Even the most devoted cinema aficionados succumb to the enduring power of hidden movie details waiting to be uncovered. Take infinite patience, add hours and hours of rewatching, and mix in some much-needed luck, and you may spot an Easter egg.
But since it’s easier said than done, we are gonna take a shortcut and trust the detectives from the r/MovieDetails subreddit gifted with eagle vision and supreme understanding of any reference that comes up.
With 2.4 million members, it’s obvious the community is keeping itself busy by clicking our all-time favorite movies one by one. Like it was no big deal! Let’s scroll through the newest batch of hidden gems of the big screen explained, and be sure to check out our previous posts on r/MovieDetails here, here and here.
#1 In "Moana" (2016), Maui's Visual Appearance Is Partly Modeled On Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's Grandfather, Samoan-American Professional Wrestler Peter Maivia
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#2 In The Final Shot Of 'The King Of Staten Island' (2020), Pete Davidson Turns And Looks To The Direction Where The Twin Towers Used To Stand As A Tribute To His Father.
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#3 In Joker (2019), Joaquin Phoenix Improvised The Iconic Dance In The Bathroom. Originally, Arthur Was Just Meant To Stare Into The Mirror And Quietly Contemplate His Actions, But After Hearing Some Of The Composer’s Music, Phoenix Thought The Dance Was More Appropriate.
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#4 In 22 Jump Street (2014), Jonah Hill Was Attacked By A Parrot During The Car Chase. His Panicked Reaction Is Real. On The Dvd Commentary, He Said: “That Was Not Acting. I Don’t Like Birds.”
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#5 During The Vault Scene In Mission: Impossible (1996), Tom Cruise Kept Hitting His Head When Attempting To Hover Inches Off The Floor, So He Put English Pound Coins In His Shoes To Maintain His Balance.
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#6 In The End Credits Of Mr. Popper’s Penguins (2011), It Is Confirmed That While No Penguins Were Harmed During The Making Of The Movie, Jim Carrey Was Not So Fortunate
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#7 In Mulan (1998), Mulan Touches Her Hair A Lot Because The Animators Noticed That Mulan’s Voice Actor, Ming-Na Wen, Touched Her Hair A Lot While Recording. So, They Added It To The Character. (Confirmed By Ming-Na Wen On Twitter).
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#8 In Toy Story 2 (1999) Steve Jobs Is On The One Dollar Bill.
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#9 In Wreck It Ralph (2012), Bowser Holds His Cup Of Tea In A Particular Way. This Was Actually An Addition By Nintendo. Before The Film Was Released, They Contacted The Filmmakers And Said That Bowser Was Drinking His Tea The Wrong Way In The Group Therapy Scene. So, It Was Changed.
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#10 In Toy Story 4 (2019), A Car Has The Licence Plate "Rmrf97". In 1997, Someone At Pixar Accidentally Typed “Rm -R -F “, Deleting The Entire Toy Story 2 Movie From The Pixar Database. Fortunately, The Film's Supervising Technical Director Had A Backup Copy At Home, And The Movie Was Restored.
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#11 In Titanic (1997) There Is A Scene Showing A Boy Playing With A Spinning Top On Deck. This Is Actually A Recreation Of A Real Photo Taken Onboard The Ship On April 11th, 1912 By Francis Browne. It Shows 1st Class Passenger Frederic Spedden And His 6 Year Old Son Douglas. Both Survived The Sinking.
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#12 In Skyfall (2012), A Stolen Painting Is Being Shown To A Man. The Painting Is ‘Woman With A Fan’ By Amadeo Modigliani. It Was Stolen In Real-Life In 2010 And Has Yet To Be Recovered.
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#13 In Batman And Robin (1997), Several Thugs Are Dressed Like The Droogs From A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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#14 In Zootopia (2016), Chief Bogo Wears Eyeglasses To Read Documents. This Is A Reference To The Fact That Buffalo Have Poor Eyesight. Confirmed By The Directors In A Q&a.
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#15 Chicha From The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) Is The First Pregnant Female Character To Appear In A Disney Animated Feature Film, According To The Dvd Commentary. She’s Also One Of The First Mother Characters In A Disney Film Not To Be Killed Off Or Villainized.
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#16 In Goodfellas (1990), Robert De Niro Didn’t Like How Fake Money Felt In His Hand And Insisted Using Real Money. So The Prop Master Withdrew Several Thousand Dollars Of His Own Money To Use. At The End Of Each Take, No One Was Allowed To Leave The Set Until All The Money Was Returned & Counted.
