Question: What is the name of the song that plays in the ads for this film? It played on the radio quite a bit about four or five years ago, but I don't know the name or who sang it.
Krista
1st Mar 2005
The Notebook (2004)
17th Feb 2005
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Trivia: Ralph wears his arm in a cast for the first part of the film. This is because Balthazar Getty broke both wrists just a couple weeks before filming began, but director Harry Hook liked him so much in the role that he just wrote the injuries into the part.
17th Feb 2005
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Continuity mistake: After the rock hits Piggy on the head and he dies, from one angle his eyes are closed but from another angle they're open.
1st Feb 2005
Futurama (1999)
20th Jan 2005
Traffic (2000)
Question: Catherine Zeta Jones' character is the daughter of a Mexican drug lord, but she tells her upper-class friends that she's European. I'm assuming she's trying to pass herself off as Spanish or maybe Portuguese because it seems more exotic and socially acceptable among the upper class than being Mexican. Is this correct?
Chosen answer: The upper classes in Spanish-speaking countries tend to be more of Spanish ancestry, decendants of the original conquistadores. As such, some consider themselves Spanish, distinct from the lower-class Mestizos.
20th Jan 2005
Swingers (1996)
Trivia: The last scene of the movie, where Trent sees a woman who he thinks is making faces at him when she's really looking at her baby, was taken from an actual event that happened to Vince Vaughn in an airport, only it was with a man (and Vaughn was freaked out by it, not playing along like in the film.).
17th Jan 2005
Swingers (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: When the guys are sitting around the table playing cards and the camera is circling them, C-stands and flags are visible in the background.
17th Jan 2005
Swingers (1996)
Visible crew/equipment: When Mike is on the phone with his ex at the end, a C-stand is visible in the background for quite a while.
11th Jan 2005
The Aviator (2004)
Question: When Hughes is scrubbing his hands so hard that he cuts them, what exactly causes them to be cut? Is it something in the soap, or his fingernails? I wouldn't think, his being a man, that his nails would be long enough to do any damage, at least not to the extent shown.
Chosen answer: Hughes has obsessive compulsive disorder. He washes his hands so often, and so intensely, that he's literally worn away his skin. This is common with OCD sufferers.
10th Jan 2005
The Simpsons (1989)
I'm Goin' to Praiseland - S12-E19
Continuity mistake: When Flanders' girlfriend pulls up at the end, from one angle she's wearing a pink shirt with what looks like a white vest over top. But from another angle her shirt is all white.
5th Jan 2005
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Trivia: After Uncle Rico throws the steak at Napoleon when he's riding his bike, Rico sits back down on the porch and you can see him discreetly spit something into his hand and put it down. According to the DVD commentary, this was the bite of steak he was eating, because Jon Gries, who played Uncle Rico, didn't eat red meat. Between shots he spat out all the many bites of steak his character had to eat.
2nd Jan 2005
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Continuity mistake: At the end when the sled full of Christmas stuff is on the mountaintop, it starts sliding off the edge. It's going fast enough that it should be long gone by the time the Grinch reaches it, but when he does it's still right near the top of the mountain.
29th Dec 2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Continuity mistake: When the Grinch goes into the first house, you can see the Christmas tree in the background and it has a silver star on top. But later when he steals the star, it's gold.
29th Dec 2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Other mistake: When the Grinch is cutting Max's antler, the pieces that have fallen on the floor suddenly jump several inches closer to Max.
29th Dec 2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Revealing mistake: When the Grinch is cutting Max's antler, the cut lines appear on the prongs before he actually starts to cut.
22nd Dec 2004
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
Continuity mistake: When the Grinch puts the antler on Max's head it has five prongs. But when Max tips forward, one of the prongs disappears as it's hidden behind his body. The Grinch only cuts off four prongs, but when Max goes upright again, the fifth prong is still gone.
13th Dec 2004
Futurama (1999)
Trivia: In the elves' workshop, Leela turns the controls up to the highest speed. This is a reference to a classic episode of I Love Lucy, where Lucy works in a chocolate factory, and the candies come out on the conveyor belt much too fast for her to wrap.
6th Dec 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
Kill the Alligator and Run - S11-E19
Trivia: On spring break there's a veejay named "Sepulveda" who is replaced when she gets too old by another one named "Cienega." Sepulveda and La Cienega are both the names of major streets in Los Angeles.
3rd Dec 2004
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
25th Nov 2004
The Simpsons (1989)
El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer (a.k.a. The Mysterious Voyage of Our Homer) - S8-E9
Trivia: When Homer starts tripping on the chili pepper, he sees a distorted vision of Ms. Crabapple and she makes "wah-wah-wah" noises when she talks. These are the same noises teachers are always making in Charlie Brown cartoons.
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