'),
('69545','joke on  Kubricks repeated use of CRM in his films, as serum sounds almost  like CRM sounded out.'),
('69546',' Contrary to popular claims, this film was never banned in the UK. It  originally received an "X" rating in 1971 and was withdrawn from  distribution in 1973 by the films director. In 1999 (the year of  Stanley Kubrick (qv)s death), the film was released again and  received an "18" rating.'),
('69547',' The writer of the book, Anthony Burgess (qv), lived for a time in  Malaysia [where his wife was beaten by four American GIs, thus  giving inspiration to this story]. In Malay, the word "orang" means  man,[this is also part of the derivation of the word orangutan,  the other half being derived from "hutan" meaning jungle] therefore,  the title of the story is actually a pun on the British expression.  Rather than a clockwork fruit, it is a clockwork man, which is, of  course, exactly what Alex has become by the end of the film.'),
('69548',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)): Maniacal staring face, can be seen  on Alex at the opening shot.'),
('69549',' DIRTRADE(Stanley Kubrick (qv)):["The End"]: Kubrick maintained the  tradition of putting the words "The End" in the end credits of all  his movies, long after the industry had abandoned it.'),
('69550',' The film was released just over a year after principal photography  began, the fastest film shot, edited and released by  Stanley Kubrick (qv).'),
('69551',' Before filming the scene where he had to carry the wheelchair up the  stairs, David Prowse (qv) went up to Stanley Kubrick (qv) and  asked if he could make sure that (due to the difficulty of the task)  he got the scene in as few takes as possible, saying, "Youre not  exactly known as one'),
('69552','take'),
('69553','Kubrick, are you?" The rest of the crew  was horrified at such a famous director being talked to like this,  but Kubrick just laughed and promised to do his best. The scene was  filmed in only three takes, an incredibly small amount for a  perfectionist like Kubrick.'),
('69554',' The large yellow book in the tray on the prison governors desk is  actually a "Wisden Cricketers Almanack".'),
('69555',' Because of the limited budget, various techniques had to be used  such as dolly shots on wheelchairs, sound recorded live on set, the  use of natural light and some scenes in handheld cameras. However,  at that time the new camera zoom control was first used in the  picture.'),
('69556',' Stanley Kubrick (qv)s first cut (before hiring several assistant  editors) ran almost four hours.'),
('69557',' The futuristic turntable that appeared in the movie is a Michell  GyroDec, a version of which is still being manufactured today.'),
('69558',' Other records visible in the record shop: Tim Buckley (I) (qv)s  "Lorca" (1970), on the Island shelf when Alex enters the shop.  Pink Floyd (qv)s "Atom Heart Mother" is visible on this shelf as  well as behind the counter. Also on this shelf is Rare Bird "As Your  Mind Flies By". Two records to the left of the famous "2001"  soundtrack in front of the counter is  Crosby Stills Nash & Young (qv)s "Deja Vu" (1970). To the right  of "2001" is "The Transfiguration Of Blind Joe Death" by  John Fahey (I) (qv). Between The Beatles (qv) record and "Atom  Heart Mother" on the wall behind the counter is  Neil Young (I) (qv)s "After The Goldrush" (1970). The blonde girl  with the lollipop can be seen looking at a Mungo Jerry (qv) album,  "In The Summertime" (1970).'),
('69559',' Rated #2 of the 25 most controversial movies of all time.  Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2006.'),
('69560',' Kubrick had his assistant destroy all unused footage'),
('69561',' The Car used by Alex and the droogs was the "Adams Probe 16", one of  three ever made.'),
('69562',' Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 25 Most Dangerous Movies".'),
('69563',' In the music shop scene there is a list of Top Ten music bands up on  the wall. One of the bands listed is Heaven Seventeen, which one of  the girls mentions to Alex. This name was used by a real band in the  80s.'),
('69564',' In 2007, the American Film Institute ranked this as the #70 Greatest  Movie of All Time.'),
('69565',' This documentary short appears on the DVD of  _"Star Wars: Clone Wars" (2003)_ (qv) Volume I'),
('69566',' This documentary short appears on the DVD of  _"Star Wars: Clone Wars" (2003)_ (qv) Volume II'),
('69567',' Peter Graves (I) (qv) shot all of his scenes in one day.'),
('69568',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Helens Marriage (1912)_ (qv).'),
('69569',' Fifth episode, third series, of The Gumps 2'),
('69570','reel comedy series'),
('69571',' This was the tenth of twelve entries in the "Tenderfoot Thriller"  series.'),
('69572',' Based on a training tool developed for the United States Marines.'),
('69573',' Paul Schrader (I) (qv) wrote the original script. When  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv), changed a great deal of it, Schrader  decided to remove his credit. Since the film couldnt be left with  no credit for writing, Spielberg claimed it for himself.'),
('69574',' Real air'),
('69575','traffic controllers were used in the opening sequence. The  synthesizer technician/performer was the actual engineer sent by ARP  Instruments to install the synthesizer equipment (ARP 2500) on the  set. Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) watched his expert playing of the  equipment and immediately cast him for the role. The name of the ARP  engineer is Philip Dodds (qv) and he is actually mentioned in the  credits.'),
('69576',' The working title was Watch the Skies, the closing words from  _Thing from Another World, The (1951)_ (qv). These words also can be  heard in the cartoon that wakes Neary.'),
('69577',' Barry is shown to be surprised by the extraterrestrials. Director  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had two crew members hide in boxes off  camera, one in a clown suit and one in a gorilla suit. One popped  out, then the other as the cameras rolled, catching young  Cary Guffey (qv)s bewildered reaction. Spielberg then whispered  to the gorilla to remove his mask, eliciting a smile from Guffey.'),
('69578',' SFX man Trumbull, Douglas (qv) created the cloud effects by  injecting white paint into tanks of salt and fresh water.'),
('69579',' It is possible to see an upside down R2'),
('69580','D2 (from  _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv), etc) in part of the large spacecraft that  flies over Devils Mountain. The SFX people needed more detail, and  so supposedly there are many more such items, such as a shark from  _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) (also directed by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)),  etc. R2'),
('69581','D2 is visible as Jillian first sees the mothership up close  from her hiding place in the rocks.'),
('69582',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) and other producers wanted  Walter Cronkite (qv) as newsreader for the broadcast that Neary  ignores in the living room sculpture scene. However, CBS would not  allow Cronkite to take the role, so producers settled on ABCs  Howard K. Smith (qv). Unfortunately, the news cutaway scene to  Wyoming reporter was filmed before this decision; as a result, the  reporter says Order your steak well'),
('69583','done, Walter.'),
('69584',' Guffey, Cary (qv)s performances were so good that they only ever  had to do one or two takes of each shot he was in. He became known  as One'),
('69585','Take Cary on the set, and Spielberg had a t'),
('69586','shirt printed up  for him with the phrase written on it.'),
('69587',' It was one of the first home videos released with NCI Closed  Captioning in 1981 by Columbia. When you have your TV set to display  closed captions, a closed captioning copyright Captions Copyright  1981 Columbia Pictures Corporation is displayed at the end of the  movie. That is present in all versions of the movie including the  1998 re'),
('69588','edit.'),
('69589',' When the aliens visit Jillians home, theres a shot of the screws  in the floor vent unscrewing. This is shown in an extreme close'),
('69590','up  in CE3K. The unscrewing effect is very similar to what we see in the  movie version of _War of the Worlds, The (1953)_ (qv).'),
('69591',' In the scene where Ronnie cuts out a newspaper article about the UFO  sightings, the night after Roys first glimpse of the UFOs, two  identical articles on _Star Wars (1977)_ (qv) are on either side of  the UFO article.'),
('69592',' The Mothership is now located at the Steven F. Udvar'),
('69593','Hazy annex of  the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum, south of the Dulles Airport,  in Chantilly, VA. Visible on it are a miniature R2'),
('69594','D2, a mailbox, a  cemetery, and models of the airplanes that were abducted by the  ship.'),
('69595',' To get the spaceships attention prior to their arrival at Devils  Tower, the five notes the scientists play are G, A, F, (octave  lower) F, C. When they arrive at the tower and are attempting  communication, the notes they play are B flat, C, A flat, (octave  lower) A flat, E flat.'),
('69596',' The entire landing strip complex behind Devils Tower was actually  constructed and filmed in an abandoned aircraft hangar at Brookley  AFB in Mobile, AL.'),
('69597',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) knew only vaguely what the mothership  would look like when he was filming the live action scenes.  Basically he decided it would be big and hulk'),
('69598','like, and very dark.  While filming in India months later he drove past a giant oil  refinery every day and was inspired by the many lights and pipes and  outcroppings on the rig to change the look of the spaceship. He now  decided it would be brightly lit, which is how it appears in the  final film, even though the footage of it casting a dark shadow over  the crowd had already been shot.'),
('69599',' The federal agent'),
('69600','types on stage with Lacombe during the auditorium  scene where he teaches the hand signals were real federal agents.  Similarly some of the extras who played scientists in the end  sequence were real scientists.'),
('69601',' The final sequence as well almost every scene that takes place at  night was filmed at a giant airplane (not dirigible as is often  stated) hanger in Mobile Alabama. The heat was unbearable, although  it did not actually rain in the hanger as is often erroneously  reported '),
('69602',' the crew was only told that such a condition was possible  because of the great humidity. There was a constant effort to get  every arc light available to the location to film the reflections of  the UFOs. Many lights in retirement from the Technicolor era were  brought out of mothball for the spaceship sequences.'),
('69603',' All of the stars in the background of the night shots, as well as  many distant trees, hills, roads, etc. were special effects and not  real. This is true even in non'),
('69604','special effect shots, such as when  Nearys truck is just driving along country roads.'),
('69605',' Many techniques were attempted to portray the aliens, who were  played by little kids in rubber suits. One involved shooting them at  normal speed while they moved through a sea of mimes dressed as  technicians. The mimes would make slow motion movements so that when  the film was sped up, the mimes looked normal and the aliens would  appear to run about with super'),
('69606','human quickness. Flailing their arms  and long hands about, they would somewhat resemble bugs. Another  idea was to suspend them on wires and have them fly. The mothership  was supposedly in a lower gravity field (this line remains in the  final cut of the movie as the ship lands: Watch for dizziness and  low gravity.) and Neary was even supposed to float up as he walked  into the ship at the end. All of these ideas were eventually cut.'),
('69607',' The film holds the record for most cinematographers on a production  (11, counting the Special Edition).'),
('69608',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had approached Steve McQueen (I) (qv),  Dustin Hoffman (qv), and Gene Hackman (qv) for the role of Roy  Neary.'),
('69609',' During the dinner scene just before Roy piles on the mashed  potatoes, you can hear the little girl say, Theres a fly in my  potatoes. This was unscripted and almost caused the rest of the cast  to laugh. The scene was kept as'),
('69610','is.'),
('69611',' A sign at a McDonalds restaurant in one scene says Over 24 billion  served.'),
('69612',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) cast Teri Garr (qv) in the film after  seeing her work on a coffee commercial.'),
('69613',' The film originally ended with the version of When You Wish Upon a  Star used in the film _Pinocchio (1940)_ (qv), but it tested  negatively in previews and was cut. That is why Roy Neary was trying  to convince his family to see that film together just before the  blackout. The song remains incorporated in the  John Williams (I) (qv) score, though. A toy can also be heard  playing the songs melody right before Roy rips off the top off his  sculpture.'),
('69614',' Became one of the first films to undergo a directors cut re'),
('69615','editing  when Spielberg wanted to improve his original vision.'),
('69616',' Stuntman Craig R. Baxley (qv) was seriously injured during the  sequence where the police cars are chasing the UFOs on a mountain  road. The stunt called for him to skid around a turn, go through a  fence and over an embankment, but he was traveling too fast and  overshot the area where he was supposed to land. The car landed hard  and, even though he was wearing a helmet, he received head injuries.  He was hospitalized for several days.'),
('69617',' Stanley Kubrick (qv) was so impressed by Cary Guffey (qv)s  performance that several years later he wanted him for the role of  Danny Torrence in _Shining, The (1980)_ (qv).'),
('69618',' A model miniature was used for some of the shots in the climactic  scene. At least part of the illumination coming out of the ship was  created by a set of Christmas lights strung up on the back of a  metal plate, behind little tiny alien figures, creating the  silhouetted look we see. This was composited into a shot with  real'),
('69619','life actors.'),
('69620',' The John Williams (I) (qv) score was created before the film was  edited. Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) edited the film to match the  music, a reverse of what is usually done in film scoring. Both  Spielberg and Williams felt that it ultimately gave the film a  lyrical feel to it.'),
('69621',' Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut (qv) is based on real'),
('69622','life  French UFO expert Jacques Vallée (qv).'),
('69623',' The organization that Claude Lacombe (François Truffaut (qv))  leads is called Mayflower Project. Its flag is white with a black  triangle inside, and it can be seen in the secret reunion scene  (where Lacombe explains the manual signals for the musical notes)  between the USA and France flags.'),
('69624',' While Roy Neary is talking with his wife, Ronnie, by telephone, the  TV in the living room shows an episode of "Days of Our Lives  (1964)", just before of the CBS News about the train accident (where  Roy discovers the meaning and location of the monument.'),
('69625',' J. Allen Hynek was a famous ufologist and too the creator of the  diverse kinds of contact with extra'),
('69626','terrestrial life, explained in  the book "The UFO Experience: A Scientific Study" (1972). First  kind: sighting of an one or more UFOs. Second kind: observation of  physical evidence of extra'),