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#17 In Spirited Away (2001), The Family Car Is Based On The First-Generation Audi A4 1.8t, From The Mid-1990s. The Production Team Even Drove Around An Audi A4 1.8t On Some Jagged Roads And Recorded The Sounds To Make The Film As Accurate As Possible.
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#18 In Deadpool 2 (2018), Wade Wears A Shirt That Says: "Olivia & Meredith. Best Friends Purrrr-Ever". The Two Cats Actually Belong To Taylor Swift. The Production Crew Had To Get Permission From Her To Use Their Image.
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#19 In La La Land (2016), As Sebastian And Mia Walk Through The Studio Lot, They Pass By Two Actors Filming A Romantic Scene. Those Two Actors Are Actually Ryan Gosling’s And Emma Stone’s Body Doubles.
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#20 In A Bug's Life (1999), The Queen Is Seen To Have A Pet Named "Aphie." In Real Life, This Little Bug Is An Aphid (Also Known As Aphids) And They Live In Harmony With The Ants, But Not As Pets, But As "Livestock".
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#21 In Brave (2012), You Can See Merida And Her Mother Hidden In The Logo Of The Movie. Look At The Top Left Of The B And E.
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#22 In The Emperors New Groove (2000), Baby Kuzco Has A Toy Llama, A Toy Parrot, And A Toy Whale. Later On In The Movie, He Turns Into All Of These Animals.
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#23 In The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021), Katie's Socks Have The Same Pattern As The Iconic Carpet From The Shining
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#24 In The Dark Knight (2008), Joker Is Constantly Licking His Lips. This Is Actually Because Of The Prosthetic Scars That Heath Ledger Wore. They Kept Falling Off, So Heath Would Lick His Lips To Keep Them In Place. Gradually, It Became A Part Of The Joker’s Character.
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#25 In Anastasia (1997), The Drawing That Anastasia Gives To Her Grandmother Is Based On A 1914 Painting Created By The Real Princess Anastasia.
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#26 In Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001), The Shot Of Proudfoot With His Feet Up In The Air, Is A Direct Homage To The 1978 Animated Adaptation Of The Lord Of The Rings, Directed By Ralph Bakshi.
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#27 In Aliens (1986), Is Is Revealed That Lambert, From The First Alien (1979), Was Transgender, During A Quick Recalling Of The Crewmember Deaths From The First Movie
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#28 In Deliverance (1972), During The “Dueling Banjos” Scene, Billy Redden, Who Played The Young Banjo-Playing Local, Didn’t Know How To Play Banjo. To Make It Look Authentic, A Skilled Banjo Player Hid Behind & Played The Chords With His Left Arm In Redden’s Sleeve While Redden Picked With His Right.
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#29 In Spaceballs (1987), Dark Helmet Is Drinking From A Styrofoam Cup Because Crew Members Would Leave Them Around The Set. So, Mel Brooks Decided To Just Make Them A Part Of The Universe.
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#30 In One Of The Minutes-Long Takes In Children Of Men (2006), The Camera Got Splattered With Fake Blood. Director Alfonso Cuarón Almost Ruined Days Of Work By Shouting "Cut!", But It Got Lost In A Background Explosion By Chance. Cuarón Called It A "Happy Accident", The Scene Was Praised By Critics.
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#31 In Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017), These Rebel Soldiers Are Played By Mark Hamill's Children. From Left To Right; Nathan Hamill, Chelsea Hamill, And Griffin Hamill.
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#32 In Spectre (2015), Blofeld (Christoph Waltz) Tells Madeleine (Lea Seydoux) "I Came To Your Home Once, To See Your Father". Seydoux Played One Of The Lapadite Girls In The Opening Scene Of Inglorious Basterds (2009), Opposite Waltz' Hans Landa.
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#33 In 1953's How To Marry A Millionaire, Lauren Bacall Is Trying To Convince William Powell That She's Attracted To Older Men. One Of The Examples She Cites Is 'That Old Fellow' In African Queen. She's Referring To Humphrey Bogart, Her Real Life Husband.
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#34 In Kung Fu Panda (2008), When Shifu And Tai Lung First Saw The Blank Dragon Scroll, They Had The Same Initial Reactions: Looking At It Sideways And Folding It And Opening It Again. Like Father, Like Son.
