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6th Jan 2005

School of Rock (2003)

Chosen answer: It's "Touch Me" by The Doors.

Damian Torres

Chosen answer: Oakley.

Grumpy Scot

Question: What song is played during the opening credits? It sounds familiar, but I can't quite place it. What other movies has it been used in?

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Chosen answer: It's Carl Orff's classic composition "Carmina Burana". It's most prominent use was in Excalibur (1981), other movies to feature it include Detroit Rock City and General's Daughter (both 1999).

4th Jan 2005

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

1st Jan 2005

Manhunter (1986)

Trivia: In the final confrontation between Dollarhyde and Graham, Tom Noonan had to lie in a pool of stage blood for several hours as the crew worked on other shots. After all this time, the stage blood dried into a thick, cement-like adhesive that all but fused Noonan to the carpet.

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1st Jan 2005

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Trivia: Tim Roth had to lie in his pool of blood for so long that it dried and stuck him to the floor, and he had to be peeled off.

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Trivia: The film is a remake of "Thunderball", another James Bond film that starred Sean Connery. Connery is the only actor to play Bond in both an official and unofficial EON production.

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Trivia: The film is based on the true story of a 1997 holdup of a North Hollywood Bank of America building.

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Suggested correction: And in the Star Wars corrections page, you will find that mistake with the explanation that Lawson has used both Denis and Dennis in his career.

Trivia: According to the DVD commentary, Anakin's shadow on Tatooine (before he leaves the Lars' to find Shmi) was not digitally altered to resemble Darth Vader's helmet. It was pure coincidence.

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30th Dec 2004

Chasing Amy (1997)

Trivia: In some of the opening convention scenes with Banky and Holden, the bottom left corner of their newest "Bluntman & Chronic" issue can be seen, with the drawing of a security guard that looks a lot like LaFours from "Mallrats."

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30th Dec 2004

Chasing Amy (1997)

Trivia: The film's events take place two years after the events of "Clerks," which in turn takes place the day after "Mallrats."

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30th Dec 2004

La Confidential (1997)

Trivia: During the film's production, while Anthony Hopkins was playing Hannibal Lecter, Brian Cox (who played the character in "Manhunter") was playing King Lear at the National Theater. Ironically, during the production of "Manhunter" five years earlier, Hopkins was playing King Lear at the same theater.

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Trivia: Book author J.K. Rowling wanted former Monty Python member Terry Gilliam to direct. However, Warner Bros. chose Chris Columbus, who had experience directing child actors (most notably, Macauly Culkin in the "Home Alone" films). Interesingly, John Cleese, who was in Python with Gilliam, appears in the film as Nearly Headless Nick.

Cubs Fan

30th Dec 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Trivia: According to the documentary "Empire of Dreams," as well as interviews on the "Revenge of the Sith" DVD, George Lucas originally wrote the "Star Wars" trilogy as one long serial titled The Tragedy of Darth Vader, which ran about 200 pages. He then broke it into three separate stories, and focused solely on the first part, which became "Star Wars."

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28th Dec 2004

Die Hard (1988)

28th Dec 2004

24 (2001)

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