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21st Jul 2014

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

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

Two for the Road (1967)

Trivia: Jacqueline Bisett's voice is partially dubbed in this film by someone else. There was so much background noise that her voice just had to be dubbed, and she had left the country to film something else, so wasn't available to record it herself.

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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.

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21st Jan 2014

Rosemary & Thyme (2003)

And No Birds Sing - S1-E1

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.

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13th Jan 2014

The Exorcist (1973)

Trivia: To do the scenes in the bedroom when it is so cold you can see the air coming out of their mouths, the director had the set built in a huge freezer.

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22nd Dec 2013

Rebecca (1940)

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).

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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.

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15th Nov 2013

Julie & Julia (2009)

Trivia: At the very end, when Eric and Julie go to the Smithsonian to see Julia Childs' kitchen, there is a picture on the wall of Meryl as Julia, and there is another picture, this one of the real Julia Childs.

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13th Nov 2013

The Elephant Man (1980)

12th Nov 2013

Julie & Julia (2009)

Trivia: When the alarm clock goes off at 5.30 am at Julie's place, the book that is used to silence the alarm has as the cover photo a picture of the real Julia Childs.

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Trivia: When Sherlock rides a mule - he hates horses - an adaptation of Ennio Morricone's "Two Mules For Sister Sara" is played, a film in which Shirley Maclaine, playing a fake nun, rides a mule through most of the film.

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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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