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#35 In The Sonic Movie (2020), Robotnik Shaving His Head With A Piece Of Metal Is An Homage To Marlon Brandon In Apocalypse Now.
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#36 In The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Scene In Which Lock, Shock And Barrel Remove Their Masks Was Based On A Season Five Episode Of The Twilight Zone Called “The Masks,” Which Had A Huge Impact On Burton As A Child
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#37 For A Single Frame In "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988), Betty Boop's Dress Falls Low Enough To See Her Nipples. Only In The Theatrical Cut, This Frame Is Usually Cut From Home Releases.
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#38 In The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014), Jamie Foxx's Character (Electro) Has A Birthday Cake Which Bears The Same Color Scheme As His Character's Costume In The Comics.
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#39 In Gangs Of New York (2002) The Movie's Director Martin Scorsese Has A Very Brief Cameo As The Wealthy House Owner Whom Cameron Diaz's Character Robs.
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#40 Hot Fuzz (2007) - Looks Like The Neighborhood Watch Have Wasted No Time In Recasting Romeo And Juliet With Sanford's Own Semi-Professional Actors
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#41 In The Beginning Of Mad Max: Fury Road [2015], Max Is Remembering The Faces Of People He Failed. We See This Man (Top Image) For A Split Second. That Man Appears At The End Of The Movie, Being Saved By Max's Heroism.
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#42 Mulan (1998) Reference In Lilo And Stitch (2002).
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#43 In "The Terminator" (1984) A Real Missing Child Poster Appears On A Police Station Bulletin Board. Kevin Collins Went Missing That Year And Was One Of The First Missing Children In The U.S. To Receive Nationwide Attention Through Milk Cartons, Billboards, And Magazines. He Is Still Missing.
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#44 In Crimson Peak (2015), The Wallpaper In This Scene Is The Same Wallpaper Used In The Foyer Of Disney’s 'Haunted Mansion' Ride. Guillermo Del Toro Included It As An “Inside Joke”.
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#45 In Soul (2020), Among The Various Celebrities/Historical Figures That Are Named On The “Hello My Name Is” Stickers, Joe Ranft, A Late Pixar Animator, Screenwriter And Voice Actor Is Also Listed.
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#46 In The Social Network (2010), Mark Zuckerberg's First Line At His Deposition Is "That's Not What Happened." Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin Included Dialogue Like This Throughout The Film To Remind Us That The Events On Screen Are Not Objective Fact, But An Interpretation Of The Founding Of Facebook.
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#47 In Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith (2005) The Young Jedi Who Saves Bail Organa Was Played By George Lucas’ Son Jett Lucas
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#48 In The Movie "Once Upon Time In Hollywood" (2019) The Key Production Assistant Has An Interesting Nickname.
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#49 In 'Zombieland' (2009), The "Zombie Kill Of The Week" Was Vestige From The Film's Origin As A Television Pilot. Every Episode Would Have Featured A New Zombie Kill Of The Week.
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#50 In Rango (2011) While He Waits To Meet The Mayor In His Office, You Can See Two Paintings Of The Mayor Behind Him, Brandishing A Shotgun And A Bow And Arrow. This Signifies That Rango Is A Target From The Very Beginning.
