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15th Sep 2021

Battle of Britain (1969)

Trivia: The effect of white smoke coming out of the engines that were on fire was achieved by injecting vegetable oil into the exhaust manifold, a "secret" method still used to this day.

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29th May 2020

The Truman Show (1998)

Trivia: The scene where Truman draws a picture of himself as an astronaut with a bar of soap was totally ad-libbed by Jim Carrey.

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20th May 2020

Beverly Hills Cop (1984)

Trivia: During the "supercops" scene, you'll notice that Sergeant Taggart (actor John Ashton), with a very pained look on his face. That's because Eddie Murphy improvised this whole scene and John was pinching his thigh, desperately trying not to laugh out loud.

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