('69627','terrestrial visitation. Third kind:  contact with one or more extra'),
('69628','terrestrials.'),
('69629',' Bob Balaban (qv) had not spoken French since high school. When  Spielberg, over the phone, asked if he did spoke French, he answered  in bad French that he did not speak much, half hoping that someone  in the room, overhearing the call, could at least know enough French  to hear that he was no good at it. No one did.'),
('69630',' Richard Dreyfuss (qv)s father was an extra in the film and spent  six months on location, however the scenes in which he appeared  never made the final cut.'),
('69631',' The last scene to be filmed was the opening scene in the desert.'),
('69632',' In the scene in which the aliens are first visiting Gillians home  in the middle of the night and all the toys in Barrys room come to  life, a plastic block begins spinning on the record player. This  block is a #3, possibly in reference to the Close Encounter of the  THIRD kind.'),
('69633',' While no part of the film was actually shot in Muncie, IN, a  production team did visit for local details and props, such as the  pull'),
('69634','down map of Muncie that Roy consults in his truck. They also  visited the bookstore of Ball State University for university  memorabilia, such as a fraternity "BSU" paddle visible on Roys  wall, and the red'),
('69635','and'),
('69636','white "BallU" (or U'),
('69637','Ball) T'),
('69638','shirt worn by Roy  in the shaving'),
('69639','cream scene.'),
('69640',' The huge success of the film made a popular icon of its signature  logo, a black'),
('69641','and'),
('69642','white image of a highway receding towards a  glowing horizon at night. In 1978, an enterprising group of students  from the College of Architecture at Ball State University in Muncie,  IN, manufactured and sold a small production run of black T'),
('69643','shirts  emulating the logo and typeface of the original, but reading "MUNCIE  INDIANA: A Gross Encounter of the Worst Kind." Sales were going well  until stories about the shirts appeared in local media, prompting  complaints from Columbia Pictures, which was offended about the  logo, and the Muncie City Council, which was offended about the  slogan.'),
('69644',' The _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) theme can be heard when the mother ship is  communicating with the base at the end of the movie, right before  the release of the human prisoners.'),
('69645',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s dog can be seen during the release of  the humans from the mother ship sliding down the ramp. The dog was  also seen in _Jaws (1975)_ (qv) as Brodys dog.'),
('69646',' Steve McQueen (I) (qv) and Jack Nicholson (qv) were considered  for the lead role.'),
('69647',' The UFO landing site built for the movie was 27 m high, 137 m long,  and 76 m wide, making it the largest indoor film set ever  constructed. The structure included 6.4 km of scaffolding, 1570  square metres of fibreglass, and 2740 square metres of nylon canopy.'),
('69648',' Towards the end of the movie, Roy Neary, played by  Richard Dreyfuss (qv), is asked what his birth date is. He replies  that it is "December 4th, 1944". This is the birth date of Lorin  Dreyfuss, who is Richard Dreyfusss older brother.'),
('69649',' François Truffaut (qv) was constantly trying to improve his  English during production, and he was self'),
('69650','conscious of his heavy  French accent. When he delivered the line "They belong here more  than we" (after he learns the Army plans to dust the mountain with  nerve gas), several crew members thought he had said "Zey belong  here, Mozambique." Several T'),
('69651','shirts were printed with this quote as  a joke; when he heard about it, Truffaut burst out laughing.'),
('69652',' In the beginning of the film in the Sonora Desert, inside one of the  WWII vintage aircraft they pull a calendar that looks vintage from  1945. Across the grid of the days of a full month on the calendar is  plainly seen a light blue logo from the defunct Security National  Bank (which did not exist in 1945). In the fall of 1972, Security  National Bank issued a 1973 calendar that corresponded exactly month  by month, day by day, to the 1945 calendar for fun. Thus this unique  idea was the freebie promotional give away to the banks customers.  The prop crew for CE3K probably could not locate an authentic 1945  calendar so instead inserted the fake vintage calendar which was not  hard to find.'),
('69653',' Look for the same "Devils Rock" geological formation that  John Ford (I) (qv) used in _My Darling Clementine (1946)_ (qv) '),
('69654','  thats where Spielberg got the location idea.'),
('69655',' The humans communicate with the aliens by making music with their  computers. Writer'),
('69656','director Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s mother was  a musician and his father was a computer scientist. Spielberg  himself had not thought of this until it was pointed out by  James Lipton (qv) in an interview on  _"Inside the Actors Studio" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('69657',' Partly inspired by an experience from Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s  childhood where without warning his parents rushed the family into  their car, drove to an area where many others were gathered, and  watched a spectacular meteor shower.'),
('69658',' Eliott Keener (qv) was supposed to have a role as one of the  people being evacuated from Devils Tower, but all of his shots were  cut out except one where you can briefly see his elbow.'),
('69659',' The hand signals used by the aliens are actually used by classroom  teachers to teach the solfege scale. They were invented by composer  Zoltán Kodály (qv).'),
('69660',' DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)): [father]: Jillian is a single  mother; Roy leaves his family to follow his intuition.'),
('69661',' In the scene where Barry (Cary Guffey (qv)) says Toys! as he looks  out the window and spots the UFOs, Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)  actually pulled out a toy car behind the camera to cause Barrys  unexpected one'),
('69662','take reaction.'),
('69663',' Cinematograhper Vilmos Zsigmond (qv) overexposed the scenes with  the extraterrestrials deliberately so they would appear fuzzy and  diffuse. When producer Julia Phillips (I) (qv) saw the footage,  she thought hed made a mistake and ordered the film re'),
('69664','processed so  that the aliens came out with a normal contrast, and their rubber  heads and suits were obviously fake. She then told Zsigmond hed  botched up the filming and it looked awful. An enraged Zsigmond told  the lab to reprocess the film the way he originally said and  everything looked fine in dailies the next day.'),
('69665',' Actor Bob Balaban (qv) kept a diary of behind'),
('69666','the'),
('69667','scenes events  during production. This diary was published to tie'),
('69668','in with release  of the film.'),
('69669',' Dr. J. Allen Hynek (qv) (who created the CE3K and other UFO report  classification schemes) makes a cameo appearance near the end of the  film during the return of abductees just after one of the infamous  Flight 19s pilots was announced as having returned. Hynek is  smoking a pipe.'),
('69670',' According to Julia Phillips (I) (qv) in her autobiography "Youll  Never Eat Lunch in This Town Again", she and the studio did not want  to meet Richard Dreyfuss (qv) price of $500,000 plus gross points  to play Roy Neary and offered the script to Al Pacino (qv),  Jack Nicholson (qv), and Gene Hackman (qv). Pacino wasnt  interested, and Nicholson thought that any actor would be  overwhelmed by the special effects. Hackman turned down the role  because he was in a troubled marriage and could not spend 16 weeks  outside of Los Angeles on location'),
('69671','shooting. The studio suggested  James Caan (qv), but his agent wanted $1 million plus 10% of the  gross. Phillips went back to Dreyfuss and cut his deal back a bit,  and he became immortalized on film as Roy Neary.'),
('69672',' Tuba player Jim Self (qv) is the musical voice of the Mother ship  in the climatic scene when the big ship come down on "Devils  Tower". Spielberg and John Williams chose the tuba as the voice of  the mothership because the difficulty of playing the instrument  added a human characteristic to the aliens.'),
('69673',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) was eager to show  François Truffaut (qv) the giant landing'),
('69674','strip set, hoping to  impress the other director. Truffaut didnt seem to be impressed at  all; the crew later realized that Truffaut was used to directing  movies in small, intimate settings, and he simply could not grasp  the scale of the landing strip. When he went into the set of the  hotel room where Jillian watches the Devils Tower newscast,  Truffaut stood in the middle of the room, raised his arms up, and  said, "Now, *this* is a set!"'),
('69675',' Flight 19, the four planes that appear in the Mexican desert that  were lost off Fort Lauderdale in 1945 and reappear intact in Mexico,  is based on a true incident. No trace has ever been found of "the  Lost Flight 19" which left the naval base on 5 December 1945.'),
('69676',' François Truffaut (qv)s English was not strong. In order to get  through some of his scenes, he stuck pieces of paper with his lines  on them on various objects where he could read from them but the  camera would not pick them up. In one case, as he arguing stands  face to face with an Army officer (who has his back to the camera),  he is in fact reading his lines off a card pinned to the mans  chest. (He had shown the same trick being used with an actress who  was having trouble with her lines in his own  _Nuit américaine, La (1973)_ (qv) (Day for Night), in which he  played the director of the movie'),
('69677','within'),
('69678','the'),
('69679','movie.)'),
('69680',' A nitrate print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and is not listed for preservation.'),
('69681',' Vitaphone production reels #1556'),
('69682','1557'),
('69683',' 38th episode in the "Let George Do It" two'),
('69684','reel comedy series.'),
('69685',' This US short film included US DVD "Love Reinvented" opening  segment. Thats not part of French short series _"@mour est à  réinventer, L" (1996)_. That series US DVD is "Love Reinvented"  that included this short "Close To" and Aussie short "Cherish"  (ending segment).'),
('69686',' Louis Malle (qv)s "lost film". No copies exist anywhere, in  film/video stores, archives, libraries, or collections. Malle made  the film as a personal favor for a close friend, and thereafter,  this person decided not to let anyone other than Malle and Sanda see  it. As such, one and only one (anonymous) individual on the planet  holds a copy, and "Close'),
('69687','up" is, for almost everyone, impossible to  see.'),
('69688',' The voice of Carine Cabebe (qv) was dubbed since the producer did  not like her voice, she said in an interview.'),
('69689',' First movie of Carine Cabebe (qv) and Reyson yap (qv). This is  part of the first prize winning in the TV reality show, Closer To  Fame.'),
('69690',' Rated B by Cinema Evaluations Board. The rating qualified the  production to have a 50 percent rebate on the ticket tax in the  Philippines.'),
('69691',' The film was shot in Central Park at the height of the West Nile  Virus scare. The story required the actors to brawl in the model  boating pond. All actors lived to tell the tale.'),
('69692',' Seventeenth and final episode in the Girl Detective 2'),
('69693','reel series.'),
('69694',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the comedy  _Phantom Rider, The (1910)_ (qv).'),
('69695',' This short was included in the theatrical release of the compilation  feature "Fantastic Animation Festival" (1977).'),
('69696',' Cate Blanchett (qv) was originally signed to play the role of  Anna, but due to her second pregnancy she had to drop out of the  film.'),
('69697',' Clive Owen (qv) played the role of Dan in the original stage  production.'),
('69698',' At the beginning of filming, Natalie Portman (qv) gave  Julia Roberts (qv) a necklace that said "cunt" in honor of their  characters foul mouths. At the end of filming, Julia Roberts gave  Natalie Portman a necklace that said "lil cunt".'),
('69699',' The opera that Dan and Anna are late for and you can hear in the  background is "Cosi Fan Tutte" '),
('69700',' this also deals with themes of two  couples who swap partners.'),
('69701',' The park Dan and Alice walk through is Postmans Park in London,  near St Pauls Cathedral.'),
('69702',' The trailer includes several things that are not in the film.  '),
('69703',' different lighting when Anna and Dan kiss  '),
('69704',' shots of the driver of the car that hits Alice  '),
('69705',' a shot of Larry and Anna getting dressed  '),
('69706',' Larry telling Alice, "You women dont understand the territory,    because you are the territory"  '),
('69707',' Anna asking Dan, "Why did you swear eternal love when all you    wanted was excitement? Love bores you." Dan responds, "No, it    disappoints me."'),
('69708',' Annas exhibition is the only time all four characters are in the  same room.'),
('69709',' Julia Roberts (qv) character, Anna, was originally played on  stage by Natasha Richardson (qv).'),
('69710',' The original Broadway cast was: Anna Friel (qv) as Alice,  Rupert Graves (I) (qv) as Dan, Ciarán Hinds (qv) as Larry, and  Natasha Richardson (qv) as Anna.'),
('69711',' When we last see her in bed, Julia Roberts (qv)s character, Anna,  is reading Private Eye.'),
('69712',' Damien Rice, who sings the song "Blowers Daughter" on the films  soundtrack, Recorded a song for the movie also called "Closer" '),
('69713',' but  the song wasnt finished in time for the movies release.'),
('69714',' A segment of dialog from the movie was used for the titles of two  Panic! at the Disco songs: "Lying is the Most Fun A Girl Can Have  Without Taking Her Clothes Off" and "But Its Better If You Do."'),
('69715',' The photograph of an elderly couple which appears before Alice is  photographed by Anna, and which appears also in Annas exhibition,  is a photograph of British philosophers Peter Geach and G. E. M.  Anscombe.'),
('69716',' Originally filmed with an intended Theatrical release but went  straight to video instead.'),
('69717',' Belinda Aquino tried to convince other members of the selection  committee to ban the film from being screened at the Hawaii  International Film festival because she felt it was derogatory to  Filipino society. Despite writing letters of protest she was  overruled 23 to 1.'),
('69718',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('69719',' The director and cinematographer first met and discussed the project  while working together on the set of Bring It On Again.'),
('69720',' The B'),
('69721','17 used in the filming of this movie is the "Yankee Lady",  owned and operated by the Yankee Air Museum of Ypsilanti, MI. This  aircraft also appeared in the movie "Tora! Tora! Tora!" The B'),
('69722','17  named Sally B also made an appearance in this film.'),
('69723',' Construction workers of a demolition site in Belfast, where filming  took place, were told to put the tearing down of the houses on hold  and leave a number standing for the shooting of the film, the  remainder of the houses were then blew up for the movie (for the  affect of the bombs in the second world war).'),