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#51 In The Matrix (1999), The Club Where Neo Meets Trinity Is An Actual Bdsm Club In Sydney. The Extras Were All Patrons Of The Club Who Wore Their Own Gear
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#52 In Independence Day (1996), The Office Worker Killed During The Alien’s Attack Is Played By Volker Engle, The Special Effects Supervisor Of The Movie. He Won The Oscar For Visual Effects For His Work, The Only Oscar That The Movie Won
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#53 In Thor: The Dark World (2013), You Can See A Big Crack In The Bifrost Bridge. The Asgardians Repaired It After It Was Broken In Thor (2011)
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#54 In The Wizard Of Oz (1939), Frank Morgan Portrays 5 Characters Including The Gatekeeper, The Coachman, The Guard And The Wizard. He Is Literally Gate Keeping Himself And Is So Touched By Their Plight, He Allows Them An Audience With Himself
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#55 In Monsters Inc (2001), Sully And Mike Pass By The “Hidden City Café”. This Is A Reference To A Real-Life Café In Point Richmond, California. In 1994, Several Famous Pixar Directors Had Lunch There And Came Up With Ideas For Movies…a Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc, Finding Nemo, And Wall-E
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#56 In Big Hero 6 (2014), One Of Hiro's Toys Is A Soldier From Wreck It Ralph (2012)
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#57 In "Us" (2019), Adelaide Can Be Seen Pausing In The Hallway Suddenly Before Saying Goodnight To Her Kids, To Gabe's Concern. If One Listens Closely, She Does This After The Baseball Game Gabe Is Watching Announces The Score Is 11-11. In Addition, One Team Is Minnesota, Also Known As "The Twins"
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#58 In The Breakfast Club (1985), Brian’s Father Is Played By John Hughes, The Director Of The Movie
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#59 In Scarface (1993) Tony Montana’s Cars Always Have The Left Tail Light Burned Out
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#60 In Children Of Men(2006) You Can Briefly See A Police Officer Who's Helmet Has The Royal Engrams Cr. Indicating That In The Films Future 2027 Queen Elizabeth (Elizabeth Regina) Has Died And Prince Charles Has Now Risen To The Throne As King Charles III (Charles Rex)
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#61 There's Been A Lot Of Posts About Scrooged (1988), But No One Has Mentioned That The Street Band Playing We Three Kings Are Miles Davis, Paul Shaffer, Larry Carlton, And David Sanborn
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#62 In The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997), The Man Who's Eaten By The T-Rex Because He Tried To Push On A "Pull" Door Is The Film's Screenwriter, David Koepp. He Is Listed In The Credits As "Unlucky Bastard"
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#63 Kevin Smith's Mom Was In 'Jay And Silent Bob Reboot' (2019)
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#64 In The Dark Knight (2008) The Old Man Being Compared To The Joker’s Father Is Actually Senator Patrick Leahy. Senator Leahy Has Appeared In 5 Batman Movies And Even Voiced A Senator In Batman The Animated Series. Easily The Coolest Dude In Politics.
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#65 Leroy & Stich (2006) Just Before The Final Battle Between Stitches Cousins And An Army Of Leroys, Timon And Pumbaa Can Be Seen In The Background
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#66 In Elf (2004), One Of The Security Guards Is Played By Patrick Ferrell, The Brother Of Will Ferrell.
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#67 An American Werewolf In London (1981) Has A Suitably Different Take On The Standard End-Of-Movie Disclaimer.
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#68 In The Truman Show (1999), The Man Playing The Piano While Truman Sleeps Is Composer Phillip Glass. He Created Some Of The Music For The Movie, Including The Piece He Is Playing.
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#69 In Ted2 2015 You Can See Peter Griffin Fighting Against The Chicken.
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#70 In Zootopia (2016), You Can See A “Lucky Cat Café” In Little Rodentia. This Is A Reference To Big Hero 6 (2014), Where The Hamada’s Owned A Similar Café.
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#71 Anthony Daniels, The Actor For C-3po, Has A Cameo In The Club Scene Of Star Wars Episode II: Attack Of The Clones (2002)
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#72 In Wall-E (2008) Eve Scans A Pizza Planet Delivery Truck While Searching For Her Pime Directive
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#73 In The Princess Bride (1987), You Can See A Replica Of The Hat That Rob Reiner Wore In This Is Spinal Tap (1984). It Was Included Because Rob Reiner Wanted Mark Knopfler To Compose The Movie’s Music, But He Would Only Agree To Do It If The Hat Appeared As An Easter Egg.
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#74 In Elf (2003), The Design Of The “Central Park Rangers” Is A Reference To The Ringwraiths From The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy. Also, The Rangers Were Always Shot In Silhouette To Hide Their Real Appearance.
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#75 In Fright Night (2011), One Of Jerry’s Victims Is Played By Chris Sarandon. He Played Jerry In The Original Fright Night (1985). His Character Is Credited As “Jay Dee”, Meaning J.d, The Initials Of Jerry Dandridge.
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#76 During The "Once Upon A December" Number In Anastasia (1997), You Can See A Young Boy Somewhat Limping, While Walking With The Other Family Members. This Is Actually The Young Throne Heir Alexei (Who In Reality Was Anastasia's Younger Brother), Born With Haemophilia, Causing That Limp.
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#77 Star Wars The Last Jedi (2017) - One Of The Bombs During The Assault Has “Han Says Hi” Written On It
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#78 In King Kong (2005) At Around 25:00 The Gas Bombs Used In The 1933 Original Can Be Seen Amongst The Chloroform Bottles
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#79 In Tenet (2020), The Warner Bros. And Syncopy Logos Are Coloured Red And Blue Respectively. These Are The Colours Used In The Film To Represent Normal And Inverted Time.
