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Daniel Day Lewis Quote in Last of the Mohicans
In The Last of the Mohicans, Hawkeye, played by Daniel Day Lewis, appears out of the forest to save the Major from a raiding party of Indians. When the Major grabs a gun and is about to fire at one of ...
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Help identifying a very old children's VHS?
I don't have a whole lot to go on here, but I am trying to identify a very old children's VHS. I would have seen the VHS in the very early 90's, but I believe the actual short films were from the 50's ...
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Movie where jury gets swapped just before a trial begins?
I was having a chat this morning about jury duty and I thought of a scene from a film.
The set up is that whoever is being tried in this case has the jury paid off, and the prosecutor or cops ...
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Movie with word play in the beginning?
I have seen this clip a very long time ago and I think it was actually from the beginning of a comedy.
There is a man (called Jack) sitting in a car and a few guys walk by saying "hi". Then another ...
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703 views
Did Adam Sandler name the film 'Little Nicky' after the character in Twin Peaks?
In the year 2000, Adam Sandler, Tim Hirlihy an Steven Brill wrote the film 'Little Nicky', in which the title character was the son of the Devil.
A character in the TV series Twin Peaks was also ...
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In 10000 BC, is the Persian-like civilization connected to any real history?
I have watched 10,000BC and have understood the story. But I am curious as to whether the Persian-like Pyramid-building civilization has any link to a real civilization that have existed during those ...
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Are there different endings to Cloverfield?
In particular, I'm talking about the scene at the very end, where the camera is on the happy couple in the ferris wheel. The first time I watched it, my friend pointed out the faint streak that ...
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1answer
159 views
Why doesn't Joey move back to the bigger apartment in Friends?
In the very popular TV Series Friends, the character Joey Tribbiani moves out from his small apartment (where he lived with Chandler) to a very big and expensive place when he gets a role in the soap ...
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Is John Keating to blame for Neil's suicide?
At the end of the movie John Keating is accused of making Neil come up against his father and outing his own dreams ("Carpe diem!") which ultimately leads to him commiting suicide.
Was Keating really ...
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235 views
What is the science behind making actors appear different?
Captain America, Lord of The Rings and The Social Network have each used a technique where an actor has either been shrunk down (Captain America & LoTR) or completely replaced by a face (Captain ...
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Is the brain sequence similar to reality or not?
In Saw 3 a sequence is shown where Dr. Lynn Denlon performs a operation on John (Jigsaw) using a drill and other similar tools.
My first question is, how can they perform an operation where hardware ...
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Which episodes of Twin Peaks mention the concept of 'tulpa'?
I'm pretty sure the concept of a 'tulpa' from Tibetan mysticism appeared in the TV series 'Twin Peaks' and I'm trying to find references and if possible the exact quote.
I think it was Agent Cooper ...
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What were the sea shells for in Demolition Man?
The three shells used in the toilets even confused poor ol' Sylvester, how were they used?
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1answer
207 views
Ending of Half Light
At the end of Half Light (2006), Angus commits suicide by jumping from the top of the lighthouse. Is he the ghost Angus McCulloch, or the real person who pretended to be the ghost? I got a bit ...
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Ending of Chrysalis
At the end of Chrysalis (2007), it turns out that the real daughter of Professor Brügen, Manon Brügen, lies on the bed in a coma at her mother's clinic. So who is the healthy girl? Is she another ...
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TV series about a suburban town digging up a space ship?
It was on TV in the US about 10 years ago, it is a mystery with some sci-fi/horror elements.
The people in a suburban city start acting weird (possessed/influenced). They would go out at night and ...
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Walking around someone who is moving in Slow Motion?
In the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" series musical episode, "Once More With Feeling", during the Giles and Buffy fight montage (Song: 'Standing in the Way') there is a scene where Buffy is hitting a ...
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Killing them softly: explanation of the allegory
The Brad Pitt film, Killing them softly, is an allegory of 2008's subprime economic crisis. I'd like to know who each of the characters in the film is supposed to represent in relation to the crisis. ...
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Why did the pipe explode in The Shawshank Redemption?
I have a question regarding the end of The Shawshank Redemption when Red is narrating Andy's escape - can some one explain why the pipe erupts when Andy breaks it when he is escaping from Shawshank?
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Was the Silence Prophecy fulfilled in The Name of the Doctor?
On the fields of Trenzalore, at the fall of the Eleventh, when no
living creature may speak falsely or fail to give answer, a question
will be asked. A question that must never, ever be ...
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Why was this movie called 'The Brothers Bloom'?
This has bugged me since I saw the movie. Why was the movie called 'The Brothers Bloom'?
The brothers are Stephen and Bloom. We are never given their last names and the credits don't show a last ...
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English puns in OSS 117, Cairo Nest of Spies?
In the movie, OSS 117, Cairo Nest of Spies, the spy defeats two Russians and the subtitles say something along the lines of
They were "Russian" at me
This makes sense in English, but the movie ...
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Was Transformers 3 once named “Dark Side of the Moon”?
I just noticed that Transformers 3 is named: "Dark of the Moon". I've never seen the movie, but I firmly believe that the trailers named it "Dark Side of the Moon".
Was it renamed at a later date, ...
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Is Dogville inspired from Hitchcock's Rear Window?
Watching these 2 movies I found similarities between them. The visual city in Dogville reminds me of Rear Window, where the hero is watching to everything from his window.
Is this a case of an ...
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What weighs toward the decision to ignore gravity in Melancholia?
Melancholia is a realistic "what-if" science fiction, set in roughly the time we live in. The whole plot is centered around the concept of this planet approaching. Being what it is, why would they ...
