Trivia: When Luke escapes for, maybe, the second time, the music used (Lalo Schifrin's "Tar Sequence" theme) is the exact same music that is used for the opening few minutes of Sydney, Australia's Channel 9 news service, as well as many other news stations in the US and worldwide.
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21st Jul 2014
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
21st Jul 2014
Two for the Road (1967)
25th Apr 2014
Chaplin (1992)
Trivia: At the beginning, Robert Downey Jr, as Chaplin, sits down to take off his make-up. On the table is a picture of Geraldine Chaplin who is Chaplin's daughter, and later she plays his mother.
21st Jan 2014
Rosemary & Thyme (2003)
Trivia: Except for the first episode, where Laura drinks a glass of wine in 2 gulps, she never takes a sip of her drinks - wine, apple juice, nothing - except for tea. She pretends to drink, but doesn't succeed.
13th Jan 2014
The Exorcist (1973)
22nd Dec 2013
Rebecca (1940)
Trivia: When George Sanders pokes his head in the car window where the girl is, alone, he says "Marriage with Maxim is not exactly a bed of roses." Joan Fontaine, who played the girl, called her autobiography "No Bed of Roses."
12th Dec 2013
Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey (1988)
Trivia: Sigourney won the Golden Globe Award for best actress for this film and another Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for "Working Girl" in the same year - the first person to have done this (won 2 awards in the same year).
11th Dec 2013
The Prince of Tides (1991)
Trivia: Kate Nelligan played Nick Nolte's mother, but she is actually 9 years younger than he is.
2nd Dec 2013
Inside Daisy Clover (1965)
Trivia: The film was made in 1965 and Natalie Wood was born in 1938; she was 27 when she made the film, playing a girl that aged from 13 to 17.
15th Nov 2013
Julie & Julia (2009)
13th Nov 2013
The Elephant Man (1980)
Trivia: In the credits, "Alderman" is played by Frederick Treves, who was the great-nephew of the doctor Frederick Treves who looked after Joseph Merrick (John in the film), The Elephant Man.
12th Nov 2013
Julie & Julia (2009)
9th Nov 2013
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
9th Nov 2013
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Trivia: When Bligh tells Christian not to touch the chief's daughter, the chief is offended. Once Bligh has been told of this - Christian knows; it was him who said to the translator, "You better tell the Captain himself; I don't think he'd believe me" - he sends for Christian, who feigns complete ignorance and prolongs the discussion, until Bligh has to order Christian to have sex with the girl. Christian says "Well, I'll do my best, " and leaves with a smile on his face. Maimiti accompanied Christian to Pitcairn, in real life, and had 3 children with him until he died at a very young age of 29. And, in real life, Brando and the actress who played Maimiti were married for 10 years and had 4 children together.
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