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#80 In Doctor Sleep (2019), Abra Visits Dan In The Small Town And The Street Name Seen In The Background Is "Elm Street".
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#81 In Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Mr. Fox’s Study And Chair Was Modeled After The Famed Garden Hut And Chair In Which Roald Dahl Wrote The Original Children’s Book From Which The Movie Was Adapted (As Well As Many Of His Other Famous Works)
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#82 In Big Hero 6 (2014), Honey Lemon’s Phone Case Looks Like Nick Wilde From Zootopia (2016). Easter Egg Confirmed By Bh6 Art Director.
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#83 In The Truman Show (1998), The Identical Twins Are Played By Ron And Don Taylor, Two Police Officers Who Were Working On The Set As Security Guards. Director Peter Weir Saw How Friendly They Were With The Film's Cast And Crew, So He Hired Them As Actors.
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#84 In The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies (2014), Gloin Wears A Distinctive Helmet In One Scene. His Son Gimli Will Later Inherit It And Wear It During The Lord Of The Rings.
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#85 In Zootopia (2016), Mr Big, The Mafia Boss, Is An Arctic Shrew. Director Roy Moore Made This Choice Because “The Arctic Shrew Is The Most Vicious Predator On Earth”. Arctic Shrews Eat Three Times Their Own Body Weight And Even Eat Other Shrews.
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#86 In Coco (2017), The Conductor Of The Final Concert Is Based On Composer Michael Giacchino, Who Created The Music For The Movie.
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#87 Finding Nemo (2003) Has A Mr. Incredible Comic One Year Before The Incredibles Came Out.
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#88 In Saving Mr Banks (2013), Tom Hanks Wears A Tie That Walt Disney Wore In Real Life. The Strange Symbol Is The Logo For “Smoke Tree Ranch”, A Real Place In Palm Springs Which Was A Vacation Spot For Walt Disney And His Family.
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#89 In Hook (1991), One Of The Pirates Is Played By Musician David Crosby.
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#90 In The Princess Diaries (2001) Mia Breaks Her Glass At A Dinner Party And A Waiter Reassures Her “It Happens All The Time.” In Pretty Woman (1990) A Waiter Played By The Same Actor Says The Exact Same Line To Vivian After She Flings A Snail Across The Room. Both Films Are Directed By Garry Marshall.
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#91 In Monsters University (2013), Mike Wazowski’s Stuffed Teddy Bear Little Mikey, Which He Humorously Didn’t Want Boo To Touch In Monsters Inc. (2001), Is Shown Sitting On His Dorm Room Shelf.
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#92 In Soul (2020), You Can See A Travel Poster For "Portorosso". This Is The Main Setting For Pixar's Next Movie "Luca".
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#93 In Schindler’s List (1997), The Waiter That Schindler Meets Is Played By Branko Lustig, A Real-Life Holocaust Survivor. He Is Also One Of The Movies Producers.
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#94 In Spider-Man 3 (2007), Peter Has A Framed Picture Of Mj From Spider-Man 1 (2002), Moments Before Getting Bit.
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#95 In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), Peter Jackson Plays A Dwarf Running Away From Smaug In The Prologue (He's The One At The Forefront).
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#96 In Potc: On Stranger Tides (2011), Jack Has His Mother's Shrunken Head Tied To His Belt. It First Appeared In At World's End (2007).
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#97 In The Harry Potter Movies (2001-2011), One Of The Portraits In The Grand Staircase Is Based On Stuart Craig, The Production Designer. He Worked On Every Movie.
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#98 In Coraline (2009), The Other Father Is Wearing “Monkeybone” Slippers. Monkeybone Is A 2001 Comedy Film Directed By Henry Selnick, Who Also Directed Coraline.
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#99 In Coco (2017), You Can See An Axe And A Red Drum Behind Dante. These Are Both References To The Shining; The Axe Is Self-Explanatory, While The Red Drum= Redrum. Confirmed By The Director, Sources In Comments.
