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Why are there so few movies about the Vietnam war itself?
It seems like all Vietnam war movies are either about individual characters in some abstract Vietnam war setting or individual battles/incidents. There are no movies that cover the history and progression of the war itself from start to finish that…
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Is Voldemort called "Tom Elvis Riddle" in the French versions of Harry Potter?
A friend told me that in the French versions of Harry Potter, they had to make Voldemort's middle name "Elvis". They said that they did this in order to make the "Tom Marvolo Riddle" to "I am Lord Voldemort" anagram to work.
Now I don't know French…
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Why did Groundhog Day take place on Groundhog Day?
Groundhog Day is of course an ingenious premise: a jerk is stuck in a time loop forced to relive the same day over and over and over until he becomes a kind, generous man and finally understands love. It's a moral tale that will almost certainly…
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Has a movie ever referred to a later movie?
In an answer to another question, I wrote "characters in the later movie watch or discuss the earlier movie".
Then it occurred to me, have characters in an earlier movie watched or discussed a later movie?
It would take an extraordinary set of…
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Which movie series are referenced in XKCD comic 1568?
When I was reading XKCD comics I came across this one
In a previous comic I get it was Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Star Trek, but in this other one I only know Wandboy = Harry Potter. I suspect Puncher = Rocky.
What are the movies the above…
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What does Peter Dinklage eat on camera in Game of Thrones?
I recently discovered that Peter Dinklage is a vegan, which means that he neither eats meat nor does he eat any products produced by animals, like milk and honey.
So what does he eat in scenes where you see him biting off a bone?
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What does Billy Beane mean by "Yankees are paying half your salary"?
Here is the dialogue between Billy and David in Moneyball:
Billy Beane: You think you're special?
David Justice: Well, you are
paying me 8 million dollars a year, so yeah.
Billy Beane: No, no. We
aren't paying you. The Yankees are paying half of…
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How do they shoot flaming human scenes?
This scene was found in Billy Madison (1995).
How do they shoot dangerous stunt scenes?
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Why are dolls, teddy bears, etc. used as horror objects in horror films?
In many horror films, toys such as dolls, teddy bears, and puzzle boxes are used as objects which the spirits/ghosts use to scare people. Some examples would be Annabelle, the crooked man musical box from The Conjuring 2, Billy, Chucky, Jigsaw...…
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Is there any evidence of "Big Twist" movies having poor post-cinema sales?
I have watched many movies such as Sixth Sense, where there is a major twist that if known prior to watching the movie can potentially spoil the enjoyment of viewing. I tend not to watch this type of movies again, or certainly no more than once, and…
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Adult talking in Peanuts
I have always wondered: why do adults in Peanuts not really talk?
Why do they only make that wah wah wah noise? (By the way, what was it? That sounds like a trombone or a trumpet with a mute.)
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Is there a given name for "fake documentaries" posing as educational programming?
In recent years, networks such as The Discovery Channel have been airing so-called documentaries that have people believing that what they are seeing is not only educational, but that the events actually took place.
One example of this would be the…
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Why would a movie that appears pornographic via it's rating (X) receive an Academy Award?
When looking at the IMDb page for Midnight Cowboy, it says that the movie is rated X but won 3 Oscars. I always assumed an X-rated movie is a pornographic movie. Does this mean that Oscars can also be given to pornographic movies? If not, how does…
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What is the significance of the narrator's fight and Tyler Durden's subsequent actions?
In the movie Fight Club (1999), the narrator (often referred to as "Jack") struggles to keep up with and understand his alter-ego's actions and motives.
In one scene, he loses his head and pounds the daylights out of a blond-headed man who had…
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The longest gap between a movie and its sequel
Dumb and Dumber To is to be released later this year, 20 years after the original Dumb & Dumber.
This motivates me to ask what is the longest gap between release date of a movie and its sequel. Here, by sequel, I consider only movies where…
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