('69724',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _He Couldnt Explain (1915)_ (qv).'),
('69725',' Released as a split reel along with the cartoons  _Big Feature, A (1921)_ (qv),  _Artist Palette, An (1921)_ (qv), and Proving the Theory of Evolution (1921)_ (qv).'),
('69726',' Eleventh episode, fourth and final series, of The Gumps 2'),
('69727','reel  comedy series'),
('69728',' Was originally intended to be part of the Persian Series, but was  optically printed overexposed, giving it a glowing halo/cloud'),
('69729','like  appearance'),
('69730',' Jon Pertwee (qv)s final cinema'),
('69731','released film'),
('69732',' The film was made by Dan Sellars (qv) while he was a student at  the Edinburgh College of Art, on the B.A. (Hons) Film Design  undergraduate course. Pertwees agent was initially reluctant to get  him involved in this project on the basis that he did not do student  films.'),
('69733',' Steve Varden (qv), the actor with cerebral palsy, does all his own  flying stunts in the film, including the hang gliding crash. The  stuntman who falls from the sky after the mid air collision at the  start of the film is the producer.'),
('69734',' Fourth release in the "Russ Farrell, Aviator" 2'),
('69735','reel series.'),
('69736',' Principal photography was completed in two weekends.'),
('69737',' Winner of Best Film, Digifest Southwest, 2003'),
('69738',' Winner of the Fiery Film Fest, 2003'),
('69739',' William Sterchi was named the Best Actor of Digifest Southwest, 2003'),
('69740',' Working titles: "Circus Capers", "For Porkys Sake".'),
('69741',' The film was released less than two months after filming was  completed.'),
('69742',' The Clown and Mime go from fighting with their left hands to their  right throughout the course of the battle in a nod to  _Princess Bride, The (1987)_ (qv).'),
('69743',' Original French title is undetermined.'),
('69744',' In part for its obvious publicity value, MGM had interest in casting  Jackie Cooper (qv)s son John in the role his father had created  in _Champ, The (1931/I)_ (qv) some twenty years before. He was  favorably screen'),
('69745','tested and was to be billed as "Jackie Cooper Jr."  But his father, well'),
('69746','versed in the pitfalls of child acting,  objected to obligating the boy to a contract with the studio. Young  Cooper was only six anyway, and his age made the casting a stretch  despite the good screen test. Tim Considine (qv), several years  older, was selected.'),
('69747',' On the door to one of the older brothers bedroom is a poster for  _Something in the Basement (1986)_ (qv), the first film/short by  Victor Salva (qv), which also starred  Nathan Forrest Winters (qv).'),
('69748',' Heath Ledgers film debut.'),
('69749',' The mask worn by the store robber near the end of the film is a  replica of Nelson Mandela (qv)s face.'),
('69750',' Its world premiere served as a fundraiser for her California  gubernatorial campaign.'),
('69751',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Suicide Pact, The (1913)_ (qv).'),
('69752',' The flashback footage (which comprises the majority of the film) was  shot in 1990.'),
('69753',' Originally, there were a few scenes that explain more about  Steve Lemme (qv)s character (Juan) '),
('69754',' apparently, he grew up on a  goat farm '),
('69755',' but they were the first to be removed from the film.'),
('69756',' The joke about pronouncing Penelope as Peen'),
('69757','Na'),
('69758','Lope, came about when  Jay Chandrasekhar (qv) & Kevin Heffernan (I) (qv) went to a  screening of _Carlitos Way (1993)_ (qv), and when  Penelope Ann Miller (qv)s name came up on the screen a man behind  the two said, "Peen'),
('69759','Na'),
('69760','Lope? What kind of a name is Peen'),
('69761','Na'),
('69762','Lope?"'),
('69763',' CAMEO(Sheri Kornhaber (qv)): The films head of makeup department,  can be seen in the club at the bar sitting next to Putman and Dirk.'),
('69764',' When the staff members are looking at Coconut Petes old album, one  of the song titles is "I Could Tell Ya, But Then Id Have Tequila".'),
('69765',' Broken Lizard screened the film for Jimmy Buffett, who was so amused  that he requested permission to sing some of the films original  songs on one of his live tours.'),
('69766',' The large numbers of extras required were obtained by having members  of production staff hand out fliers to students outside the  University of London Union, promising an "exclusive live set" by the  films on'),
('69767','screen DJs, Mr. C, Brandon Block and Alex P. All of the  extras are credited by name at the end of the film.'),
('69768',' The film was originally intended to star Bill Murray (I) (qv) and  John Cleese (qv).'),
('69769',' This may have been part of a series of sound films that Biograph  made, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of the Interior, of  classroom scenes, to be shown at the Pan'),
('69770','American Exhibition in  Buffalo, New York. The sound was recorded on "Graphaphone" records  by the Columbia Phonograph Co.'),
('69771',' Max Dearlys last screen appearance.'),
('69772',' The plot of the film sees the Collingwood Football Club come from  the bottom of the ladder early in the season to win the premiership  in the grand final. In the year the film was made, the real  Collingwood came from the bottom of the ladder early in the season  to make the grand final... and lose it by a record margin.'),
('69773',' Frank Wilson (II) (qv) and Harold Hopkins (qv) played the same  characters (Jock and Danny respectively) in the original stage  production of "The Club".'),
('69774',' Footage from three original VFL (Victorian Football League, now AFL  '),
('69775',' Australian Football League) Games features in "The Club". These  are from Collingwood Football Club games against Carlton, Hawthorn  and Fitzroy (now Brisbane Lions)'),
('69776',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _His Autos Maiden Trip (1912)_ (qv).'),
('69777',' The film was inspired by the Rob Dougan techno song Clubbed to Death'),
('69778',' Was originally called "Don Of The Dead" but changed to "Clubbed to  Death" as the producers thought it was more suited to the film. Was  finally changed to "Clubbing to Death" so that there wasnt any  confusion between another film of the same name.'),
('69779',' Brenda Blethyn (qv), along with Jo Brand (qv), wrote much of the  material for the stand up sets in the film.'),
('69780',' Richard Wilson (VII) (qv) originally auditioned for the role of  Tim.'),
('69781',' Prof. Plum indicates at dinner that he works for the World Health  Organization, part of the United Nations Organization. This means he  works for UNO WHO.'),
('69782',' Three endings were shot, and a different one shown at each theater.  All three are included on video. The DVD, however, aside from all  three endings, also offers the option to play the movie with one  randomly selected ending. In some cities, the newspaper print ads  indicated which version ("Ending A", "Ending B" or "Ending C") was  being shown at each theater.'),
('69783',' The painting behind Mr. Boddys chair in the dining room depicts Mr.  Boddy in a butlers uniform.'),
('69784',' Miss Scarlet reads to Professor Plum the directions to their dinner  date while she is in his car after he picked her up. She says that  they are headed for "Hill House," which is the name of the house in  Shirley Jackson (I) (qv)s "_Haunting, The (1963/I)_ (qv).'),
('69785',' The parquet floor in the Hall resembles the Clue game board.'),
('69786',' There are few departures from the original board game; in the movie  the hall has been transformed into part of the playing board and has  been replaced by the front doors. This was probably done so that the  rooms didnt have to stand alone.'),
('69787',' Brennan, Eileen (qv) also starred in the film adaptation of  _Murder by Death (1976)_ (qv), Neil Simons parody of murder  mysteries.'),
('69788',' SPOILER: Originally, there were endings in which each character  killed off everyone once, and then the ending where they all did it.  However, the final cut would have made the movie over two and a half  hours, and director Lynn thought it to be excessive, hence the three  endings that are in the final cut.'),
('69789',' SPOILER: When walking through the hall to the library, Col. Mustard  pauses to look up at the chandelier that later in the film, almost  kills him.'),
('69790',' Differences in two weapons in the film include that the revolver in  the board game is most commonly a pepperbox revolver (an early 1800s  revolver with the six bullet chambers jutting out from the main gun  parts). However, it is changed to a regular .38 caliber revolver to  possibly keep up with the modern time period the film is set in. The  lead pipe in the game was also bent at an angle, to emphasize the  fact that it was (possibly) used in Mr. Boddys murder; the film  shows it completely straight.'),
('69791',' The first movie based on a board game.'),
('69792',' There was actually a fourth ending scripted and shot, in which  Wadsworth committed all the murders out of a twisted need for  perfection in his life. He reveals that he poisoned everyone with a  slow'),
('69793','acting toxin in their drinks. It ended with Wadsworth being  killed by dogs as he attempted to escape by car from the house. The  rather grim nature of the ending is probably why it was never  released. It was never shown because the film makers thought the  ending would have been too obvious '),
('69794',' it only survives in the  novelization and the storybook, which features but a single photo  from that ending (the Chief punching Wadsworth in the stomach).'),
('69795',' The mansion in the movie, "Hill House", was named after the producer  of the movie, Debra Hill (qv).'),
('69796',' The line, "Communism was just a red herring," is said in all three  endings (twice by Wadsworth and once by Miss Scarlet).'),
('69797',' Madeline Kahn (qv) ad'),
('69798','libbed the short monologue about her hatred  for Yvette the French maid.'),
('69799',' The screams heard when the characters rush to the maid in the  billiard room are not from the actress playing the maid. They are  from the actress playing Miss Scarlett, from the scenes where the  dead body of the cook and the live body of Wadsworth fall out of the  meat locker.'),
('69800',' There is an inscription over the fireplace which reads "Nouveau  Riche Oblige".'),
('69801',' The color of each characters car is the same color as their playing  piece in the game.'),
('69802',' When Wadsworth cuts the power to the house during his solving of the  mystery, it represents the point of divergence of the three endings.'),
('69803',' The colors of the clothes of the female suspects are the opposite of  their names, i.e., Miss Scarlet is wearing blue, Mrs. White is  wearing black, Mrs. Peacock is wearing gold; the male suspects,  however, are wearing the same color as their names, Col. Mustard is  yellow, Mr. Green is green, etc.'),
('69804',' The term Schtupping is actually a crude German/Yiddish word for  the sex act; this is why Madeline Kahn (qv)s character in  _Blazing Saddles (1974)_ (qv) is named "Lilly Von Schtupp" for  rather obvious reasons.'),
('69805',' The actor playing Mr. Boddy is the front man of the alternative rock  band Fear, and was chosen because his name is Lee Ving (qv) '),
('69806',' Mr.  Boddy will be LeaVing soon.'),
('69807',' Introduced several new suspects including Sergeant Grey, Madame  Rose, and Monsiuer Brunette. Three years later they were included in  the "expert" version of Clue: Clue Master Detective.'),
('69808',' The first British all'),
('69809','talking feature film.'),
('69810',' British Phototone was a sound'),
('69811','on'),
('69812','disc system using 12'),
('69813','inch discs  synchronized with the film. Founded in June 1928, British Phototone  released 12 films before going out of business.'),
('69814',' The band playing during the party scene is the Boston'),
('69815','based Ska  band, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.'),
('69816',' When Christian first appears at the class, Cher has new hopes for  high school boys. But as the shot pans from her gaze to him in the  doorway, just over his left shoulder on the wall in the classroom is  a cut out headline from the newspaper which reads On the Road to  Nowhere.'),
('69817',' Chers last name is given as Horowitz, but shown on her report card  as Hamilton. This may be an in'),
('69818','joke, as director  Heckerling, Amy (qv)s previously directed  _Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)_ (qv), which featured a Stacey  Hamilton.'),
('69819',' The films that Christian watches on video with Cher '),
('69820','  _Some Like It Hot (1959)_ (qv) and _Spartacus (1960)_ (qv) provide  clues to his sexual orientation. The first movie deals with  cross'),
('69821','dressing men. The second includes the famous scene where a  Roman master (Laurence Olivier (qv)) tries to seduce his male  servant (Tony Curtis (I) (qv)).'),
('69822',' The book Christian is reading during class, Junky by  William S. Burroughs (qv) is another clue and indication of his  sexual orientation '),
('69823',' as the author, Burroughs had strong homosexual  desires.'),
('69824',' Josh cares what goes on in the world, and he wears a T'),
('69825','shirt that  says Amnesty International.'),
('69826',' The scene where Cher wanders around and realizes her true feelings  for Josh as fountains erupt is borrowed from _Gigi (1958)_ (qv),  where Gaston does the same thing. The music playing when Cher stands  at the top of the stairs in her white dress before her date with  Christian is taken from the same movie. Gigi, incidentally, wears a  white dress both times that particular theme is played.'),
('69827',' The film had a 40'),
('69828','day shooting schedule.'),
('69829',' The episode of _"Beavis and Butt'),
('69830','Head" (1993)_ (qv) that Cher and  Josh watch is called The Great Cornholio.'),
('69831',' Alicia Silverstone (qv) did not know how to correctly pronounce  "Haitians" in the classroom scene. Amy Heckerling (qv) told the  crew not to correct her because she liked it so much and wanted it  to be in the film.'),
('69832',' One of the promotional items distributed to tie'),
('69833','in with the film was  a booklet called How to Speak Cluelessly; in it was a lexicon of  many of the invented terms used for the Clueless world (some of  which became part of real teen lingo at the time). An example: a  Baldwin is a very handsome male, as in the famous sibling actors.'),
('69834',' Scenes were included in the trailer that were not in the film. Among  them is one in which Cher and Dionne are in the girls bathroom  primping when Amber walks in on them. Noting her appearance, Cher  quips, Did I miss something? Is big hair back?'),
('69835',' Loosely based on Jane Austen (I) (qv)s novel Emma.'),
('69836',' A promo was filmed for MTV that showed Dionne and Cher ordering food  at a diner. Their waitress was their moonlighting lesbian P.E.  teacher Miss Stoger (Julie Brown (I) (qv)). In it they get freaked  out by the idea of brine in their ceasar salad, and instead just  order lemon wedges to suck on.'),
('69837',' Writers sat in classes in Beverly Hills High to get the flavor of  the students.'),
('69838',' The high school where the students attend is "Bronson Alcott High  School". Amy Heckerling dated Bronson Pinchott (whose middle name is  Alcott).'),
('69839',' The part of Mr. Hall was based on real Beverly Hills High debate  teacher Herb Hall, a friend of director Heckerling. As a favour the  real Herb Hall was given the part of the school Principal.'),
