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Were Captain Spaulding and Mother Firefly the biological parents of Otis Driftwood?

In The Devil's Rejects, Otis Driftwood refers to Baby as his sister and she does the same referring to him as her brother. Otis: Are you staring at my sister thinking bad thoughts? Baby: I' …
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Old movie were a Gregory Peck-like actor jests about "the Brownies"

I remember an old (B&W? - not sure) film I saw as a television re-run, probably between late 1960's, in which a character played by Gregory Peck or an actor that reminds me of Gregory Peck jests about …
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Why does Thana in “Ms. 45” decide to move some body parts from the refrigerator to an unrefr...

In Abel Ferrara’s film Ms. 45 (1981) Thana — the main protagonist — kills a rapist in her apartment, dismembers the body, places the body parts in garbage bags and then places the body parts in her, n …
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Was Boomhauer really a Texas Ranger?

On one of the final episodes of King of the Hill, Boomerhaur's occupation, which was never previously discussed (other than being a ladies' man who sometimes had benefactors) was possibly revealed as …
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How did Victor Banerjee do the train scene in A Passage to India?

Victor Banerjee climbs along a train moving across a high bridge. He doesn't appear to be roped on. There wasn't any CGI at that time. Did he really do these stunts beca …
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Why does "The Squid and the Whale" poster have a hand-drawn background?

Why does "The Squid and the Whale" poster look like that? It has a hand-drawn background.
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Why did Curtis Chen try to do this in Continuum?

In the season 2 finale of the Canadian science fiction show Continuum, Alec Sadler goes back in time, which leads to the creation of a new Green Timeline and the subsequent destruction of the original …
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Why was K-Mart's name changed from the original draft script?

In the original draft script for Resident Evil: Extinction (2007), K-Mart's name was originally supposed to be 'Elizabeth Jane Case'. In the film, however, she explains that she got her nickname becau …
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Was there an intentional reference with the quote "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain K...

In Die Hard with a Vengeance, John McClane (portrayed by Bruce Willis) quotes a line from the song Flowers on the wall by the Statler Brothers while speaking to Zeus Carver (portrayed by Samuel L. Jac …
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Why is the Ucayali in Werner Herzog's 'Fitzcarraldo' flowing in the wrong direction?

In Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo, when they move the ship from the top of the hill down to the Ucayali, the water is flowing from left to right. But according to the maps shown and the sketch drawn by …
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High Moon (The Lotus Caves) Floating Eyeballs

High Moon is a (very loose) TV adaptation of the 1969 book The Lotus Caves. It was started as a pilot for a Syfy TV series, but eventually the series was declined. The Pilot was rigged into an origina …
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Is the visible mannequin in the opening car bomb scene in Casino (1995) intentional, and if ...

In the opening scene of Casino (1995), Sam Rothstein gets into his car and is blown up. In the moment of the detonation, you can clearly see that DeNiro has been replaced with a dummy. (When the scene …
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What was Max Pomeranc's role in Definitely, Maybe, and in which scene was he?

Max Pomeranc, known for his role as Josh Waitzkin in Searching for Bobby Fischer/The Innocent Moves, was apparently in Definitely, Maybe. Who was he? In which scene was he?
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What is the meaning of the butterfly?

In the movie The Door (2009) (German: Die Tür), there are repeated occurrences of a butterfly. First of all, David's daughter Leonie wants to go catching butterflies when her father doesn't have time …
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Do the The Hobbit films deliberately quote The Lord of the Rings?

My wife and I are well versed in the dialogue from the Lord of the Rings movies. We are not quite so enthusiastic about The Hobbit movies, but recently we noticed something odd while watching the Batt …

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