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Trivia: Mitch's sister, Cathy Brenner, is played by a then very young Veronica Cartwright in her first horror role, who went on to star in other horrors, often alien-related: the 1978 remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers as the sole surviving human, Nancy, in Alien as the character of Lambert and play a recurring abductee character on the long running series, The X-Files.

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Trivia: Meg Tilly is sister to Jennifer Tilly, who famously played Tiffany Valentine in the Chucky horror franchise.

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Trivia: The inhuman shriek that the pod people use to alert their brethren of unduplicated humans present was invented for the 2nd film adaptation and carried into this, the 3rd - it is not part of the book, but remains very effective, hence its continued inclusion in film.

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Trivia: During the visit to Paradise Alley, watch for an alien that suspiciously looks like Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.

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Trivia: The landstriders - large quadruped beings that are able to run fast and for vast distances without tiring, sometimes used as mounts - were actually professional stiltwalkers who used extensions on their arms and legs and were in costume. Wires removed in post-production helped hold them up and prevent serious falls.

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Trivia: The Skeksis may seem to have different genders by their voices and behaviors, but are in fact something of both male and female genders. Jim Henson thought that having a world where gender was more ambiguous would be more interesting in general, and for Skeksis, more disconcerting.

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Trivia: The Garthim costumes were so heavy and hard to get in and out of that oftentimes the costumed actors were suspended on a rig to allow them to take breaks between takes according to The Making Of The Dark Crystal Feature on the DVD.

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Trivia: Augra, the horned being with curly hair, is the guardian of Thra who was initially possessing both male and female attributes-but most of the male part of her was lost while viewing the Universe. She still sports some whiskers on her face to show that she's still not entirely either gender.

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Trivia: The film has Joel and Clementine meeting in Montauk, NY. The Montauk Project is known among conspiracy theorists as the alleged site of experiments in, among other things, mind control and memory manipulation.

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Trivia: Nina's visiting Uncle is killed in his car by Karl's mute servant Hagen, who causes a car accident and then proceeds to set him on fire. Hanging on the rear view mirror is a Happy Face that gets a splotch of blood on it, reminiscent of The Comedian's iconic pin in The Watchmen.

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Trivia: The alien claps his hands and rubs them before doing his healing ability - this is in imitation of sensei Mr. Miyagi of The Karate Kid films and series.

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Trivia: Kevin Reynolds is credited with directing the film, but he left the project early after repeated, frequent clashes with Kevin Costner who disagreed with virtually every cinematic element and ultimately took over the job.

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Trivia: The Black Vampire Sword that Clive covets throughout a good part of the film, only to gain a cheap imitation, is from Blade.

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Trivia: A Wilhelm scream can be heard when one of the pursuing agent's cars goes over the bridge and crashes below.

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Trivia: Fans of the film Armageddon might notice the reuniting of Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton - in that movie, Thornton works for NASA and Willis' character is a civilian who rises to the challenge to save Earth; in this film, Thornton wants to get into space as a civilian and this time Willis' character is part of the military.

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Trivia: The character of Marie, who Rocky recalls meeting some 30 years ago, appeared in the original Rocky film and returns in this movie, though portrayed by Geraldine Hughes and not Jodi Letizia.

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Trivia: Stan Winston, Tom Woodruff, Jr. and Gale Ann Hurd - the special effects team and producer behind Aliens, were all involved with Alien Nation as well. James Cameron, of Aliens, had written an early draft of the film.

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Trivia: The spacesuit that the character Charles Farmer wore is a replica of the pressure suit used by the Mercury 7 astronauts.

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Trivia: Léon and Mathilda were meant to get even closer than they did in the final release of the film, including a scene where Léon accidentally walks in on Mathilda washing up in the bathroom-but concerns for decency and potential objections from Portman's parents put a stop to that.

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Trivia: According to the video extras, Natalie Portman was so in love with the clothes that the character she played of Mathilda Lando wore that she had hoped to keep some of the clothes, noting that Mathilda's tastes were far better and "cooler" than her own at 12 years of age.

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