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#100 Nikola Tesla’s Portrait In The Prestige (2006) In The Royal Albert Hall Is Based Off A Photo Of David Bowie Taken By Annie Leibovitz
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#101 In Monsters, Inc. (2001), At The End Of The Training Simulation, On The Control Panel The Numbers 510:732:3000 Appear - That Was The Main Phone Number For Pixar Animation Studios At The Time The Movie Was Released (It Has Since Changed)
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#102 Andy's Room, From Toy Story 3 (2010), Is Full Of Pixar Easter Eggs. To Name Some: There's A Poster Of Finn Mcmissile, From Cars 2 (2011), Pixar's (Then) Next Movie; A Pixar University Pinnant; A Poster With A Mosquito From A Bug's Life (1998), And A Calendar With One Of The Punks From Cars (2006).
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#103 In Soul (2020), Curley (Voiced By Ahmir-Khalib Thompson A.k.a. Questlove) Is Seen Playing With Drumsticks That Resemble Questlove’s Signature Vic Firth Drumsticks That He Uses To Play In Real-Life.
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#104 In "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" (2019), The Logo For Big Kahuna Burger Can Be Seen On A Passing Bus, A Fast Food Restaurant That Is Also Mentioned In Other Tarantino Movies Such As "Reservoir Dogs" And "Pulp Fiction".
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#105 In Forrest Gump (1994), The Girl On The Bus Who Refuses To Let Forrest Sit Next To Her Is Played By Elizabeth Hanks, The Daughter Of Tom Hanks.
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#106 In The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014), Wes Anderson Randomly Cast A St Bernard He Saw In The Streets Of Görlitz, Germany, While They Were Filming. He Also Avoided Hiring An Animal Wrangler By Having The Dog’s Owner Appear In The Scene.
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#107 In Django Unchained (2012), One Of Django’s Outfits Is Based On An Outfit That Michael Landon Wore In The TV Western Bonanza.
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#108 Hobbs And Shaw (2019): Brixton's (Idris Elba's) Exoskeleton Displays Force And Velocity When Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) Punches Him, While It Displays Trajectory And Velocity When Shaw (Jason Statham) Attacks. This Shows How Rock's Threat Is More Of Absolute Power; With Jason's Being More Of Technique
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#109 In Palm Springs (2020), Nyles Is Drinking "Akupara" Beer. In Sanskrit, Akupara Means "Unlimited, Unbounded" And In Hinduism, It's The Name Of A Tortoise Described As "One Who Is Without Death." Confirmed By The Director, Source In Comments.
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#110 In The Graduate (1967) Final Scene, The Director Got The Actors Expression For The Scene By Just Not Telling Them When He Was Going To Cut. There Was Nothing In The Script That Would Imply Their Facial Expressions Changing, He Just Had The Camera Running To Feel Their Energy Naturally Dissipate.
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#111 In Deadpool (2016), The Screams Of Dopinder’s Kidnapped Cousin (And Romantic Rival) Bandhu Heard Coming From The Cab Trunk Are Voiced By An Uncredited Ryan Reynolds.
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#112 In The Big Lebowski (1998) The Dude And Lebowski Use The Word Abide In Opposite Contexts To Show Their Difference In Character.
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#113 In Zoolander (2001), Mugatu Was Named After A Star Trek Villain, Called Mugato. Confirmed By Ben Stiller On Twitter.
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#114 As The Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014) Enter The Collector's Lair, You Can See One Of The Chitauri, The Race That Invaded New York Two Years Earlier In The Avengers (2012).
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#115 During The Ending Scene In Batman vs. Superman (2016), The Flyover Depicted Is The Man Formation Where One Plane Is Deliberating Missing From The Formation, To Symbolize The Deceased Person’s Absence
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#116 In "The Blues Brothers' (1980), The Bluesmobile's Speedometer Has A "Certified" Label...because The Bluesmobile Is A Former Police Car. Police Cars Have Certified Speedometers.
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#117 In Zodiac (2007), Bryan C. Hartnell, One Of The Zodiac's Surviving Victims, Has A Cameo In The Courthouse.
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#118 In 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' (2017), Peter Wanted To See How Natasha Was Doing After The Events Of 'Civil War'
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#119 In Toy Story 3 (2010), The Number 237 Appears Three Times. This Is A Reference To The Shining. Director Lee Unkrich Is A Massive Stephen King Fan.
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#120 In My Dinner With Andre (1981), When Wallace Shawn Makes Several Mentions Of “His Girlfriend Debbie”, He’s Referring To His Longtime Real-Life Companion, Author Deborah Eisenberg, Who Has An Uncredited Cameo In The Movie As One Of The Restaurant Patrons. They’ve Been Together Nearly 50 Years Irl.