('69840',' DIRCAMEO(Amy Heckerling (qv)): Miss Geists maid of honor at the  wedding scene; she is also in the bouquet catching scene and is the  source of most of the struggling.'),
('69841',' During the game of "Suck and Blow" the cast was unable to sustain  the breath to make a real credit card pass from mouth to mouth; a  prop card made of cardboard was substituted that still did not work.  Holes were drilled into it to make it easier, and when this failed  also, the whole casts lips were heavily coated in chapstick to  force the card to stick.'),
('69842',' Chers "Haitians" speech in debate class was initially a full minute  longer; it was used in its entirety as the first half of an original  theatrical trailer. It was cut for the final film but featured  additional comparisons to her garden party including a rant on  "mismatched chairs which was totally icky".'),
('69843',' Ranked at #7 on Entertainment Weeklys 50 Best High School Movies  (2006)'),
('69844',' Although Paul Rudds character, Josh, is in college and is older  than the other characters who are still in high school, Stacey Dash,  who plays the best friend Dionne, is actually 3 years older than  Paul Rudd.'),
('69845',' During the film, there are 53 different kinds of tartan/plaid used,  seven of which are worn by Cher, and twelve by other major  characters.'),
('69846',' Includes archive footage from Nursery Rhyme Mysteries (1943), The  Story That Couldnt Be Printed (1939) and The Face Behind the  Mask (1938).'),
('69847',' Vitaphone production reel #B193'),
('69848',' Vitaphone production reel #2015'),
('69849',' Vitaphone production reel #B140.'),
('69850',' Jean'),
('69851','Luc Godard, Anna Karina and Jean'),
('69852','Claude Brialy all make  uncredited cameo appearances as the actors on the silent film shown  to Cléo and her friend.'),
('69853',' Long believed lost, a print was discovered in France in 2005.'),
('69854',' The infamous The Benilde Scandal, the first sex video posted on the  Internet to achieve notoriety in the Philippines, planted the seed  for this film. Director Robert Quebral said his wife gave him a copy  of the sex video after it was given to her by an officemate. He  began writing the plot for this movie that very night he saw the  video. He initially stopped pursuing the story as he felt guilty of  exploiting the people in the sex video to further his career. He  later changed his mind when he began hearing rumors that the girl in  the video had killed herself over the unwanted attention. He said  pursued the story to show that there is life after such Internet  infamy.'),
('69855',' One reel of this 6 reel film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('69856',' Biograph production number 1350.'),
('69857',' Actress Zena Grey ("Shaggy Dog", "In Good Company", "Snow Day") is  the daughter of artist Alex Grey and wife Allyson Grey.'),
('69858',' Alex Grey (qv)s artwork was used on the album cover for Grammy  winning rock band TOOLs May 2006 release "10,000" days, which  debuted #1 on Billboard.'),
('69859',' The highest opening weekend of any release from an MTV Film:  $24,182,961 (week of January 14'),
('69860','16, 2005).'),
('69861',' The speech given by Timo Cruz in response to the question "What is  your deepest fear?" is from a poem by writer  Marianne Williamson (qv). This was quoted by  Nelson Mandela (qv)s in his 1994 inauguration speech.'),
('69862',' Channing Tatum (qv) had never played basketball before making the  movie so he had to have individual training with the coaches to get  up to speed with the other actors.'),
('69863',' Commissioned by Chevrolet as an industrial film, it was the opener  for the 1945 convention announcing the 1946 Chevy to dealers, the  first new model since World War II.'),
('69864',' Biograph production number 2063.'),
('69865',' Released in the US as a split reel along with the drama  _Mexican Romance, A (1910)_ (qv).'),
('69866',' One of the 11 shorts banned from TV syndication by United Artists in  1968 (then the owners of the pre'),
('69867','1947 color Looney Tunes shorts) for  alleged racism. Ted Turner (I) (qv) continued the ban when he  acquired these cartoons and stated that these films will not be  re'),
('69868','issued and will not be put on home video. Warner Bros., however,  reacquired these shorts in 1996 when Time Warner purchased Turner  Entertainment, which returned them to their original aegis for the  first time since 1957. These cartoons will probably never air on  television again, and only non'),
('69869','Warner Bros.'),
('69870','licensed public'),
('69871','domain  video tapes will probably ever have these shorts on them.'),
('69872',' Among the items around the Evil Queen in her throne room are a  bottle of Eli Whitneys Cotton Gin (the name belongs to a machine  that removes seeds from raw cotton), and a box of candy labeled  Chattanooga Chew'),
('69873','Chews (taken from "Chattanooga Choo'),
('69874','Choo," the  title of a song popular for that time). The crest over her head on  the throne includes two dice and a pair of crossed straight'),
('69875','razors.'),
('69876',' When Murder Inc. comes, there is a listing of their fees as follows:  We Rub out Anybody $1, Midgets 1/2 price, Japs Free.'),
('69877',' This was the only short for which the animators at Warner Bros. did  any research. They went to African American nightclubs to learn the  slang.'),
('69878',' DAngelo, Beverly (qv) and Spacek, Sissy (qv) did all their own  singing. Not only did Sissy Spacek do all of her own singing, but  the director Michael Apted wanted Spacek to sing all of the songs  live. By having Spacek sing live, Apted felt he could capture  realism to all of the performing scenes.'),
('69879',' During the filming of the funeral for Ted Webb, Levon Helm refused  to lie in the casket, as it seemed too morbid to him. To allay  Helms fears, director Michael Apted got into the casket himself and  did a few takes to show Helm it was okay. Helm finally agreed to try  it once, and the scene was done in one take.'),
('69880',' According to Loretta Lynn, the real Doolittle wanted nothing to do  with Tommy Lee Jones, until, shortly before shooting began in  Butcher Holler, Jones rented a Jeep, got drunk on moonshine, and  went tearing through the town in the vehicle, only to get arrested  for drunk driving, beat up for resisting arrest, and jailed.  Doolittle liked him immediately after that.'),
('69881',' Loretta Lynn (qv) is said to have fainted when she saw  Levon Helm (qv) in full makeup and wardrobe because of his amazing  resemblance to her real father.'),
('69882',' Joe Don Baker (qv), who bears a strong resemblance to the real  Doolittle Lynn was the producers first choice to play him, but he  was unable to accept the offer.'),
('69883',' Doolitte Lynns real name is Oliver. He picked up the nicknames  Doolittle as a boy and Mooney as a young man working for moonshiners  in Kentucky before entering the army in WW II.'),
('69884',' When Sissy Spacek (qv) was Grammy'),
('69885','nominated in the Best Country  Vocal Performance category for her rendition of the title song, her  character (Loretta Lynn (qv))s sister Crystal Gayle (qv) was  nominated in the same category for her, "If You Ever Change Your  Mind." Both ladies lost out to Anne Murray (qv)s, "Could I Have  This Dance"'),
('69886',' Although Loretta Lynn handpicked Sissy Spacek to portray her on  screen, the first director of the film was against the casting. He  felt Spacek didnt have enough of a resemblance to Lynn. Universal  Pictures felt otherwise, and bought out the directors contract, and  hired Michael Apted instead to direct.'),
('69887',' Loretta was named after actress Loretta Young; her mother thought  the actress looked pretty.'),
('69888',' In preparation for her role as Loretta Lynn (qv),  Sissy Spacek (qv) accompanied the singer on one of her tours in  order to study her on/offstage mannerisms.'),
('69889',' This film was supposed to be a drama. Star Robert Blake (I) (qv)  felt that the film should be a comedy instead. So the script was  rewritten during production to make it funnier.'),
('69890',' Available on the "Coast to Coast" DVD released in 2004 by Showtime.'),
('69891',' Released as a split reel along with the documentary  _Action of the Human Heart (1921)_ (qv).'),
('69892',' Official Selection of the 2005 Locarno Film Festival.'),
('69893',' The North American Premiere was held at the Arclight Cinemas in  Hollywood as a part of the Silver Lake Film Festival on Sunday, 26  March at 7:45 p.m.'),
('69894',' Most of the scenes filmed in a ballpark were filmed at Rickwood  Field in Birmingham, Alabama. Rickwood Field is designed from the  old Forbes Field in Pittsburgh.'),
('69895',' Despite how he was portrayed in the film, the real  Mickey Cochrane (qv) was able to manage the Detroit Tigers to a  playoff appearance and serve in WW II.'),
('69896',' Tommy Lee Jones (qv) had broken his leg prior to filming. He  performed most of his role in a cast. The scene in the ballgame was  shot last, when he had regained some mobility.'),
('69897',' The fastball to the head Cobb refers to concerning  Mickey Cochrane (qv) took place at Yankee stadium, and was tossed  by Yankees pitcher Bump Hadley.'),
('69898',' This short subject was part of the opening'),
('69899','night program for the new  Vogue Theatre in Kenosha, Wisconsin on Saturday, September 15th,  1923.'),
('69900',' The custom 1950 Mercury driven by Cobretti in the film was a car  actually owned by star Sylvester Stallone (qv). The studio  produced stunt doubles of the car for use in some of the action  sequences, such as the jump from the second floor of the parking  garage.'),
('69901',' The movie was based on a novel "Fair Game" by Paula Gosling (qv).  In 1995 William Baldwin (qv) and Cindy Crawford (I) (qv) made  _Fair Game (1995)_ (qv)," which was also based on the same novel by  Gosling.'),
('69902',' When Sylvester Stallone (qv) was signed to play the lead in  _Beverly Hills Cop (1984)_ (qv), he did a lot of work on the  screenplay, turning it into an action extravaganza that the studio  couldnt afford. He eventually left Beverly Hills Cop and channeled  his ideas for that project into this movie.'),
('69903',' The submachine gun used by Marion Cobretti in the final showdown  with biker gang is a Jati'),
('69904','Matic. The Jati'),
('69905','Matic first appeared in  the early 1980s, but was never adopted by any country for use. It  re'),
('69906','appeared in Finland in the mid'),
('69907','1990s as the GG'),
('69908','95 Personal  Defense Weapon made by the Golden Gun Company. The gun is chambered  in 9x19 parabellum, has a cyclic rate of 600 rounds/min, and has  various accessories that were offered such as a silencer, various  capacity magazines, and a laser pointing device.'),
('69909',' Reni Santoris character in Cobra is Sgt. Gonzales. In Dirty Harry  (1971), Santoris character was also named Gonzales (Harrys  partner, Chico).'),
('69910',' Andrew Robinson (Det. Monte) and Reni Santori (Sgt. Gonzales) had  worked together 15 years before in another cop film, Dirty Harry. In  that one, Robinson was credited as Andy Robinson, who played the  psychopathic Scorpio.'),
('69911',' The programmers did not make it possible for you to kill the Night  Slasher, the final boss, so there was no way to completely finish  the game.'),
('69912',' The fifth and last of the Werner Herzog (qv)/Klaus Kinski (qv)  collaborations, the other four being:  _Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (1972)_ (qv),  _Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979)_ (qv), _Woyzeck (1979)_ (qv) &  _Fitzcarraldo (1982)_ (qv).'),
('69913',' Included in the Rhino Home Video compilation "Bambi Meets Godzilla  and Other Weird Cartoons".'),
('69914',' James Dean (I) (qv) was originally cast to play Steven Holte.'),
('69915',' The movie Stevie and Sue go to see is  _Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)_ (qv). Music from the movie  can be heard as they are exiting the theater.'),
('69916',' This film was produced without the knowledge or consent of the  international offices of the Coca'),
('69917','Cola Company. However, since both  the company and its product were depicted so favorably in the film  (as well as the film being free advertising), they took no legal  action against the parties involved.'),
('69918',' Among the first group of motion pictures to be exhibited  commercially in the world, when the Holland Bros. Kinetoscope  Parlor opened on Broadway in New York City on 14 April 1894.'),
('69919',' The credited writer Martin Hardy is actually a pseudonym for the  writer Frank Cottrell Boyce (qv), who had his name taken off the  film after a falling'),
('69920','out with longtime collaborator  Michael Winterbottom (qv).'),
('69921',' CAMEO(Tony Wilson (II) (qv)): The real Tony Wilson (who  Steve Coogan (qv) played in _24 Hour Party People (2002)_ (qv),  another Michael Winterbottom (qv) film) plays the interviewer who  quizzes "Steve Coogan" on the set of the film within the film.'),
('69922',' All of the armed soldiers (those with working guns) in the battle  scenes, plus some other extras were members of the Sealed Knot  Society, which tours the UK, performing historical re'),
('69923','enactments of  the English Civil War.'),
('69924',' Stephen Rodrick (qv) was on set to interview  Michael Winterbottom (qv) for the New York Times magazine  (published on 3 July 2005) when he was roped in to appear in the  film.'),
('69925',' The film features several pieces of music by Nino Rota (qv) from  the Federico Fellini (qv) film _8½ (1963)_ (qv), which is also  about frustrated efforts to make a movie.'),
('69926',' The film also features several pieces of music used by Stanley  Kubrick in similar situations in Barry Lyndon (namely the Sarabande  by Georg Fridrich Händel and traditional British Grenadiers), a film  set in about the same location and period.'),
('69927',' Was going to be released theatrically in the USA with  _Scooby Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004)_ (qv) but Warner Brothers  canceled after the extreme failure of  _Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)_ (qv) theatrically.'),
('69928',' Chicago rock band Bullet Called Life contributed to the score, and  three out of the four band members also star in the film.'),
('69929',' On the Weekend of 22 December 2002, the movie grossed $75.00 (by  contrast, _Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The (2002)_ (qv) took  in $62,007,000).'),
('69930',' Bert Wheeler (I) (qv) and Robert Woolsey (qv) were originally  scheduled to star in a college spoof entitled "Frat Heads", but with  the success of _Devils Brother, The (1933)_ (qv) with Laurel &  Hardy and _Roman Scandals (1933)_ (qv) with Eddie Cantor (qv), RKO  decided to make a costume period piece. All that remains of "Frat  Heads" is a few publicity stills.'),
('69931',' One of the 50 films in the 3'),
('69932','disk boxed DVD set called "More  Treasures from American Film Archives, 1894'),
('69933','1931" (2004), compiled  by the National Film Preservation Foundation from 5 American film  archives. This film is preserved by the George Eastman House, has a  running time of 3 minutes and an added music score.'),
('69934',' While trying to come up with an ad campaign to this seemingly  unmarketable film, American Internationals advertising committee  came up with this humorous fake tagline: "He came into town with his  cock in hand, and what he did with it was illegal in 49 states."'),
