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Sounds of Silence - S1-E20

Trivia: For those who don't (or can't) read American Sign Language, at the end of the episode, Grissom says to Dr. Gilbet is that his mother lost her hearing when she was eight years old. He once asked her what is it like to be deaf, and she told Grissom (who loved to swim) that it was like being underwater. She also taught him that being deaf does not make one inferior to others. Dr. Gilbert then replies that she teaches her students the same lesson.

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3rd Feb 2005

The Simpsons (1989)

Bart Sells His Soul - S7-E4

Trivia: In church, Mrs. Glick plays "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" on the organ. As time passes, a caption appears that reads "Seventeen minutes later." That song actually does run seventeen minutes long.

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Trivia: Anthony Zuiker chose to set the series in Las Vegas because that city's crime lab is the second most active in the United States, behind the FBI lab in Quantico, Virginia.

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3rd Feb 2005

Elektra (2005)

Trivia: While filming a sai/sword fight, Will Yun Lee accidentally sliced Jennifer Garner's knuckles with his sword. After Garner got her knuckles patched up, and they resumed, Lee subsequently sliced her again in the exact same spot.

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17th Jan 2005

What Lies Beneath (2000)

17th Jan 2005

Cast Away (2000)

Trivia: Production was shut down for a year, to give Tom Hanks enough time to lose weight and grow out his "castaway" beard. During that time, director Robert Zemeckis used the same crew members to help film "What Lies Beneath."

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Trivia: Director Irvin Kershner was a University of Southern California professor at the same time George Lucas was there as a film student.

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17th Jan 2005

24 (2001)

17th Jan 2005

The Mummy (1999)

Trivia: Oded Fehr's character, Ardeth Bay, is sworn to keep the Mummy from being brought back to life. In the 1932 version with Boris Karloff, "Ardeth Bey" was the name of the Mummy's alias when trying to pass himself off as a modern Egyptian.

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Trivia: "VISOR" stands for Visual Instrument and Sensory Organ Replacement.

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11th Jan 2005

Twins (1988)

11th Jan 2005

Young Guns 2 (1990)

Trivia: John Chisum convinces Pat Garrett to accept a job as the new Lincoln County sheriff. James Coburn (Chisum) himself played Garrett in the Sam Peckinpah movie "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid."

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6th Jan 2005

The Hurricane (1999)

Trivia: In the film, Hurricane Carter is shown as having published a book called "The Sixteenth Round." This book, as well as parts of Sam Chaiton's (played in the film by Liev Schreiber) book "Lazarus and the Hurricane," is what the film is adapted from.

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6th Jan 2005

The Hurricane (1999)

Trivia: After Hurricane Carter was arrested, a number of celebrities stepped forward to pledge their support for him. One celebrity was Bob Dylan, who is shown performing his song "Hurricane," which is also included on the film's soundtrack.

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4th Jan 2005

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1st Jan 2005

Manhunter (1986)

Trivia: In the final confrontation between Dollarhyde and Graham, Tom Noonan had to lie in a pool of stage blood for several hours as the crew worked on other shots. After all this time, the stage blood dried into a thick, cement-like adhesive that all but fused Noonan to the carpet.

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1st Jan 2005

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Trivia: Tim Roth had to lie in his pool of blood for so long that it dried and stuck him to the floor, and he had to be peeled off.

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Trivia: The film is a remake of "Thunderball", another James Bond film that starred Sean Connery. Connery is the only actor to play Bond in both an official and unofficial EON production.

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Trivia: The film is based on the true story of a 1997 holdup of a North Hollywood Bank of America building.

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