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Trivia: At the end of the movie when Oskar is traveling on the train with Eli inside the trunk, and they are tapping Morse Code on the trunk's lid, they are spelling out "P-U-S-S," which means "small kiss" in Swedish.

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Trivia: One of von Tresckow's aides is played by Philipp von Schulthess, the grandson of Claus von Stauffenberg. In the film, Stauffenberg's wife is pregnant with Philipp's mother.

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Trivia: The number Emily gives Will is 212-664-7665. Unlike the usual fake "555" number often used in movies, this is a real number that's also used in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and The Adjustment Bureau. Universal Studios acquired it precisely to save having to use a fake number in their films.

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Trivia: The name on the delivery van Floss and The Octopus arrive in is "Ditko's Delivery." Steve Ditko is a hall of fame comic artist known for creating Doctor Strange and co-creating The Amazing Spider-Man. In 1994 he was also inducted into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. Will Eisner is the creator of The Spirit comics.

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21 (2008)

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Trivia: When Cole is beating up Ben for counting cards, before it changes to the next scene, you can see Cole's arm stop for a brief second, which gives away that there is more to that scene.

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Trivia: In the office at the end of the film a nameplate is visible on one of the cubicle walls. The nameplate reads "J.G Millar" which is a composite of writer Mark Millar and artist J.G. Jones, on whose comic the film is based.

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Trivia: At one point during the movie, Max visits a storage yard. The name of this yard is "Gognitti Storage". This is a reference to Vinnie Gognitti, who was an important character in the video game series.

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Trivia: Despite her prominent billing, Dianne Wiest does not appear until an hour and twenty minutes into the film, and has less than ten minutes of screen time.

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Trivia: Some details are taken from Jason Segel's life. For example, the naked breakup is based on a similar incident and he was working on a puppet-based Dracula rock-opera.

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Trivia: When Klaatu is shown on the tv as an escaped convict, the phone number shown to call to report him is not the usual 1-800-555 number, rather it is 1-800-472-0391 which is the Alaska Weather Information Hotline.

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Trivia: Unlike the first three movies, which were all theatrical or direct-to-video movies, this fourth "Poison Ivy" film was actually made as a Lifetime Original TV movie. (Albeit one that later got an extended, unrated video release containing a great deal of nudity.)

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Trivia: This film originally had a subplot featuring Johnny Knoxville as a deputy, but it was removed following test screenings. Knoxville can be seen in the film's early trailer.

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Trivia: When Mauricio and Sarah receive the dress for baptizing a future daughter, they ponder over raising future children as Jewish or Catholics. Mauricio then says, "Who ever heard of Jewish Puerto Ricans?" John Leguizamo, who plays Mauricio, has children who are half Jewish.

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Trivia: Hulk Hogan claimed he was offered the lead role in this film, which director Darren Aronofsky has disputed. Randy the Ram appears to be partially inspired by Hogan, given he was a megastar in the 80's, has bleach-blonde hair and a tanned skin complexion, and occasionally calls people "brother."

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Trivia: The opening scene really was filmed in one shot with no breaks in filming; they rehearsed and had a run-through five times to get it right.

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