('69935',' The film has never been released in the UK and was recently banned  from public showing at the 2006 Edinburgh Film Festival following  intervention by the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty  to Animals (SSPCA). According to the BBFC the movie would never  receive a UK certificate as the film contravened the Cinematograph  Films (Animals) Act 1937 because the cockfighting scenes were  organized for the purpose of filming.'),
('69936',' David Lodge (qv) who plays Marine Ruddock thought that of his  100'),
('69937','plus films this was the best.'),
('69938',' The last feature of Patric Doonan (qv).'),
('69939',' Of all of Victor Maddern (qv) film roles this was his favorite  role.'),
('69940',' The first full screenplay of Byran Forbes (qv).'),
('69941',' Although The Rolling Stones (qv) have never officially released  the film themselves, black and white scenes form the infamous  documentary can be seen in their subsequent video/DVD releases.  These include:  _Video Rewind: The Rolling Stones Great Video Hits (1984) (V)_ (qv)  and _Rolling Stones: 4 Flicks (2003) (V)_ (qv).'),
('69942',' The Rolling Stones (qv) were upset by this films portrayal of  them and sued to prevent its release. The film is under a court  order that only allows it to be shown once a year with director  Robert Frank (I) (qv) present in person.'),
('69943',' The boxing fight shown on the TV, upon which Doug has a $50 bet, is  a heavyweight bout between George Foreman (qv) and  Ken Norton (qv).'),
('69944',' Brian and Dougs bartending skills are referred to as "flair  bartending". John Bandy, a flair bartender, trained Tom Cruise for  the film.'),
('69945',' The first version of the film had two screenings at the Georgia  Museum of Art. The second screening started with an audience of  about 15 people. At the end only one person remained. He smiled and  said, "Yup. That was crazy all right."'),
('69946',' According to a Paramount press release, on 28 March 1938, while  waiting to be called to join Fred MacMurray (qv) and  Harriet Hilliard (qv) for a scene, eight'),
('69947','year'),
('69948','old actor  Billy Lee (I) (qv) had two of his teeth knocked loose by his young  stand'),
('69949','in, Roland Smith (IV) (qv), when the two boys simultaneously  attempted to grab for a ball they were playing with '),
('69950',' the top of  Smiths head crashed into Billys face. Director  Alfred Santell (qv) had Billy whisked off to a Hollywood dentists  office in a studio car while scenes not needing Billy were filmed  instead. After extracting the two drooping teeth, the dentist, Dr.  Ervin Robert Barr, working from a studio still of Billy, created a  removable plate for him, that was an exact match of his original  teeth, by 7:00 that evening. Since Billy was needed for many scenes  in the movie, Santell did not want to risk another change in his  shooting schedule or a sudden, unexplained change in Billys  appearance, such as missing teeth. So Santell asked Billy to refrain  from any rough'),
('69951','and'),
('69952','tumble activity and to stick to soft foods for  the duration of filming, as Billy also had two loose baby teeth from  before the mishap which Santell was determined would make it to the  last scene.'),
('69953',' Voice actor Janet Waldo (qv)s first film.'),
('69954',' All paper used as props is soaking wet. This was done to prevent  overloading the early sound equipment with paper'),
('69955','crinkling noise.'),
('69956',' Of the films two directors, Marx, Groucho (qv) once said, "One of  them [French'),
('69957','born Florey, Robert (qv)] didnt understand English,  and the other one [former dance director Santley, Joseph (qv)]  didnt understand comedy."'),
('69958',' Filmed on a stage in New York City. Sound films were still so new  that soundproofing was not installed, so the film had to be shot in  the early hours of the morning to reduce outside traffic noise.'),
('69959',' Harpos red wig looks black in this movie. For all subsequent  movies, he wore a blonde wig to make it look lighter on film.'),
('69960',' During the day, the Marx Brothers worked on this movie. At night,  they were starring in "Animal Crackers" on the stage.'),
('69961',' Chico and Harpo are not given character names. They are listed in  the credits simply as "Chico" and "Harpo". Chicos name on the  Broadway program was "Willy the Wop" which was considered too  insensitive even for early movie audiences. Harpos character was  called "Silent Sam"'),
('69962',' During the "Why a duck?" sequence, it seems that Groucho almost  calls Chico "Ravelli", which is Chicos character in Animal  Crackers. Since they were shooting The Cocoanuts in the morning and  acting in Animal Crackers at night, this mix up is understandable.'),
('69963',' According to Marx Bros. biographer Joe Adamson, the Marxes were so  appalled by this film version of their hit Broadway show that they  offered to buy the negative from Paramount so that they could burn  it.'),
('69964',' The only Irving Berlin (qv) musical that did not spawn a "hit"  song.'),
('69965',' The first use of the overhead camera shot (from the roof of the  sound stage looking down at the dancers forming kaleidoscopic  patterns) is usually credited to Busby Berkeley, the Broadway dance  director whom Sam Goldywn brought to Hollywood to stage numbers for  Edddie Cantor comedies. But a few years before Busbys appearance on  the scene, the overhead shot in used for the first time in an  American sound movie in this movie.'),
('69966',' Although Irving Berlin (I) (qv) didnt produce a hit song for this  show, it wasnt his fault. Berlin wrote his perennial classic  "Always" for this score and submitted it to the shows author  George S. Kaufman (qv), who admitted he knew little about music.  Kaufman commented that he disliked the opening line Ill be loving  you, Always" given the numerous stories about men leaving their  wives for younger women. He suggested that Berlin use the line "Ill  be loving you, Thursday". Although the suggestion was made in jest,  Berlin pulled the song and gave it to his wife as a present. The  substitute song "A Little Bungalow" was not very successful.'),
('69967',' Co'),
('69968','writer Morrie Ryskind claims he was told that movie audiences  would not accept the musical convention of having an orchestral  background appear from nowhere at the start of a song. For an entire  day, an orchestra was hired to be filmed as playing the background  to the movies love songs, but the movies crew forgot to film them.  The movie went out without the orchestra shots, and, "No one cared,  of course," said Ryskind.'),
('69969',' The sight gags in which Harpo eats the lobbys telephone and drinks  from the inkwell were not in the original play. Robert Florey  improvised the gags to give Harpo bits of silent business to do.'),
('69970',' Initially Robert Zemeckis (qv) was signed on to direct. He changed  his mind, when Michael Douglas (I) (qv) hired him for  _Romancing the Stone (1984)_ (qv).'),
('69971',' Ron Howard (qv)s brother, mother and father all appear in the  film.'),
('69972',' Wilford Brimley (qv) was only 50 years old at the time of this  films production. He had to have his hair dyed gray in order to  make him look geriatric.'),
('69973',' The effects team revealed in interviews that the dolphins in the  underwater scenes were animatronic, not live ones.'),
('69974',' Hume Cronyn (qv) was a Golden Glove boxer and lost sight in one  eye. In the scene where he hits the young orderly, without depth  perception, he actually hit the young man and knocked him out.'),
('69975',' According to Ron Howard (I) (qv), several members of the cast  liked to get into hypothetical discussions about the chance their  characters were offered in the film. Maureen Stapleton (qv) was  dead against it, while Don Ameche (qv) said hed be the first in  line.'),
('69976',' In 1989s "Say Anything," John Cusack plays "Cocoon" for a crowd of  old folks at a retirement home.'),
('69977',' Hume Cronyn  (qv) and Jessica Tandy  (qv) playing the old  married couple Joseph and Alma Finley had in real life also been  married to each other for many years.'),
('69978',' The tinted map Walter gives to Jack showing him the underwater  location of their search for cocoons is actually an infra'),
('69979','red  photograph of Bay County, Florida (where Panama City Beach is  located) printed on a transparency.'),
('69980',' Producers Richard D. Zanuck (qv) and his wife,  Lili Fini Zanuck (qv), co'),
('69981','owned the rights to the sequel with 20th  Century'),
('69982','Fox. Initially opposed to the concept of a second film, they  only went ahead with it out of a need to preserve the integrity of  the original. As it transpired, Lili, who was very much opposed to  doing a sequel, had only nominal interest as she was busy prepping  her own directorial debut, _Rush (1991)_ (qv).'),
('69983',' The budget for this co'),
('69984','production came to the then'),
('69985','record sum of  3,500,000 Belgian francs.'),
('69986',' This film was originally intended for Theatrical release but was  released straight to video and television instead.'),
('69987',' 70mm blow'),
('69988','up version released in Spain.'),
('69989',' Scheduled for broadcast in the US in the 2001'),
('69990','2002 TV season.  However, due to the events of 11 September 2001, the broadcast date  has been delayed indefinitely. It was broadcast in Italy on 8  February 2003 with the title "Detective Novak, indagine ad alta  quota".'),
('69991',' A Qantas Boeing 747SP (one of two operated by the airline,  registration VH'),
('69992','EAB) was digitally repainted (ie. using computer  software rather than actually repainting the aircraft) in the livery  of the fictional Oceanic Airways for the ground scenes. The aircraft  was replaced by a CG model while in flight. Many of the scenes set  inside the aircraft were filmed in the Qantas cabin crew training  facility.'),
('69993',' The fictional airline name Oceanic Airways was also used in  _Executive Decision (1996)_ (qv).'),
('69994',' Based on a true story.'),
('69995',' Mick Jones (I) (qv) (former member of The Clash (qv)) sings  The Clash (qv) song "Should I Stay or Should I Go?" in the  karaoke'),
('69996','esque club scene.'),
('69997',' Episode 1 of 29 of the series "Grant, Police Reporter."'),
('69998',' Inspired by the movie _Specialist, The (1994)_ (qv).'),
('69999',' This documentary is featured on the 3'),
('70000','disc Collectors Edition DVD  for _Windtalkers (2002)_ (qv).'),
('70001',' Michael Haneke (qv) began the project when Juliette Binoche (qv)  wrote to him expressing an interest in working with him.'),
('70002',' When the film was shot in August 1999, Juliette Binoche was  pregnant. To disguise her condition she wore loose "unkept" clothes.'),
('70003',' All the long take sequences were filmed in real'),
('70004','time without using  edits.'),
('70005',' Filmed in 1957, not released until 1961.'),
('70006',' The script was originally offered to Clint Eastwood (qv) who  turned it down.'),
('70007',' Became a Chuck Norris (qv) property after it was turned down by  Clint Eastwood (qv).'),
('70008',' The scene where the two hoods walk into the tavern to rob it, only  to find that its full of cops is based on an actual event that took  place in an infamous after'),
('70009','hours bar on Chicagos near North Side  where policemen gathered after their shifts. Among the cast are  several veterans of the Chicago Police force including Dennis  Farina.'),
('70010',' DIRTRADE(Andrew Davis (I) (qv)): [protagonist smashing someone’s  head on drug table]'),
('70011',' This documentary can be found on the Cellular (2004) DVD extras  menu.'),
('70012',' Features Starlight the Wonder Horse and Rex the dog.'),
('70013',' The film was originally 58 minutes in length, however, due to  deterioration of the original footage, the DVD release was re'),
('70014','edited  to 30 minutes.'),
('70015',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('70016',' John Litel (qv) and Steffi Duna (qv) were listed in a Hollywood  Reporter production chart, but they did not appear in the movie.  Jack Richardson (I) (qv) and Tom Wilson (I) (qv) were in studio  records/casting call lists for this movie but are not seen.  Wally West (qv) is listed by a modern source as a croupier, but  the only croupiers in the movie were played by Stuart Holmes (qv)  and Jack Wise (qv).'),
('70017',' Ronald Reagan (I) (qv), as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserves  and a superb horseman, insisted on doing his own riding and stunts.'),
('70018',' Because Reagan did not believe a book in his breast pocket could  stop a bullet, it was tested by firing into the book with an ashtray  behind it. The ashtray did not break.'),
('70019',' Eddie Foy Jr. (qv) ran as fast as he could in the scene in which  he was slightly undressed, because it was cold and Mexican women and  children were taunting him.'),
('70020',' Two nitrate prints of this film survive in the UCLA Film and  Television Archives, and neither of them is listed For Preservation.'),
('70021',' Mabel Ballin (qv)s last film.'),
('70022',' This is the only RKO film where Richard Martin (II) (qv) did not  play Chito Jose Gonzales Bustamante Rafferty. Martin played the  character more than 30 times in RKO westerns and in one WW 2 film.'),
('70023',' Codename: Phoenix, the planned sequel which would feature a flight  simulator, was never completed. Its release was originally planned  for late spring 1993 and was planned to feature lots of  international locations and a photo'),
('70024','realistic, high'),
('70025','style comic book  look.'),
('70026',' Was aired as a feature'),
('70027','length television pilot for  _"Robotech" (1985)_ (qv).'),
('70028',' Included on Extra Disc 1 as part of the Legacy Collection and  Protoculture Collection DVD box set releases of  _"Robotech" (1985)_ (qv).'),
('70029',' The final scene was shot on the director’s roof using the backdrop  of the famed national fireworks display on the fourth of July.'),
('70030',' The pilot went through production and post'),
('70031','production in three  weeks.'),
('70032',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _Freezing Auntie (1912)_ (qv).'),
('70033',' Made in Super'),
('70034','8 format for 1100 French francs, which makes it one of  the cheapest films ever made.'),
('70035',' There is a Scarborough poster in Thierrys home. The English seaside  resort of Scarborough is the home of the plays author, Sir  Alan Ayckbourn (qv).'),
('70036',' Thousands of Boy Scouts are filmed in many documentary'),
('70037','like  sequences.'),
('70038',' Based on a true story.'),
('70039',' This movie was shot for only $400 and made during secret overnight  shoots using friends, volunteers, and "borrowed" equipment from a  local cable advertising company.'),
('70040',' Purchased by Disney/Touchstone in 2003 and developed as a sit'),
('70041','com  for UPN by Adam Green and Tom Shadyacs Shady Acres. The fate of the  pilot is still unknown.'),
('70042',' Won best picture in the 2000 Smoky Mountain Film Festival. It was  the only festival that they submitted it to before the movie was  picked up for representation by United Talent Agency.'),
('70043',' The cat used in the movie was really diagnosed as being "retarded"  as it had no natural instincts and was deemed "ill" by the vet.  Though he could not be trained to use a litter box, he performed  every scene he was in flawlessly on the first take.'),
('70044',' This short was produced for IBM. It was later remade as a sketch on  "The Ed Sullivan Show" and "The Muppet Show".'),
('70045',' This short features the first appearance of Cookie Monster though he  is unnamed here.'),
('70046',' This is the full'),