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#121 While Filming In 2016 For Justice League, Zack Snyder Tried Fred & Ginger Coffee Nearby Shooting And Loved The Coffee So Much That He Included Their Coffeehouse In The Film Out Of Admiration.
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#122 In Doctor Strange (2016), Benedict Cumberbatch Played The Protagonist And Also The Main Antagonist, Dormammu. He Provided Both The Voice And The Performance Capture For The Cgi Face Of Dormammu.
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#123 In Cars 2 (2011), A Drive-In Theatre Is Playing "The Incredimobiles".
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#124 In Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade (1989), The Nazi Outfits Are Genuine World War 2 Uniforms, Not Costumes. They Were Found In Eastern Europe By Co-Costume Designer Joanna Johnston.
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#125 During The Bank Robbery Scene In 'The Dark Knight' (2008), Each Of The Joker's Goons Is Referred To By A Codename, Most Of Them Taken From "Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs." The Joker's Codename Is Never Said On Screen, But If You Have The Captions On You'll Learn It's Bozo.
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#126 A Movie Detail For 4/20: In Cheech & Chong’s Up In Smoke (1978), The Dog Who Eats Chong’s Burrito When They Are In Tijuana Was Unscripted. It Was A Local Stray That Wandered Into Frame, Took The Burrito, And Walked Away. Cheech & Chong Just Ad-Libbed Around It, And The Scene Stayed In The Movie
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#127 In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Comedian Thomas Lennon Plays A Doctor. He Also Played A Doctor In Memento (2000), Another Christopher Nolan Movie. Nolan Specifically Offered Him The Role In Rises. Lennon Thinks Both Characters Are The Same Person.
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#128 In Forrest Gump (1994), The Dog Tags Worn By Lt Dan Actually Belong To Jack Treese, The Brother In Law Of Gary Sinise. Treese Served In Vietnam. He Died In 2014.
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#129 In Baby Driver (2017), A Security Guard Was Played By Joe Loya, An Ex-Convict Who Worked On The Movie As A Technical Adviser. He Also Worked On The Script. Irl He Was Actually Convicted For Robbing Banks
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#130 In 1917 (2019), The Sikh Soldier Is Seen Using An Indian Licensed Production Of The Lee-Enfield Rifle, With A Darker Wooden Stock And A Golden Pin/Insignia Near The Buttstock, Instead Of The British Army Issued Lee-Enfield
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#131 In Goodfellas (1990), The Painting By Tommy's Mother Is Based On A Photo From A 1978 Issue Of National Geographic.
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#132 In Paddington (2014), Michael Bond, The Author Of The Original Paddington Books, Appears In A Restaurant.
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#133 In Wonder Woman 1984 (2020) An Elderly Etta Candy From The First Film Makes An Appearance In One Of The Photographs At Diana's Apartment. The Actress Lucy Davis Actually Reprised The Role In Elderly Makeup Just To Create The Photo.
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#134 In Gladiator (2000), Maximus Tells Lucius That His Horses’ Names Were Argento And Scatto. According To Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe Came Up The Names As An In-Joke - Loosely Translated, Argento And Scatto In Italian Mean “Silver” & “Trigger”, The Names Of The Horses Of The Lone Ranger And Roy Rogers
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#135 In Kong: Skull Island (2017), Before Flying Into The Storm Samuel L. Jackson’s Character Says “ And Lastly Hold On To Your Butts” This Is A Reference To His Role In The 1993 Film Jurassic Park, Where He Said The Same Line Right Before Trying To Turn The Power Back In The Park.
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#136 In The Lion King 1 1/2 (2004), You Can See A Hidden Mickey In The Stars In The Top Right.
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#137 In Die Another Day (2002), Bond Picks Up The Book "Birds Of The West Indies" In Cuba. This Was A Book Written By The Real James Bond; The Ornithologist Who Inspired Ian Fleming To Name His Spy After Him. The Edition Is The 2002 Collins Edition
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#138 In Halloween H2o (1998), Norma Is Played By Janet Leigh, Who Played Marion In Psycho (1960). She Also Owns The Same Car As Marion
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#139 In Tomorrowland (2015), The Store Has A Shelf Dedicated To The Iron Giant (1999). Both Films Were Directed By Brad Bird
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#140 In The Spongebob Movie: Sponge Out Of Water (2015), The Last Pirate Who Checked Out The Magic Book Is “Frank Beard”, The Drummer Of Zz Top. Humorously, He’s Usually The Only Member Of The Band Who Doesn’t Have A Beard.
