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Cradle 2 the Grave picture

Easter egg: In the special features menu, press right to select Jet Li's kneepad. Hit enter to see another special features movie.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian picture

Easter egg: This Easter Egg is on the second page on the Extras DVD. At the bottom of the page, between the Setup and More buttons, a crown pops up. Clicking on it brings up the Easter Egg. It is called Monster Cam (it shows the scene underground in the How, when the Narnians come up and surprise the Telmarines). There is a camera put in one of the minotaur's heads.

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Easter egg: 1. Navigate to the Special Features section on the DVD. 2. Use your arrow keys to select "Heaven Help Us." 3. Once "Heaven Help Us" is selected, press your right arrow key to select a blue Jesus link to take you to an unaired trailer for "Saved!" featuring Michael Stipe.

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Easter egg: On the Special Features Disc, in "The Movie" menu under "Features," at the bottom, on the left, click on the curly part of the decoration so it's highlighted. It shows a cast/crew sing-a-long for the song "The Phantom of the Opera."

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Easter egg: Special Edition DVD. From the Main menu, highlight Play, arrow up once. The diamond at the top of the arch will highlight. Hit enter to see the DVD credits. At the end you will exit into the Directors Gallery which is also in the special features section.

U. D. Mann

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Easter egg: This is on the Special 10th anniversary DVD. On second disc of the set go to the 'Special Features' section. There, select the 'Critics Commentary' menu option, followed by the 'Up' arrow key on your remote control. This will take you to 3 minutes of rolling DVD production credits, accompanied by cool background music. Also on the second disc of the set, select the 'K-Billy Radio Interactive Radio' and choose the last channel on the far right. Then, press the 'Enter' key on your remote control. This will allow you to view a re-enactment of the infamous ear-cutting scene from the film, as played out by some action figures, with the original footage from the film running in a small window.

Maria Santos

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Easter egg: The word Thirteen appears very briefly (a couple of seconds at most) as the main menu loads but is not clickable. However a video of the "Zen Chicken" can be accessed by disassembling the DVD to your PC. You can then save the video as a separate file.

Hamster

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Easter egg: On the main menu, scroll down to special features. Press right on the remote and the Timeclock on the hand will light up. Press select to see an explanation of how the Timeclocks work.

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Easter egg: On the second disc, when the menu first appears, hit right on your DVD remote to highlight one of the wooden planks on the Trojan horse, and hit Enter. There is a clip the CG department made of some animatic 'bloopers' during the movie.

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Easter egg: Blue Underground version ->"MAIN MENU" ->"Extras", press right arrow, sheriff star is highlighted, press select,-> an interview with LUCIO FULCI plays.

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Easter egg: If you click on the sled seen on the "Special Features" screen, you'll find a 1997 interview with actress Ruth Warrick. During this five minute and 40 second piece, Warrick discusses issues such as the atmosphere on the Kane set, her interactions with Welles, and a few other interesting topics. (From the 2 disc special edition 60th anniversary set-2001).

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Easter egg: On the Two Disc Edition click on the line that says "Volkswagen: An Official Member of King Kong", and it will show you the making of the Volkswagen commercial and the commercial itself.

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Easter egg: On the Basic Instinct Deluxe Edition DVD, go to the main menu and click on Special Features. At the Special Features menu, scroll down and then to the right to highlight the icepick. Clicking on it gives you Sharon Stone's screen tests of 3 scenes in the movie.

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Easter egg: First, watch the movie or watch a special feature, then go to the main menu. In the main menu, highlight any of the four options, but don't press enter. Press the right button and the "Tribulation Force" part of the title will turn from a yellow color to a red color. Press enter. You will hear a funny story from the Director of Photography.

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Easter egg: From the main menu press down until you highlight the globe. Press enter to see a montage of "plan R" clips from the film, as well as some of the film's funniest moments.

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Easter egg: On the Collector's Edition Series DVD, go to the Bonus Material menu. Click on the More button, then scroll down to highlight the brown box and press Enter. M. Night Shyamalan will show you a clip of another horror movie he made.

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Sideways picture

Easter egg: Go to Scene Selection. Highlight scene 15. Hit the back button once. A wine bottle will appear. Hit enter and you will see a montage of behind the scenes photos.

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Wanted picture

Easter egg: On the "Bonus Disk", press the down button and a "Code Of The Fraternity" menu option will appear. Press the Select/Enter button and enter the code "01010111" (binary code for "W") to watch a behind-the-scene video.

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Easter egg: On the "Bonus Features" page, highlight "Audio Commentary" and press the left arrow button; three hearts will appear. Press the "Select/Enter" button to watch Ryan Reynolds tell a small story.

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Easter egg: On the second page of Special Features, with the cursor next to "Q&A With Hubble", press the left button. The word "WOOF." will appear at the far left of the screen and you will hear a dog bark. Press enter to see a short feature on the dog Liam Aiken received on the last day of shooting.

Jeff Swanson

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