('70047','length version of the award winning 2001 short of  the same title.'),
('70048',' Marcia Wallace (qv) was originally cast as Mrs. Orsini, but had to  drop out due to scheduling conflicts.'),
('70049',' Thirteenth release in the "Crackerjack" 1'),
('70050','reel comedy series.'),
('70051',' This film was made over a 17'),
('70052','year period. The Roberto Benigni (qv)  and Steven Wright (qv) segment was filmed in 1987. The  Tom Waits (qv) and Iggy Pop (qv) segment was shot in 1992.'),
('70053',' As Jim Jarmusch (qv), together with Tom Waits (qv) and  John Lurie (qv), is a member of the Lee Marvin (qv) look'),
('70054','alike  club "Sons of Lee Marvin", a portrait is hanging over Meg and Jack  White during the "Tesla" section.'),
('70055',' The Mob boss Vargo from  _Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)_ (qv) can be seen in a  photograph on the wall behind one of the mobsters in the  Mobsters/mute kid scene.'),
('70056',' Tom Waits improvised his excuse for being late for his rendezvous  with Iggy Pop. In it he explains that he had to perform "roadside  surgery" to deliver a baby in the back of a car. Waits is known for  toying with journalists and is fond of altering his place of birth  (barn, elevator, etc.). In one such interview he claimed to have  been born in the back of a taxi cab.'),
('70057',' Steve Coogan tells Alfred Molina that he liked him in that TV  series, which Alfred tells him was cancelled. He may be referring to  _"Bram and Alice" (2002)_ (qv), which lasted only four episodes, or  he might mean _"Ladies Man" (1999)_ (qv), which was cancelled after  its first season.'),
('70058',' Because they are very health'),
('70059','conscious, RZA (qv) and  Genius/GZA (qv) do not drink coffee. So they are drinking tea in  the film.'),
('70060',' Jim Jarmusch (qv) usually took no more than two to three takes for  each scene in this film, in which most actors improvised parts of  the conversation.'),
('70061',' Jim Jarmusch (qv) shot the scene in which Cate Blanchett (qv)  plays a double roll on two different days. Appearantly, and for  obvious reasons, this was done so that Blanchett would have the  opportunity to portray two totally different characters.'),
('70062',' In the "Delirium" segment, RZA is wearing a cap that says "Ghost  Dog: Way Of The Samurai". Jim Jarmusch (qv) directed  _Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai (1999)_ (qv) too, and RZA  produced the soundtrack for it.'),
('70063',' In the "Twins" segment with Joie and Cinque Lee, along with Steve  Buscemi, Joie paraphrases a quote commonly attributed to Elvis  Presley: "The only thing a nigger can do for me is buy my records  and shine my shoes." Despite popular belief, Elvis himself, along  with several of his friends and family members, have vehemently  denied that Elvis ever said this.'),
('70064',' The script was originally performed on stage in March 2000 at the  Phoenix Theatre in San Francisco one month before film production  began.'),
('70065',' Over half of the film was destroyed by lab error, re'),
('70066','shot, and then  destroyed by lab error again. This almost ended the production.  Finally, however, the scenes were re'),
('70067','shot one more time, processed  by a different lab, and the film was completed.'),
('70068',' The film was inspired by an unpublished, and now lost, short story  and short screenplay (5 minutes, approx.) written by Daniel Ingraham  during the summer of 1980 at the age of 14 in Atlanta, Georgia. He  still has tho original script he typed up that summer.'),
('70069',' Several of the stories, while obviously fictionalized, are based on  actual experiences of Mickey M. Bonura (qv).'),
('70070',' Mickey and Daniel met Jason Carter (I) (qv) (Mad Jake) and his  Publisist Donna Neuman (qv) at one of his many convention  appearances in February of 2006. They were so impressed with how  extremely personable and professional Jason is, that they asked him  to look at "The Coffin" immediately. Jason did an impromptu dramatic  reading of the films tag'),
('70071','line and Mickey and Daniel were hooked.'),
('70072',' In the first segment ("Awakening"), the three male characters are  named Eddie, Daniel and Greg after the makers of  _Blair Witch Project, The (1999)_ (qv): Eduardo Sánchez (II) (qv),  Daniel Myrick (qv) and Gregg Hale (qv).'),
('70073',' Daniel Ingraham (qv) and several college friends attempted to  shoot a Super'),
('70074','8 version of his original short subject version of  The Coffin in the spring of 1985, but never finished it. The  whereabouts of most of this footage is unknown; but in February of  2007, approximately one minute of film pertaining to it was found in  an old shoebox at the bottom of a closet in Daniels home.'),
('70075',' The fifth segment ("The Storage Unit") is based on Daniels original  short screenplay. While rewriting it in October of 1999, he based  the character of Jen on a young actress he had met at Halloween  Horror Nights at Universal Orlando. Ironically, not only is she now  one of his dearest friends and partner at Glass Asylum Productions,  but she has also been cast to portray Jen in the film.'),
('70076',' Co'),
('70077','Director, Daniel Ingraham (qv) graduated from Montgomery  College in Rockville, Maryland, with a Technical Theatre degree  along side "_Blair Witch Project, The (1999)_ (qv)" director  Eduardo Sánchez (II) (qv), who earn his Communications A.A. there.'),
('70078',' Daniel has known Brinke Stevens (qv) (Clairesse LaVay, segment  "Awakening") for ten years. He met her at a now defunct  Sci'),
('70079','fi/Horror convention called TachyCon.'),
('70080',' Mickey saw Scott Schwartz (I) (qv) (Russ, segment "Bad Wolf") on  Vh1s 100 Greatest Child Stars. Scott stated in an interview that  he was interested in doing more film work and to call him. Thats  just what Mickey did, she called information in Southern California  and was given the listings for three different "Scott Schwartzs."  By chance, she reached Scott on her first call.'),
('70081',' In the second segment ("A Stones Throw"), the priest, Father Ronald  Van Zant, was named in memory of the original lead singer of the  Southern rock band "Lynyrd Skynyrd (qv)," Ronnie Van Zant (qv),  who died in a plane crash, along with several other members of the  band on October 20, 1977.'),
('70082',' In the back story for the first segment, Awakening, the person who  couldve stopped Claiaresses (Brinke Stevens (qv)) demise, is  referred to as Eli Gaines, named in memory of one of the guitarists  in the Southern rock band "Lynyrd Skynyrd (qv),"  Steve Gaines (qv), who died in a plane crash, along with several  other members of the band on October 20, 1977'),
('70083',' In the first scene of the wraparound, Mad Jake  (Jason Carter (I) (qv)) arrives to visit, the mentioned but not  seen, Ol Man Wilkeson, named in memory of the original bass player  of the Southern rock band "Lynyrd Skynyrd (qv),"  Leon Wilkeson (qv), who died in June of 2001. The character of  Bobbie Sues last name is Collins, after Skynyd guitarist  Allen Collins (I) (qv), who was paralyzed in a car accident in  1986 and died in 1990.'),
('70084',' The Coffins segments and wraparound span a time frame of  approximately twenty'),
('70085','five years or more. The first segment is set in  1982, while the wraparound is the "present."'),
('70086',' Shot over six days at two locations in Collegedale, Tennessee.'),
('70087',' Three'),
('70088','quarters of a ton of newspaper was used to dress the interior  of the house. The newspaper was obtained from the local recycling  center, and was returned for recycling at the end of filming.'),
('70089',' It was discovered after the shoot that the interior location had  earlier been used as a daycare center which the directors brother  attended twenty'),
('70090','some years earlier.'),
('70091',' All of the cast and crew volunteered their time to make this film  possible.'),
('70092',' This was the first Keystone feature.'),
('70093','  The scenes of battles in this movie were actually created for  _Battle of Gettysburg, The (1913)_ (qv). Both films were shot  simultaneously at Thomas H. Ince (qv)s Inceville studio. * This  is not true. "Cohen saves the Flag" from 1913 is the film that used  some "Battle of Gettysburg" footage and setting.'),
('70094',' The police cruisers seen during the finale were real Houston Police  squad cars. Ford LTD Crown Victorias were used by HPD from 1983 '),
('70095','  1987; the last use of these squads was in 1993.'),
('70096',' The finale where Cohen rams a roadblock is actually the off'),
('70097','ramp  from Interstate 45 to McKinney Street. The building in the  foreground is the Houston City Hall Annex, located at 900 Bagby.'),
('70098',' This film was part of a program of Phonofilm short films shown at  the Rivoli Theater in New York City on 15 April 1923 along with the  feature film Bella Donna (1923).'),
('70099',' A print of this film survives in the Library of Congress.'),
('70100',' Biograph production number 2889.'),
('70101',' The most important singer of the Bossa Nova Movement, João Gilberto  (the original performer of "Desafinado", "Chega de Saudade" and many  others) is living in Rio as a recluse and refused to participate in  the film.'),
('70102',' When filming one of the scenes in the tiny apartment, someone  invited over a couple of friends who were studying in film making at  the local university, and had to make a documentary on the filming  of a short movie. So the producers ended up with two filming crews  in a narrow location. Eventually the director got fed up and asked  the second crew to leave and wait in the kitchen.'),
('70103',' The Bradleys dog, "Dingo" in the film belonged to director Louie  Cowan.'),
('70104',' Christopher Plummer (I) (qv) only spent two days on the set. He  was shooting one day, each with Dennis Quaid (qv) and  Stephen Dorff (qv).'),
('70105',' The character of Jack Cloud was originally scripted as a black  Caribbean man and Little Richard (qv) was suggested for the role.'),
('70106',' It rains throughout the game.'),
('70107',' CAMEO(Jeff Bridges): bartender'),
('70108',' Showed at the Maryland Film Festival and at the LA Shorts Fest.'),
('70109',' The film also played at the Annapolis Film Festival 2005.'),
('70110',' Placed in the top 5 of Cinescape Magazines Friday the 13th Cut Em  Up Film Fest in 2003. Which was judged by Friday The 13th creator  Sean. S Cunningham'),
('70111',' Was Joe Patnaud and Tim Whitfields first project together.'),
('70112',' Production halted for over a month to wait for snowfall.'),
('70113',' Originally the first of a planned trilogy of fan films. They were  dropped when Joe Patnaud and Tim Whitfield decided to move on to  original work.'),
('70114',' The word "vampire" is never spoken.'),
('70115',' Most of the extras in the film are Ocean Citys infamous "pavillion  kids" a group of youths that hang out on Ocean Citys 11th Street  pavilion, most of whom were homeless. The director also employed  them as gophers and miscellaneous hands.'),
('70116',' Tom Cruise (qv) and Nicole Kidman (qv) were both considering  roles in this movie, yet Cruise was unaware of Kidmans involvement.  Cruise backed out but Kidman immediately signed up.'),
('70117',' Francis Kemp (qv) was first considered for the old mountain woman,  but turned it down.'),
('70118',' Edited using Apples "Final Cut Pro 3.0.2" software.'),
('70119',' As of 2003, this was the most expensive film Miramax has financed on  its own, with a budget of about $79 million.'),
('70120',' Singer Faith Hill (qv) auditioned for the part of Sara.'),
('70121',' Nicole Kidman (qv) did all of her own piano playing.'),
('70122',' Matt Damon (qv), Josh Hartnett (qv), Leonardo DiCaprio (qv),  and Eric Bana (qv) were all considered for roles.'),
('70123',' The rather odd looking pistol that Inman is carrying before he is  captured by the Confederate soldiers is an 1860 Beauregard LeMat,  which was a favored weapon of many Confederate cavalrymen as it held  nine shots as well as a lower barrel with a .28 gauge shotgun load.  This was the type of pistol carried by Confederate General JEB  Stuart.'),
('70124',' Nicole Kidman (qv) used an old converted bus once owned by  executed Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceausescu (qv) as her  on'),
('70125','location dressing room.'),
('70126',' Tom Hanks (qv), Brad Pitt (qv), and Daniel Day'),
('70127','Lewis (qv) were  all considered for the role of Inman at one point or another.'),
('70128',' Julia Roberts (qv) and Cate Blanchett (qv) were both considered  for the role of Ada.'),
('70129',' Natalie Portman (qv) originally auditioned for the part of Ada.'),
('70130',' In the original script, Inman stays with Sara to help clean up after  the encounter with the Union soldiers, but Saras baby dies and a  grief'),
('70131','stricken Sara shoots herself. This is one of the deleted  scenes on the DVD.'),
('70132',' One of the DVD deleted scenes shows Inman finally arriving back at  Cold Mountain only to find that Georgia is the only one at the  house. Georgia tells Inman that Ada and Ruby are a long ways off in  the mountains, and Inman sets off to find them.'),
('70133',' At one point in his journey, Inman asks a local if hes near the  Cape Fear River. Cape Fear is adjacent to the coastal city of  Wilmington, and the Cape Fear River runs due north from Wilmington.  It also is the name of the 1962 classic movie and the 1991 remake  whose fictional stories take place in and around Cape Fear and the  Wilmington area.'),
('70134',' There is a real Cold Mountain in North Carolina, located within the  Pisgah National Forest southwest of Asheville. However, there is not  and has never been a town named after the mountain.'),
('70135',' The three Union soldiers who come to Saras house are named Pistol,  Nym, and Bardolph, sharing their names with three of Falstaffs men  from several Shakespeare plays, including The Merry Wives of  Windsor, Henry IV 1 and 2, and Henry V. In the latter, Pistol, Nym,  and Bardolph are soldiers fighting in another country who loot  locals houses and get punished for it, just as their Cold Mountain  (2003) namesakes are.'),
('70136',' The names of Sally Swangers sons, "Acton" and "Ellis" are also the  names that Anne and Emily Bronte used as pseudonyms to hide their  genders when marketing their novels. They used "Acton Bell" and  "Ellis Bell" and their sister Charlotte used the name "Currer Bell".'),
('70137',' When Inman heads off to war there is a banner, "Old Rips Awake!  Watch out Yankees!" posted on the Cold Mountain General Store. This  is in reference to North Carolina being known as "The Rip Van  Winkle" state.'),
('70138',' Brendan Gleeson (qv) is an accomplished fiddle player and does all  his own playing in this film.'),
('70139',' Rachel Weisz (qv) was considered for the Ruby Thewes role.'),
('70140',' According to composer Stuart Gunter, Doug Bari made the movie for  only $700.'),
('70141',' Cold reading is the term for a technique used by "professional  psychics" to extract information from the client before answering  the question(s) asked.'),
('70142',' The bulk of the film was shot in Greenfield, Iowa, with many of the  actual residents playing extras in many scenes.'),
('70143',' The end (midnight) town square gathering was actually shot at 1am.  The crew had to wait for the local high school band to arrive. The  band has a football game to play in and they held up shooting for  some time, because they were late to get to the set.'),
('70144',' Dropping the cigarettes onto the crowd, in the last midnight town  square gathering, was actually done by putting 8" diameter, 25'),
