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Trivia: According to lead Munchkin Jerry Maren, the "little people" on the set were paid $50 per week for a 6-day work week, while Toto received $125 per week.

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Trivia: The steam shooting from the Tin Man's cap startles Toto, who runs out of the shot.

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8th Sep 2003

Chicken Run (2000)

Trivia: The original script featured an additional character: Ginger's little brother Nobby. Dreamworks suggested that Nobby was left out, in order to make the film "less cute".

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Trivia: The list of words that Monica Swifton says to David to make him capable of love was the original list, written by Stanley Kubrick.

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Trivia: Haley Joel Osment suggested to Steven Spielberg that his character (David) should not blink. Spielberg agreed and went further to suggest that none of the androids should blink.

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8th Sep 2003

Chicken Run (2000)

Trivia: There was a major push to get the film nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards. The failure to get the nomination, and the popularity of the film among Academy members led to the inclusion of Best Animated Feature for the next Academy Awards (2002), which was won by fellow Dreamworks film Shrek.

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Trivia: Although Jack Angel recorded all of his voice work for Teddy while separate from the rest of the production, he was allowed on the set every day so that if any other characters' lines were changed during production, he could re-record Teddy's corresponding lines immediately.

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8th Sep 2003

Chicken Run (2000)

Trivia: During the film Mrs Tweedy removes a chicken named "Edwina" for not laying enough eggs. This is a reference to the Conservative former Health Minister, Edwina Currie, whose political career foundered over an egg-related farming crisis in the UK.

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8th Sep 2003

Chicken Run (2000)

Trivia: According to the pattern of the scarf she is wearing, the Scottish chicken Mac belongs to clan MacLeod of Lewis.

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Trivia: The cast and especially Mel Brooks had so much fun and were so upset when principal photography was almost completed, that Mel added scenes to continue shooting.

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Trivia: The assistant property master's name, Charles Sertin, is on the third brain on the shelf.

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6th Sep 2003

Waterworld (1995)

Trivia: Prior to "Titantic" (1997), "Waterworld" was the most expensive movie (at $175 million) ever produced.

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6th Sep 2003

Waterworld (1995)

Trivia: The most remembered line from "Waterworld," "Dryland is not a myth; I have seen it," is never spoken in the actual movie.

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5th Sep 2003

Toy Story 2 (1999)

Trivia: The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer. (00:11:40)

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4th Sep 2003

About a Boy (2002)

4th Sep 2003

The Lion King (1994)

Trivia: When Mufasa tells Simba about the Great Kings of the Past if you look at the stars in the wide shot you can see a constellation in the shape of Mickey Mouse.

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