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4th Apr 2019

SLC Punk! (1998)

Trivia: The scene filmed on Ensign Peak during the acid trip, uses a shot from Terminator 2 to simulate Salt Lake City being destroyed by a nuclear blast.

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Trivia: The scene where Poppins disappears into the bathtub was not computer generated. Blunt simply sat down backward on a slide that went under the set and the bathtub was full enough of bubbles to hide the effect.

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Trivia: The parade scenes were filmed on the Universal Studios backlot in "Courthouse Square." The film's special effects artists then digitally composited in some elements of a street in the Twin Cities, Minnesota, where the film is set. The sequence took three weeks to shoot and involved hundreds of extras.

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Trivia: The diner Howard goes into after pushing his car is Mickey's Diner in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota. The same diner was used in The Mighty Ducks, also shot in Minnesota. In this film however, the interior is a set. The interior of the real Mickey's Diner is not as spacious as shown in the film.

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Trivia: The little boy who comes running out of the woods is a spoof of Home Alone and the character Kevin from that film. He even says that he has to "go home alone now" and does Kevin's signature scream twice.

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Trivia: As Lewis and Gilbert are pulling into Adams for the first time, notice on the right a billboard for a radio station in Tucson. The film was shot on and around the University of Arizona campus in Tucson.

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Trivia: Right before the first transport is away, there is a shot of Leia and others in the control room on Hoth. During this scene a clicking and screeching sound can be heard. It sounds like a clock ticking. This is a recording of a shortwave radio station CHU from Canada, complete with the second ticks.

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15th Mar 2018

Quantum Leap (1989)

17th Feb 2018

True Lies (1994)

13th Jul 2017

Breaking Bad (2008)

28th Dec 2016

Cocoon (1985)

Trivia: Some of the cloud effects were created by dumping colored dyes in tanks of water which were then superimposed into the shot.

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12th Feb 2016

Quantum Leap (1989)

10th Jun 2015

Quantum Leap (1989)

3rd Mar 2015

Field of Dreams (1989)

Trivia: The film uses Galena, Illinois as a stand in for Chisholm, Minnesota. Galena is just about 45 miles from the main house and field in Iowa.

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3rd Mar 2015

The Incredibles (2004)

Trivia: The plane crash scene with the characters looking at the plane sinking underwater is nearly identical to the same scene in Cast Away.

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23rd Oct 2012

Die Hard 2 (1990)

Trivia: When the older lady is showing off her taser in the beginning of the film she is holding a magazine. On the back of the magazine is an advertisement for Lethal Weapon. Joel Silver, who produced Lethal Weapon, also produced this film. (00:05:36)

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5th Dec 2010

Bad Santa (2003)

13th Nov 2010

Toy Story 3 (2010)

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Trivia: One of the costumes Ken tries on for Barbie is the same costume Clark Griswold wore in European Vacation. Ken even dances the same as Clark did in that film. (01:01:50)

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12th Apr 2007

Candyman (1992)

Trivia: The music in this film is composed by Phillip Glass. During some of the eerie parts, the music sounds strangely familiar to another Phillip Glass composition, "The Truman Show."

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