('70145','long  pipes against the trees in the town square. The pipes were then  filled with cigarettes. Then, on cue, air was blasted into the pipe  bottom, shooting them into the air and onto the crowd.'),
('70146',' The Christopher Mott Society is a parody of the right'),
('70147','wing John  Birch Society. In the scene where the Mott society is meeting, they  listen to a record album of a talk by a right wing pundit, many  right'),
('70148','wing pundits put out albums of their speeches in the 60s and  70s and widely distributed them for sale in friendly newspapers  since they could only afford to get radio time on low'),
('70149','power  stations.'),
('70150',' Edward Everett Horton (qv)s last film.'),
('70151',' During the off days of filming, in Iowa, Dick Van Dyke (qv) rented  a car to drive around the open spaces and small towns locally. He  ran out of gas one day, and sat on the roof of his car whistling by  putting a blade of grass up to his teeth and blowing. A farmer  happened by and gave Van Dyke a lift to get gas.'),
('70152',' The song sung by the POWs in the theatrical they stage, "I Belong to  Colditz" is a parody of one of Will Fyffe (qv)s signature songs,  "I Belong to Glasgow."'),
('70153',' Final film of Frank Lovejoy (qv).'),
('70154',' The soundtrack for this film was used as incidental music for  Filmation Studios live'),
('70155','action series "Shazam!" (qv)'),
('70156',' It rained nearly every day in the graveyard.'),
('70157',' Adam Sandler (I) (qv) was considered for the role of Max, and even  met with director Michael Mann (I) (qv) before Jamie Foxx (qv)  was cast.'),
('70158',' According to Cuba Gooding Jr. (qv), he met with  Michael Mann (I) (qv) about playing the role of Max but Mann  turned Gooding down because he and Cruise had already worked  together in _Jerry Maguire (1996)_ (qv).'),
('70159',' To help Tom Cruise (qv) and Jamie Foxx (qv) best to capture the  spirit of their characters, Michael Mann (I) (qv) wrote documents  containing the background of Vincent and Max. Tom Cruise (qv) said  that the document of Vincent had information on how he began to like  jazz, for instance.'),
('70160',' Val Kilmer (qv) was cast in the role of Detective Fanning, but  pulled out before filming began due to schedule conflicts with  _Alexander (2004)_ (qv). Mark Ruffalo (qv) later took the role.'),
('70161',' Hans Zimmer (qv) was attached to the film, in an early stage. He  was replaced by James Newton Howard (qv), probably by scheduling  conflicts.'),
('70162',' Frank Darabont (qv) wrote a draft of the screenplay in September  2000. Once attached as director, Michael Mann (I) (qv) revised the  screenplay substantially.'),
('70163',' The song that plays in the theatrical trailer to this film is "Man  in the Box", sung by Alice in Chains.'),
('70164',' Russell Crowe (qv) came close to playing the role of Vincent, but  couldnt commit to the picture because he was busy preparing for  "Eucalyptus", the doomed Australian film project co'),
('70165','starring  Nicole Kidman (qv).'),
('70166',' The original draft was set in Manhattan, New York. When  Michael Mann (I) (qv) came on board, he shifted the setting to LA.'),
('70167',' There are no opening credits to the film, nor title. The only  credits we see is at the end where it begins with the "Directed By  Michael Mann (I) (qv)". The title is at the end.'),
('70168',' Edward Norton (I) (qv) was offered the role of Vincent.'),
('70169',' Colin Farrell (I) (qv) was offered the role of Vincent'),
('70170',' When Max and Vincent visit Maxs mother in the hospital, she says  that Max "Would stand in the mirror, talking to himself". Since Max  drives a cab, this is a reference to the "Ya talkin to me?" scene  from _Taxi Driver (1976)_ (qv).'),
('70171',' In an interview in American Cinematographer, Michael Mann (I) (qv)  said that as far as he was aware, this was one of the first movies  to attempt to make a "look" out of digital video rather than trying  to make DV look like film. This approach meant the movie could be  shot in the low'),
('70172','light scenes of urban desolation Mann wanted '),
('70173','  because Digital reacts much better to low light than film. The  approximately 20% of the picture that was shot on film was mostly,  according to Mann, the portion set in the "Fever" nightclub '),
('70174','  because this is the scene with the brightest lighting states, a  condition in which DV does not perform as well.'),
('70175',' One of the photos in Idas hospital room is of Mischa Barton (qv).  Two of the other pictures feature TV shows made by Paramount:  _"Becker" (1998)_ (qv) and _"Sister, Sister" (1994)_ (qv).'),
('70176',' SPOILER: Towards the end of the movie, a subway sign reads: "Today  is January 25, 2004. The Time 5:40 A.M." The time is  displayed/referenced 5 times in the film.  '),
('70177',' 9:30 is displayed on Maxs Fare reader, before Vincent kills his    2nd victim.  '),
('70178',' 10:00 PM, when Agent Fanning is calling his partner from the    Morgue.  '),
('70179',' 2:20 AM in a brief shot from the interior of the FBI agents truck    on their way to the club.  '),
('70180',' When Max is calling Annie from the top of the Parking Garage from    the cell phone, the time is 4:47 A.M.  '),
('70181',' The subway train arrives at the station at 5:40 A.M.'),
('70182',' SPOILER: Vincent kills 12 people in one night.'),
('70183',' According to Michael Mann, Vincent is one that is able to get in and  out of anywhere without anyone recognizing him or remembering him.  To prepare for the movie, Tom Cruise had to make FedEx deliveries in  a crowded LA market without anyone recognizing him as Tom Cruise.'),
('70184',' Contrary to Michael Manns interview with American Cinematographer,  Paul Cameron, whom he worked for the first three weeks of  photography claimed that the digital cameras used lacked the  ergonomics, color bandwidth and the standard camera lens support.  These interviews and claims were brought to the attention of  Panavision USA who subsequently developed the Genesis camera system  based on that feedback and its usage was pioneered in the upcoming  Superman Returns.'),
('70185',' According to Jamie Foxx (qv), one night during production,  Tom Cruise (qv) bought In N Out fast food for the entire cast and  crew.'),
('70186',' Three weeks into principal photography, cinematographer  Paul Cameron (II) (qv) left the project due to "creative  differences". Michael Mann (I) (qv) replaced him with  Dion Beebe (qv).'),
('70187',' The silenced pistol Vincent uses in the jazz club is a Ruger Mk III  .22 with integrated suppressor.'),
('70188',' The guns that Vincent carries are a Heckler and Koch (HK) USP .45ACP  and a Ruger Mk II .22 with integrated suppressor. Vincent didnt use  a silenced USP Tactical or Mk.23 SOCOM as was previously suggested.  The silenced pistol was a .22 Long Rifle caliber Ruger Mk II with  the upper receiver and barrel replaced with a custom integral  silencer.'),
('70189',' This movie takes place 24'),
('70190','25 January 2004.'),
('70191',' Stuart Beattie (qv), the screenwriter, wanted the studio to cast  Robert De Niro (qv) as Max (once again making him a taxi driver,  though the exact opposite of Travis Bickle). However the studio  refused, insisting they wanted a younger actor in the role.'),
('70192',' Jamie Foxx (qv) actually crashed the cab with Tom Cruise (qv) in  it during a "side swipe" scene.'),
('70193',' This movie begins at an airport and ends in a subway.  Michael Mann (I) (qv)s _Heat (1995)_ (qv) begins on a subway and  ends at the airport.'),
('70194',' Before Michael Mann (I) (qv) was hired, Spike Lee (qv),  Martin Scorsese (qv), and Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) were all  offered the chance to direct the movie.'),
('70195',' Mick Gould (qv) was hired to train Tom Cruise (qv) for the  action sequences '),
('70196',' including showing him how to fire live rounds.  Michael Mann (I) (qv) himself trained with various weapons so he  knew how to direct the action sequences to full effect.'),
('70197',' The USB flash drive containing Vincents prep is a PNY Attaché.'),
('70198',' The computer is an HP TC'),
('70199','1100 tablet PC. Text can be entered via a  stylus or a detachable keyboard (not shown in the film).'),
('70200',' The F.B.I. Tactical Unit in the SUV ( L.A. 105 ) is composed of real  Tactical Unit officers from F.B.I., D.E.A. and L.A.P.D.'),
('70201',' The sunglasses Vincent wears are Silhouette 4048 with special frames  attached.'),
('70202',' The phone Tom Cruise (qv) uses in the cab is a Nokia 6800'),
('70203',' Before it was offered to Michael Mann (I) (qv), the script was  offered to the Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles (I) (qv), who  was planning on doing it in the style of Martin Scorsese (qv)s  _After Hours (1985)_ (qv).'),
('70204',' When Max enters Annies office, the names on the door are Annie  Farrell and David Canning. David A. Canning (qv) is the digital  imaging technician on the movie.'),
('70205',' Maxs full name is Max Durocher. It can be seen on the ID in the cab  early in the film'),
('70206',' The voice enhancing software that is used to enhance what Max is  telling the bouncers by the F.B.I. is Sony Vegas 4.0, a video  editing software'),
('70207',' SPOILER: Various parallels to _Heat (1995)_ (qv) throughout the  film. They include a stand off between the two main characters at  the end, the use of subways and airports at the start/end, the  referral to the shooting patterns as "double tap" entry wounds, the  main characters are loners, gunshots are louder and more realistic  that conventional Hollywood action films, the first crime committed  does not go accordingly to plan, aerial camera shots of LA at night  time and the use of a police helicopter.'),
('70208',' When the FBI led by Pedrosa enter Club Fever, Pedrosa commands,  "Clean shots; watch your background!" This echoes Vincent Hannas  line in "Heat" while arriving with his men at the bank: "Get clean  shots. Watch your background!"'),
('70209',' The song played in the jazz club was "Spanish Key" from Miles Davis  "Bitches Brew" album, and it wasnt improvised, it was played note  for note as it was on the original album.'),
('70210',' The release date was pushed back four months following the terrorist  attacks on America on 11 September 2001.'),
('70211',' After the terrorist attacks on the USA of 11 September 2001, Warner  Bros. pulled all advertising of the film which had included a mock  newspaper clipping alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s face  featuring the word "bombing" and the tagline "What would you do if  you lost everything?" and its _Collateral Damage (2002)_ (qv) movie  website that had included a game called "Hunting for the Wolf". When  the film was finally released in 2002, the films poster was  revamped with shot of an explosion due to the U.S. subsequent  invasion of Afghanistan in the background of Arnolds face in the  foreground and the films original tagline missing. The website was  completely revamped with nothing but production stills, bios, the  films synopsis, and cast and crew material. The games and other  material that had been on the original version of the website were  completely eliminated.'),
('70212',' The movie was supposed to include the famous Colombian actress Sofia  Vergara, who played an airplane hijacker. But, after the September  11, 2001 Terrorist Attack the scene where Vergara would hijack a  plane was scratched from the movie. Moreover, scenes which might be  considered unpatriotic have been excluded. The film was originally  scheduled to be released on October 5, 2001, but it was postponed  due to its terrorism theme and eventually released on Friday,  February 8, 2002.'),
('70213',' During the bombing of the consulate, El Lobo is disguised as a  motorcycle police officer. His police outfit is identical to that of  the T'),
('70214','1000 (Robert Patrick) who was also disguised as an L.A. police  officer in the Arnold Schwarzenegger film Terminator 2: Judgement  Day.'),
('70215',' The films setting is Colombia, however the film was shot  extensively in Mexico, as filming would be highly dangerous due to  real life rebel attacks and kidnappings in mountain and jungle  regions of that country.'),
('70216',' An early draft of this films screenplay set the action in Libya and  involved the Gordon Brewer character tracking down the Arab  terrorists who killed his family. Other drafts changed the storys  setting (and terrorists) to Colombia.'),
('70217',' The credit for composer Graeme Revell (I) (qv) appears as we see  Brewer and his son playing with a model kit made by the company  Revell (presumably no relation).'),
('70218',' It was director Andrew Davis (I) (qv)s idea to let the movie take  place in Colombia.'),
('70219',' CAMEO(Sven'),
('70220','Ole Thorsen (qv)): Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv)s  friend and frequent collaborator can be seen sitting outside the  café just before the bomb explodes. He is smoking a cigar, which he  often enjoys in real life along with Schwarzenegger.'),
('70221',' Arnold Schwarzenegger (qv) is never shown firing a gun on screen.'),
('70222',' Released as a split reel along with the comedy  _His Widow (1913)_ (qv).'),
('70223',' This film is dedicated to Harold Pinter.'),
('70224',' Kenneth More (qv) was originally cast as Samantha Eggars secret  lover but all of his scenes were cut from the final print.'),
('70225',' Natalie Wood (I) (qv) turned down the role of Miranda Grey.'),
('70226',' When Freddie is stalking Miranda she walks by a cinema that shows  that Ben'),
('70227','Hur is playing. Director William Wyler also directed  Ben'),
('70228','Hur.'),
('70229',' SPOILER: According to Samantha Eggar (qv), "The ending of The  Collector, in fact, is almost illegal, because the Stamp character,  Freddie Clegg, gets away with murder, and you werent allowed to do  that in those days." However, John Trevelyan (qv), the censor, who  had recently married a woman about half his age, nodded off during  the screening, and never saw the ending of the film. He woke up and  signed off on it. Had he been awake, we might have had a very  different film, or people "might have been arrested".'),
('70230',' DIRCAMEO(Alex Melli): The director isnt shown outright, but the  magazine Mr. G is reading was designed by the director many years  earlier, and it uses a photo shot by the director, Alex Melli.'),
('70231',' The films location was the garage used by the USAC National  Championship team, Lewis Racing.'),
('70232',' The film is a tribute to the BMW short film series, but focuses on  the rare 8'),
('70233','series BMW which is no longer in production.'),
('70234',' Screened at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art.'),
('70235',' Premiered at Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival in France'),
('70236',' Casper Van Dien (qv) and Catherine Oxenberg (qv) met and fell in  love while working on this picture.'),
('70237',' The running time at a press preview was 100 minutes, but it was cut  to 89 minutes before release.'),
('70238',' The boat for which Keaton, Buster (qv) is coxswain is called  Damfino, the same name as the eponymous boat in his short movie  _Boat, The (1921)_ (qv).'),
('70239',' The pole vault near the end of the movie is one of the few stunts in  his career that Buster Keaton (qv) did not perform himself.'),
