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Top-billed actor with the least screen time
What is the least amount of screen time, relative to the total running length, that the single highest-billed actor (or actress) has ever had in a feature-length, non-experimental film? (For the purposes of this question, "screen time" includes…
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Is it scientifically possible to grow potatoes in Martian soil?
In The Martian (2015) we see the protagonist planting potatoes in soil that he dug out from the surface of Mars.
Wouldn't the soil be incapable of sustaining life for the potatoes (let alone giving it nutrition)?
I wonder, because I think the soil…
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Is it really possible to produce 99.9% crystal meth?
In Breaking Bad Walter White is known to be the master chef of blue meth, while yielding unheard of 99.9% purity. Is this possible or it is a big myth from the beginning?
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Who hired Malcolm Crowe?
In The Sixth Sense, several months(?) after an "incident", child psychologist Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) takes up a new case: 8-year old Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment).
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But how did Crowe learn of Cole's issues? Given the "state" Crowe is…
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Did John Doe manage to complete his 'masterpiece' in Se7en?
I recently watched David Fincher's 'Se7en' for a second time. I was thinking about the ending and I am kinda confused.
So clearly John Doe (Kevin Spacey) has a plan of killing seven different people based on the Seven Deadly Sins. Now, near the end…
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What did David say to the engineer in Prometheus?
In Prometheus, when the android David is talking with the Engineer, first he stumbles a bit and stays crouched, then they are all asking him questions and David seems to translate it. Then they all stand up, the Engineer strokes his chair and…
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How do they film minors smoking?
Many movies depict children and minors (and non smoking actors) actively smoking a cigarette and blowing actual smoke. How is that done?
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Are Americans the bad guys in Russian movies?
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In US movies, time and again, the bad guys end up being Russians.
Examples:
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1980s US TV show
Bad guys: Russian KGB
The Last Ship
2010s US TV show
Bad guys: Russian military
That's at least a time span of over 30…
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Why does Bill Cage wake up in the helicopter?
In Edge of Tomorrow William Cage is reliving the same day over and over again.
The time loop always starts with Cage waking up at Heathrow, after his meeting with the General.
But in his last jump he wakes up in the helicopter, en route to…
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How do they film scenes with the actors driving in a car?
I know long ago they would have the car stationary and use a projector screen to with moving scenery to make it look like the car was moving. It was obviously staged, but good enough. I've seen "behind the scenes" video clips and still showing some…
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Is there a third Holmes sibling?
In His Last Vow, it has been decided that Sherlock will go on the important but ultimately deadly mission as his form of punishment/banishment. In regards to his involvement with sending Sherlock on this mission, Mycroft is questioned about his…
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How were R2D2 and C3PO made in the original trilogy?
I know they used a lot of mechanics back then, but were R2D2 and C3PO mechanical, a costume, or something else?
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Language of the Moria password in The Fellowship of the Ring
At the gates of Moria there is a riddle on the door. "Speak Friend and Enter".
Frodo then asks Gandalf "What is the elven word for 'Friend'?" who replies and the door opens.
Given Moria is a dwarven mine, why would the door require an elven…
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What's with dark "shining" in old black and white TV?
I've been watching What's My Line on YouTube lately, and one very odd visual glitch keeps popping up. When the light hits Arlene Francis's jeweled pendant just right, you'd expect it to shine and sparkle, but instead it consistently appears to…
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Why was there a "point of no return" in the Chernobyl series that ended in the meltdown?
In the Chernobyl series it is said that the two nuclear engineers had no alternative except for pressing the "AZ-5" button, couldn't they just insert the Boron rods back in one by one as they renewed the water supply to the core?
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