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What is the symbolism of the uncrossable bridge in Melancholia?
In Lars von Trier's Melancholia (2011) there are two scenes of the sisters riding their horses. Both end with Justine's (Kirsten Dunst) horse Abraham refusing to cross a small bridge. In the second ...
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Significance of the Owl in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
There's a scene in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" where Prideaux (Mark Strong) is in the class room teaching, then suddenly an owl pops out of the fireplace. Prideaux quickly dispatches it. Later on, in ...
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Identify these plot elements from Tarzan movies
I recently re-watched Tarzan and his Mate (1934), and the surprisingly violent content in it reminded me of a couple of fragmented images that I would like to track down from other Tarzan films.
The ...
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First movie that collaborated with fast-food outlets?
In 1984, the movie Gremlins teamed up with Hardees to sell a set of LPs that came along with the movie:
Each week a different record would be sold, thus, each week, parents had to take their ...
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Why cutting an 'X' into ammunition?
I have seen this in a lot of movies and noticed it again now in "Taxi Driver". There is a scene where Robert De Niro cuts an 'X' into his pistol rounds with a knife.
I don't know much about weapons, ...
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A movie about a bank robbery?
I remember watching this movie at least 12 years ago.
It involves a guy sending letters to his criminal associates detailing a planned robbery. After he has posted them, he gets arrested.
Then the ...
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1answer
391 views
Disney movie with a teenage android?
I remember watching a movie on TV when I was a kid, so in the mid- to late-80's. I expect it was a Disney movie, as at that age the majority of movies I watched were on the "Sunday Night Disney Movie" ...
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Kids that fight troll-like monsters with water guns filled with milk?
I remember watching this kids movie where they are being attacked by some sort of trollish type monsters/creatures and they could only be defeated by using water guns filled with milk to shoot them ...
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Are movie production companies hiring people to rate their movies on IMDB?
I noticed that older movies with a 7 - 7.5 rating are really good, while 2012 movies with that rating are quite bad, and they would most likely be rated 4 - 5.5 in 2004 for example :)
Also newer ...
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Why does James Bond use his real name?
In the James Bond universe most characters go by a code name M, Q, the various 00s, In Skyfall Silva is a made up name. Others such as Tanner, Robinson and Moneypenny, Trevelyan we're not so sure but ...
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When did each Horcrux get destroyed in the Harry Potter movies?
I have just watched the last of the Harry Potter movies for the second time on a long flight and my brain was addled through lack of sleep. As far as I remember, three of the eight horcruxes were ...
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Did James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson really find out the source of the river Nile in BBC TopGear?
Did they?
In season 19, the African Special, they go on to find the true source of the river Nile theorizing that Lake Victoria isn't the actual source as experts suggest but even farther east ...
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Where does Skyfall take place in the Bond timeline?
The first two movies of the rebooted Bond-franchise were at the start of Bond's career (when he was likely in his late twenties/thirties), but when does Skyfall take place in relation to other things ...
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The Simpsons - Episode Identification
What was that episode where we hear Bart's thoughts as a man about Homer in voice over while the camera starts taking a close up of Bart as a kid, just before the voice is interrupted by Homer, asking ...
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Why did Frodo need to go it alone, leaving Aragorn and Legolas behind?
Why does Frodo have to fly solo without the others at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring? Especially Aragorn and Legolas both seem like incredible assassins/bodyguards and basically immune to the ...
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Who is the Lady of the Wood, and what's her relationship to the rest of the elves?
In The Fellowship of the Ring the group meets the Lady of the Woods during their trip. But who is she and what's her relationship with the rest of the elves. For example Legolas didn't look like he ...
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Why doesn't the restaurant resemble an actual Cheesecake Factory?
Since the early days of the Big Bang Theory, Penny's character (and later Bernadette for a time) has worked at The Cheesecake Factory. Clearly, this chain of restaurants has some sort of advertising ...
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Tree of Life: How does the son (R.L.?) die?
In the beginning of the movie 'Tree of Life', Mrs. O'Brien (Jessica Chastain) receives a telegram (or was it a regular piece of mail?) notifying her that her son has died. According to Wikipedia, it ...
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Is it possible to tell who is who in each scene?
After reading the answer to this question: Why doesn't Borden know which knot he tied?, in which Angler was told by the wrong twin which knot resulted in his wife's death.
Is it possible to tell ...
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Did one actor ever play two distinct characters in one scene in the Star Trek franchise?
There have been several times in the various Star Trek series when one actor interacted with himself/herself as a clone, Mirror Universe double, or other "alternate" version of the same basic ...
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Why didn't Michael Scott appear in the Q&A panel in the Finale episode of The Office?
In the Finale episode of The Office, the Scranton Cultural Center hosts a public Q&A panel of the employees of Dunder Mifflin. Most of the regular characters return for this after several months, ...
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Why does the husband leave the family in The Others?
I watched the movie The Others recently, and I was blown away by the ending and the story. I was thinking about this plot element which didn't make much sense to me. It's about the return of the ...
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Why are loopers required to kill themselves?
I was just wondering if anyone could think of any reasonable reason as to why in Looper the loopers have to kill their older selfs? I mean why not just send the older looper back to a different looper ...
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Mecha movie with robots synced to their pilots' movements
It's a movie that I watched with my dad when I was really young. I know it does not really help but I can't remember the year I watched it in. I'm 17 so I guess I watched it around 2001.
In my memory ...
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What does the “keleven” digit look like?
In the Finale episode of The Office, we learn that one reason Kevin was fired, was for using his made-up number "kelevin" to correct accounting errors. His replacement is seen asking Oscar about this ...
