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Why is there a disclaimer about not accepting money from tobacco companies at the end of movies?
Maybe the answer is obvious, but still:
I just finished watching Movie Gravity, and at the end of the movie, I saw this disclaimer:
No person or entity associated with this film received payment or anything of value, or entered into any agreement,…
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Frozen Jack: Actor or Prop?
At the end of the film The Shining, when Jack Torrance has frozen to death, was this shot accomplished by putting make-up on Jack Nicholson or by using a prop body with a face cast in his likeness?
I realize it's most likely the former, but knowing…
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What is the point of the Red Thread/Tape around evidence or newspaper clippings?
I have seen in a lot-lot of movies that the person who searches for a crime or another person creates a web of red tape or wire around the newspapers and evidence he acquires. I never guessed its usefulness and am therefore asking why do they do…
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Why hasn't the elevator been fixed?
In The Big Bang Theory the elevator has been out of order since the start of the series.
To this date -- after season Ten has finished -- the elevator has still not been fixed.
Is there any significance for this?
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Kill Bill colour changes to Black and White
In the movie Kill Bill, why does the colour keep shifting from standard colour to black and white? Is it to keep the gross levels down?
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Why does Hollywood not use foreigners in foreigners' roles?
This is a question that bothers me for a really long time. For example, Russians in every (not literally, but you get the point) Hollywood movies/TVshows are acted by English-speaking actors. It is really annoying to see the roles where “fluent” or…
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Is lens flare shot organically, or added in post-production?
The Star Trek series and movies really love their lens flare.
Does the organic picture actually taken by the camera have this lens flare in it? Or is it added to the image in post-production?
Are there rolls of film/RAW files that don't have it,…
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Where is Jon going?
At the end of S08E06 of Game of Thrones, Jon Snow along with Tormund and others of the Night's Watch
leave the Night's Watch.
and go into the woods.
Where are they going? And why?
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Was there a dinosaur-counter in the original Jurassic Park movie?
I remember seeing Jurassic Park when it first came out. And I remember a scene describing a counter that kept track of the number of dinosaurs, so the operators could detect escapees. I remember the sense of doom when, in a later scene, they…
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Is Bran literally the world's memory?
In the S08E02 of Game of Thrones, Bran says that the Night King will come for him and that the Night King hunted down many three-eyed ravens.
Sam: Why? What does he want?
Bran: An endless night. He wants to erase this world and I am its…
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How did Thanos know about the power of "The Snap"?
In the scene on Titan with Doctor Strange in Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos said,
With all six Infinity Stones, I will simply snap my fingers and it would all cease to exist.
Then again, in the very first scene with Thor and Loki, when Maw gave…
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Why did Lucius interrupt Bruce during their Sonar/Submarine discussion?
In the 2008 movie The Dark Knight, Lucius Fox and Bruce Wayne had the following conversation in Hong Kong:
Bruce Wayne: What's this?
Lucius Fox: I had R&D work it up. Sends out a high-frequency pulse... records the response time for mapping an…
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What properties did Disney buy from 21st Century Fox?
Disney bought some 21st Century Fox properties, which is quite hyped in the news all around and attracting jokes like these:
Making fun of Xenomorph daughters being Disney princesses now :D
But the serious concern is I am not sure what Disney got…
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Why does Luke leave the wampa’s cave?
In the first act of The Empire Strikes Back, Luke Skywalker is attacked and captured by a large bipedal creature called a wampa that hangs him unconscious from the roof of its lair in anticipation, it seems, of eating him. Luke awakens, retrieves…
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"A galaxy far, far away..." -- from where?
I have a question about Star Wars. Recently, I pay more attention to the text and come up with a question. There's a quote in the text.
Long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away...
Far away from where? Is it from Earth? Is there any secret meaning…
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