('70240',' Various sources associated with the production recalled in later  interviews that there was also a filmed scene of  Buster Keaton (qv)s character trying to play football, but that  this scene was later removed to avoid too close a comparison with  Harold Lloyd (qv)s _Freshman, The (1925)_ (qv). While no film has  surfaced to confirm this, two small parts of the released film lend  credence it: 1) When Keaton is unpacking in his dorm, one of the  how'),
('70241','to'),
('70242','play'),
('70243','sports books he unpacks is about football, and 2) in the  scene of Keaton running across the campus to rescue his girl, he  dodges through a crowd of people like a running back trying to avoid  tacklers in the open field.'),
('70244',' In an interview with author Kevin Brownlow (qv),  Buster Keaton (qv) said that he directed almost all of this film  and that credited co'),
('70245','director James W. Horne (qv) did virtually  none of it. Keaton said that his business manager talked him into  using Horne, but that Horne proved "absolutely worthless to me... I  dont know why we had him."'),
('70246',' Fourth release in Kalems "A Daughter of Daring" 1'),
('70247','reel series.'),
('70248',' A troupe of actors called Actologue traveled with this film to  larger theaters and spoke the lines from behind the screen.'),
('70249',' A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television  Archives.'),
('70250',' This making'),
('70251','of segment is featured on the Special Edition DVD for  _School Daze (1988)_ (qv), released in 2005.'),
('70252',' This film is believed lost. Please check your attic.'),
('70253',' Third title in Paramounts Musical Parade Featurette Series #3  (1945'),
('70254','1946).'),
('70255',' The Collegians was a four year series of 44 two'),
('70256','reel shorts  featuring the same players playing the same roles through four years  of collegiate life, as envisioned by the imaginations of Hollywoods  mid'),
('70257','1920s screenwriters.'),
('70258',' Andy Devine (I) (qv)s first film.'),
('70259',' Rogers, Ginger (qv) was originally cast as Miss Hay.'),
('70260',' 70mm blow'),
('70261','up version released in Spain.'),
('70262',' German Import DVD has a Super'),
('70263','8 Version (German And Italian Audio  only), as a special feature on the disc.'),
('70264',' Visa dexploitation en France : #91648.'),
('70265',' French adaptation (original version : subtitled) : Boussad Mammeri.'),
('70266',' The events leading up to the mid'),
('70267','air collision are shown in real  time using information from the planes cockpit recording and from  Zagreb Air'),
('70268','Traffic Control.'),
('70269',' The fictional Jarryd Starburst was one of 16 Tojan GT convertibles  converted from Pontiac Firebirds.'),
('70270',' Made for $32 with a skeleton production crew on a Saturday  afternoon. The most expensive part of the production cost $16 and it  was for pizza to feed the talent and crew.'),
('70271',' This is the Directors, Christopher Hauberts, debut narrative  short.'),
('70272',' All of the equipment used during the production was borrowed from  various friends or professors at Ohio University.'),
('70273',' One of the 50 films in the 4'),
('70274','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 Minnesota Historical Society.'),
('70275',' The character of Gonzalo de Sagarminaga, "Enrique El Susi Arango",  is named after assistant director Enrique Arango, whos also called  El Susi.'),
('70276',' Manuel Sarmiento wears a black cast on his arm throughout the film  because he was injured during shooting and oncorporated it into his  character.'),
('70277',' Shooting of the film lasted 16 weeks, while the average for a  Colombian film is 8, with a long gap in the middle. When 70% of the  movie was shot, the budget was used up and they had to recess for  nine months. When all the cast and crew reunited again, they  continued filming normally and the film was finished.'),
('70278',' Sir Edward Elgar (qv) signed a contract to compose the music for  this first production by Sound City, but he was too ill to carry out  the work. He died the same year (1934).'),
('70279',' This short documentary can be found on the LOVE ME TENDER SPECIAL  EDITION DVD.'),
('70280',' The character "Gloria Swansong"s name, look, and personality are  adapted from actress Gloria Swanson (qv)s.'),
('70281',' Wilbur C. Feelss name, look, and personality are adapted from actor  W.C. Fields (qv)s.'),
('70282',' Rudys name, look, and personality are adapted from actor  Rudolph Valentino (qv)s.'),
('70283',' Taking a shower in the upstairs bathroom provides an homage to  Alfred Hitchcock (I) (qv)s _Psycho (1960)_ (qv).'),
('70284',' The name of the boat in the carriage house is a reference to  _"Gilligans Island" (1964)_ (qv).'),
('70285',' Laura Bow ranked #13 in Computer Gaming Worlds November 1996  listing of the 15 most memorable game heroes.'),
('70286',' Was the first game designed by Roberta Williams (I) (qv) to use  outside beta testers.'),
('70287',' Game designer Roberta Williams (I) (qv) visited New Orleans to  bring atmosphere and historical authenticity to the game. She pored  over floor plans of antebellum mansions, looked up ghost stories  related to the bayou country and visited museums and plantation  houses.'),
('70288',' The character Clarence Sparrows name is based on that of  Clarence Darrow (qv).'),
('70289',' A pilot for a TV series that didnt sell.'),
('70290',' Based on a true story.'),
('70291',' The original title was "Written & Directed".'),
('70292',' Almost all the actors play themselves.'),
('70293',' The performers who play Michael Jackson, Batman and Spider Man on  the Hollywood Walk of Fame were used as extras in the film.'),
('70294',' The courtyard of Manns Chinese Theater was recreated on the New  York Streets section of the Warner Brothers back lot.'),
('70295',' Rachel Winfree who plays the Tourist Mom has also been featured in  two other Darren Stein films: Jawbreaker and Sparkler.'),
('70296',' Producers Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) and  Kathleen Kennedy (I) (qv) cast Margaret Avery (I) (qv) as Shug  Avery after Tina Turner (qv) turned it down.'),
('70297',' The first film by Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) to not feature  John Williams (I) (qv)s music score.'),
('70298',' Whoopi Goldberg (qv)s first feature film.'),
('70299',' Oprah Winfrey (qv)s first movie.'),
('70300',' Jointly holds the record (with _Turning Point, The (1977)_ (qv)) for  the film with most Oscar nominations without a single win (11).'),
('70301',' Whoopi Goldberg (qv) and Oprah Winfrey (qv) Oscar'),
('70302','nominated for  their feature film acting debuts in this film.'),
('70303',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) had producers Peter Guber (qv) and  Jon Peters (qv) banned from the set. He did this because of their  history of offering "suggestions" during production.'),
('70304',' "Town" scenes in the movie were filmed in Marshville, North  Carolina. A key electrical pole could not be taken down in the  middle of the street so a tree was built to hide it.'),
('70305',' Shooting for town scenes frequently had to be put on hold due to  freight trains passing by the edge of the set.'),
('70306',' DIRTRADE(Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)):[father]: Netties father'),
('70307',' Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) admits that his greatest mistake in  directing this film was his lack of courage portraying the lesbian  relationship between Celie and Shug. At the time of filming,  Spielburg feared that overt sexuality between the two characters  would alienate audiences, a decision he now regrets.'),
('70308',' Author Alice Walker (I) (qv) was uneasy about  Steven Spielberg (I) (qv)s appointment to direct the film;  however, she was confident in a then'),
('70309','unknown Whoopi Goldberg (qv)  after seeing her San Francisco stand'),
('70310','up routine in which she  portrayed many different characters.'),
('70311',' Oprah Winfrey (qv) was at a "fat farm" to lose weight when she  learned she got the part of Sofia. She had to leave immediately, as  the role required her to be heavy.'),
('70312',' A film adaptation of Alice Walker (I) (qv)s novel was so highly  anticipated, auditions for the film had to be held under the code  "Moon Song".'),
('70313',' Caused one of the most controversial moments in the history of the  Academy Awards when it received eleven nominations which did not  include Steven Spielberg (I) (qv) as Best Director. In the end, it  won none of them.'),
('70314',' Patti LaBelle (qv) auditioned for the role of Shug Avery.'),
('70315',' Steven Spielberg (qv)s baby was born during the filming of this  movie, and in the scene where young Celie gives birth to the baby,  the sound of the baby crying is the actual sound of the Spielbergs  baby crying.'),
('70316',' Alice Walker attended the rushes at the end of filming each day, yet  she was horrified with the final cut of the film, especially what  she referred to as the "Oklahoma"'),
('70317','type opening scene. However, at  the premiere, when she watched the movie with an enthusiastic  audience, she changed her mind. She now says she likes the film very  much, but thinks of it as being very different from her book.'),
('70318',' Whoopi Goldberg won the part of Celie in her audition for Steven  Spielberg, by doing a comedy act she had developed about a stoned  E.T.'),
('70319',' Harpos name is actually Oprah spelled backwards.'),
('70320',' Sofias speech at the dinner table was an ad lib prompted by Steven  Spielberg, in the middle of filming the scene. He asked Winfrey to  express to Celie how she felt that day when she saw Celie in the  store, as Sofia was shopping for Miss Millie.'),
('70321',' Director Steven Spielberg is the one whistling (on the soundtrack,  along with the music), as Harpo sits whistling while his children  are taken from him one by one.'),
('70322',' Alice Walker may have had doubts about Steven Spielberg directing,  but was at least partially convinced when she saw "E.T." After  seeing the film, she felt that E.T. was treated like "a person of  color".'),
('70323',' The voice explaining 9'),
('70324','ball is director Scorsese, Martin (qv)s.'),
('70325',' Tom Cruise (qv) did his own trick shots for the film, except for  one in which he had to jump two balls to sink another. Scorsese said  he could have let Cruise learn the shot, but it would have taken two  extra days of practice, holding up production and costing thousands  of dollars. The shot was instead performed by professional player  Michael Sigel (qv).'),
('70326',' Many top pool players of the 80s were part of the cast and/or  provided assistance, such as Steve Mizerak (qv) ("The Miz") who  was the hefty player Eddie beat in Atlantic City;  Jimmy Mataya (qv) ("Pretty Boy Floyd"), who was accompanying  Julian (John Turturro (qv)) when he saw Eddie in Atlantic City;  Keith McCready (qv), who played Grady Seasons; and others such as  Michael Sigel (qv) and Ewa Mataya Laurance (qv) (who at the time  was Jimmy Matayas wife) acted as pro shot makers and advisors who  set up the shots for the actors.'),
('70327',' Paul Newman (I) (qv) says the best advice director  Martin Scorsese (qv) gave him, especially in humorous scenes, was:  "Try NOT to be funny."'),
('70328',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): In the Atlantic City casino, the  man walking a dog on a leash. The dog is Scorseses dog Zoe. Zoe is  credited in the closing credits as "Dog Walkby."'),
('70329',' DIRCAMEO(Martin Scorsese (qv)): Breaks the rack at 1:30:20.'),
('70330',' At one point in the film, Eddie comments that it has been "25 years"  since he last played. In real life, it had been 25 years (1961 '),
('70331','  1986) since _Hustler, The (1961)_ (qv), where Newman had first  played Fast Eddie.'),
('70332',' The Malibu house used as a main setting is the same house similarly  used in _Ritual (2000/I)_ (qv).'),
('70333',' Jay Novello (qv) is listed as a cast member by modern sources, but  he was not seen in the movie.'),
('70334',' This film started when Andrew Blums High School principal asked him  to do a 3 minute piece for Martin Luther King Day.'),
('70335',' First feature film with an all black cast.'),
('70336',' The all'),
('70337','black cast were largely amateur made up of "young men and  women of race from ... the best families in New Jersey".'),
('70338',' Producer Solo, Robert H. (qv) hired real gang members as guardians  as well as actors. Two of them were shot during filming.'),
('70339',' The original script by Richard Di Lello (qv) took place in Chicago  and was more about drug dealing than gang members.  Dennis Hopper (qv) ordered changes, so Michael Schiffer (qv) was  hired and the setting was changed to Los Angeles and the focus of  the story became more about the world of gang members.'),
('70340',' Critics complained that the scene showing the funeral being  disrupted by gang gunfire was unrealistic. According to the  filmmakers, shortly after the scene wrapped, a church service a  short distance away actually was disrupted by gang gunfire.'),
('70341',' Sean Penn (qv) was arrested and spent close to a month in jail  after hitting an extra on the set of this film who was taking  snapshots of Penn without his permission.'),
('70342',' This documentary is featured on the 4'),
('70343','Disc Directors Cut DVD for  _Kingdom of Heaven (2005)_ (qv), released in 2006.'),
('70344',' Although he had experience directing other films, this was the first  to give full on'),
('70345','screen credit to Sergio Leone (I) (qv).'),
('70346',' The original choice for the role of Darios was John Derek (qv),  who had played a similar role a few years earlier in  _Ten Commandments, The (1956)_ (qv).'),
('70347',' Rory Calhoun (I) (qv), who was in Italy for the title role in  MGM’s _Marco Polo (1961)_ (qv), stepped into the lead role of  "Colossus" on only one days notice. He initially arrived at 11:30  on the first day he was to start filming. According to Leone  biographer Christopher Frayling (qv), Calhouns first day included  an accidental fall into a swimming pool.'),
('70348',' The English language versions of "Colossus" refer to the Athenian  hero Darios by the Italian version of his name, Dario.'),
('70349',' One of the few films to be set in the Hellenic period that spanned  the period from the death of Alexander the Great to the rise of Rome  as a world power.'),
('70350',' During most of his scenes, Rory Calhoun (I) (qv) wears a wide  bracelet on his left arm and stiffly extends it covered by a cloak.  According to Sergio Leone (I) (qv) scholar  Christopher Frayling (qv) and Calhouns widow, the actor did that  to hide some 20th'),
('70351','century tattoos.'),
('70352',' The widescreen process used is TotalScope, an Italian version of  Cinemascope.'),
('70353',' The real Colossus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World,  was 32 meters high and stood on a hill. The cinematic version stands  110 meters and its legs bestride the harbor.'),
('70354',' The computer seen in the film was the payroll computer at the  studio.'),
('70355',' Though the writers could not have known it, the first useful  electronic "supercomputer" was also called "Colossus". The Colossus  Mk2 was used by the British to decipher German radio transmissions  in WWII, and was kept a secret until 1974.'),
('70356',' When the executives at Control Data Corporation found out that  Universal was planning a major movie featuring a computer, they saw  their chance for some public exposure, and they agreed to supply,  free of charge, $4.8 million worth of computer equipment and the  technicians to oversee its use. Each piece of equipment carried the  CDC name in a prominent location. Since they were using real  computers '),
