Trivia: Author Peter Benchley has a cameo as a U-boat crewman in the prologue (extended version).
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24th Apr 2007
The Deep (1977)
23rd Apr 2007
Barry Lyndon (1975)
Trivia: Stanley Kubrick's daughter has a cameo as the young girl sitting behind Lady Lyndon at the magic show.
25th Jan 2007
Apollo 13 (1995)
Trivia: Ron Howard's mother and father have cameos in the film. Ron's father, Rance Howard, plays the priest who keeps a vigil with the family, and his mother, Jean, plays Jim Lovell's mother.
17th Jan 2007
Bound for Glory (1976)
Trivia: Bound For Glory was the first production to make use of the Steadicam.
18th Oct 2006
Annie Hall (1977)
Trivia: In the scene in which Alvy and Annie are watching people in the park and Alvy comments, "Oh, there goes the winner of the Truman Capote Look-Alike Contest," the passer by is actually Truman Capote, in an un-credited cameo.
3rd Oct 2006
Apollo 13 (1995)
Trivia: Ron Howard's wife appears as one of the nuns in the VIP crowd for the launch.
3rd Oct 2006
Rocky (1976)
Trivia: Due to budget constraints, members of Sylvester Stallone's family were used to play certain minor parts; his father appears as a bell ringer, his brother was used as a street corner singer and Stallone's first wife was the set photographer.
3rd Oct 2006
Airplane (1980)
Trivia: The Zuckers' mother makes a cameo as the woman who is trying to put on makeup as the plane gets jolted around. (00:42:10 - 00:58:10)
2nd Oct 2006
Meet the Feebles (1989)
Trivia: Peter Jackson ran out of budget money during production, so the Vietnam flashback was filmed, under a separate budget, as 'The Frogs of War', and then incorporated into the film.
25th Sep 2006
The Shining (1980)
Trivia: An outtake from the opening sequence was used in the "happy ending" version of Blade Runner, but removed from the director's cut.
19th Sep 2006
The Exorcist (1973)
Trivia: The Prospect Avenue apartment where the story takes place was once inhabited by the author, William Peter Blatty, while he was a student at Georgetown University. The house is at the corner of 36th and Prospect.
16th Sep 2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
14th Sep 2006
The Exorcist (1973)
Trivia: The nurse who comes into Dr. Taney's office after the arteriogram is actress Linda Blair's mother.
11th Apr 2006
The Black Hole (1979)
Trivia: The name of Dr Reinhardt's ship is Cygnus. The first (theoretical) black hole was discovered in the constellation Cygnus.
12th Oct 2004
Hook (1991)
Trivia: George Lucas and Carrie Fisher have cameos as a kissing couple on the bridge. Tinkerbell sprinkles fairy dust on them, and they begin to float.
29th Sep 2003
Friday the 13th (1980)
Trivia: Betsy Palmer was never originally considered for the role. Shelly Winters was the first choice, but was not interested. Betsy Palmer ultimately took the role because she needed money for a new car, as hers broke down as she was traveling back home to Connecticut from New York.