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5th Feb 2008

The Parent Trap (1998)

Trivia: At Camp Walden, when Marvas Sr. and Jr. get dumped in chocolate, the actresses were covered in real chocolate.

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5th Feb 2008

The Dead Zone (1983)

Trivia: During Johnny's visions, his involuntary jerks were achieved by David Cronenberg firing a .357 Magnum revolver loaded with blanks from behind the camera.

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Trivia: This was the first film that won both the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars together.

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31st Jan 2008

General questions

How is it possible that Gary Fitzgerald was nominated for both Leading and Supporting Actor Oscars for Going My Way?

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Chosen answer: The initial nominations process involves each member of the Academy nominating those within their own field for the various awards appropriate to what they do. From these, the shortlists are drawn up for the second round of voting. In the case of Barry Fitzgerald, opinion was apparently divided as to whether his role qualifies as a lead role or a supporting role. Ultimately, he received a sufficiently high number of nominations from his fellow actors and actresses that he ended up on the shortlist for both categories. Since then, the rules have been changed to prevent it from happening again.

Tailkinker

Trivia: In the ending credits, Julie Kavner is credited for playing Patty and Selma, even though the scene those characters appeared in was cut from the film and only appears on the DVD deleted scenes section. (01:14:40)

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The Simpsons Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Homer returns from Eski-Moe's to find Marge and the kids gone, he drops a bouquet of flowers on the bed. In the next shot, the flowers have disappeared, as has the pattern on the bed's quilt. (00:54:25)

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21st Jan 2008

The Simpsons (1989)

Hungry Hungry Homer - S12-E15

Trivia: Although they were a fictional team when the episode aired, the Albuquerque Isotopes became a real baseball team in 2003, as a minor league affiliate of the Florida Marlins.

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The Simpsons Movie trivia picture

Trivia: When Lenny is on the phone with Homer about the donut shop going out of business, the donut Lenny is holding is the donut from the movie's promotional material. (00:23:30)

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17th Jan 2008

Michael Collins (1996)

Michael Collins mistake picture

Continuity mistake: Early in the film, Michael talks to Harry Boland on a boat. During this scene, a cigarette appears in Boland's mouth that was not in the previous shot. (00:40:40)

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24th Dec 2007

The Dead Zone (2002)

Chosen answer: Unreasonable Doubt aired as the fifth episode, on July 14 2002, with Netherworld airing as the eighth episode on August 4th. One possible explanation is that the networks are sometimes known to air episodes out of their actual production order. In cases like this, the DVD release usually uses the production order, thus placing the episodes in the order which they were intended to be watched.

Tailkinker

The Simpsons Movie mistake picture

Continuity mistake: When Russ Cargill appears on the big screen to explain the dome to Springfield, Moe is standing next to Homer and Lisa. A few shots later, Moe is standing next to Lenny and Carl, with different people around him. (00:33:15 - 00:33:45)

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Chosen answer: According to IMDB at this link http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366551/ Christopher Meloni was the only actor in this role. Chris Elliott was never in the movie.

SAZOO1975

Question: Is the sneak peek of "Half-Blood Prince" accessible only with a DVD-ROM drive?

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Chosen answer: Yes.

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