Best fantasy movie trivia of 2005

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Trivia: The many Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory are all played by the same man - Deep Roy. They used CGI to duplicate him. He would do a ton of different dance moves so when it's all put together, it would look like there were a bunch of different Oompa Loompas.

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The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D picture

Trivia: Linus' notebook has the Troublemaker Studios logo on it.

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Trivia: When Lucy finds Narnia the second time, the "wind" that blows out her candle is a crew member inside the wardrobe blowing the flame out.

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Trivia: Although there were some plans for a potential fifth film, "The Crow: Wicked Prayer" ended up being the fourth and final entry in the original film franchise. A theatrical reboot of the series has been announced.

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Trivia: Stay after the credits. There's an additional scene where John goes to visit Chas' grave and leaves a lighter, then as he's walking away you see Chas with wings and he flies up into the sky. (01:54:40)

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Trivia: There is an actual band in Canada called the Wyrd Sisters who tried to stop the November 18th release of 'Goblet of Fire' in Canada because there is a band of the same name in the movie, but they lost their case.

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Trivia: A popular film poster shows Emily and Victor reaching their hands toward one another. Emily's bony hand is on her right and Victor's suit and vest are backwards (note its buttons). Some say it was for legal reasons - Johnny Depp's name was supposed to appear on the poster first because of a contract, and they wanted the characters underneath the corresponding star names, hence the issue. Others say it was simply because the picture looked better with the bride on the right side.

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Trivia: In the shot of the city's lights that pans over to the car before the accident, the lights form a pentacle aka the Mark of the Beast.

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Trivia: After every time travel safari, Charles Hatton greets and welcomes back his guests, comparing them to Columbus, Marco Polo, Armstrong, and 'Brubaker landing on Mars.' In 1978, director Peter Hyams, directed Capricorn One [and A Sound of Thunder], a film about a staged travel to Mars. Three astronauts were involved - Lt. Willis, Cmdr. Walker, and Col. Brubaker.

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Trivia: Ben Affleck actually filmed a scene with Garner as a cameo of his "Daredevil" character Matt Murdock. But because they were in a romantic relationship at the time, the studio wanted to avoid any "Affleck/Garner" type publicity and cut the scene.

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Trivia: When Crazy Dave is putting the chain on Herbie at his yard, Herbie squirts oil all over his foot. This is a reference to the 1968 film "The Love Bug", in which Herbie did exactly the same thing to Thorndyke (David Tomlinson).

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Trivia: After Isabel tells Jacks that she's a witch, he asks, "Am I gonna get pregnant? Because I cannot get pregnant right now." Endora cast a spell causing Darrin to feel the same pregnancy symptoms that Samantha was feeling in an early episode of the original series, "Bewitched".

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Trivia: At the part where the band arrives to play for the evil witch, one of the band members states "We've had the same stinking tour bus since 1978" which is referring to "The Great Muppet Movie" (made in 1978) in which they first mention the tour bus.

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Pooh's Heffalump Movie picture

Trivia: Despite the title, Roo actually has the lead role and Pooh has a minor role.

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Trivia: At the end of the credits, there is a message that reads, "This movie is dedicated only to the truly naughty. And their children."

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Trivia: Writer Guinevere Turner has stated that she actually spent much of the premier laughing at how bad the film turned out. Especially because so much of the film had been changed during filming, it had virtually no resemblance to her script.

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