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#141 The Day After Tomorrow, (2004) I Never Noticed His Name Tag Saying Yoda. (My Bad If This Is The Wrong Format)
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#142 During The End Credits Of Mallrats (1995), Director Kevin Smith Included A Very Special Expression Of Gratitude To His Parents That Must Have Just Melted Their Hearts When They First Saw It
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#143 In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018), The Licence Plate On Jefferson's Squad Car Is "Rfd 960". This Is A Reference To The TV Show Law & Order, Where Detectives Used A Car With The Same Licence Plate. It Appeared In Many Episodes
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#144 In The Mitchells vs. The Machines (2021) The Camcorder Shows 42 Mins Remaning Of Battery Life, Which Is Also How Much Time Is Remaining In The Film.
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#145 In Fast Times At Ridgemont High (1982), The Pretty Girl In The Corvette Is Played By Nancy Wilson, Member Of The Rock Band Heart. She Was Dating Screenwriter Cameron Crowe, And Later Married Him.
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#146 In Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) The Map Shows Palestine In The Place Of Israel. This Is Because The Movie Is Set In 1936, And Israel Was Not Declared As A State Until 1948.
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#147 In The Movie Contact (1997) The Trees And Landscape In Young Ellies Drawing Are Identical To The One On The Other Side Of The Wormhole.
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#148 In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), One Of The Football Players Is Named “Ravenstahl”. He Was Played By Luke Ravenstahl, Then Mayor Of Pittsburgh.
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#149 In Avengers Endgame (2019) The Town That Becomes New Asgard Is The Same Town In Which The Red Skull Originally Discovers The Tesseract In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
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#150 In Borat (2006) The Villagers In Borat’s Village Weren’t Actors. They Were Tricked Into Thinking That Sacha Baron Cohen Was A Journalist. After The Film’s Release, The Villagers Wanted To Sue Baron Cohen, Even Sending Him Death Threats, For His Character Portraying Them As Rapists And Prostitutes
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#151 In Toy Story 4 (2019), A Plate At The Antique Store Has The Emblem Of Merida's Clan From Brave (2011) On It.
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#152 In Toy Story 2 (1999), Al's Toy Barn Is Selling Toys From A Bug's Life (1998).
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#153 In Sound Of Metal (2019) Ruben Wears An Einstrürzende Neubauten T-Shirt: A Band Renowned For The Fact That They Use Pieces Of Scrap Metal And Power Tools To Construct Their Music - Quite Literally The Sound Of Metal.
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#154 In Meet The Robinsons (2007), You Can See Posters For Toy Story 2 And The Jungle Book At The Baseball Field.
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#155 In Forest Gump (1994), Tom Hanks Had Trouble With Simulating Gump's Southern Drawl Accent. Michael Humphrey's, The Child Actor For Gump, Real Voice Was The Southern Drawl; After Meeting Him On Set, Hanks Watched Him Preform And Simulated His Voice To Be More Like His.
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#156 In Eyes Wide Shut (1999), Katharina Kubrick, The Daughter Of Stanley Kubrick, Has A Cameo At The Doctor’s Office. The Boy Is Her Son Alex.
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#157 Cool Hand Luke(1967) Newman Insisted On Learning To Play The Banjo For The "Plastic Jesus" Scene. On The Last Take, He Got Frustrated After Making An Error, Which Made Him Increase The Pace Of The Song. He Told Director Stuart Rosenberg "I Could Do It Better". He Replied "No One Could Do It Better"
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#158 In The Mamma Mia Movies (2008 & 2018), Björn Ulvaeus And Benny Andersson From Abba Have Cameos In Both Movies.
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#159 In The LEGO Batman Movie (2017), You Can See An Advert For "Barris Automobiles" On A Magazine. George Barris Built The Batmobile For 1960s Batman TV Series.
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#160 In Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018), The Crystal Skull In Dryden Voss's Office Is A Reference To A Star Wars Eu Novel Called "Han Solo And The Lost Legacy".
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#161 In Avengers: Endgame (2019), During The Funeral Scene, Drax Is Seen Wearing A Shirt. This Is The Only Occasion That He Has Ever Worn Something Over His Chest In The Mcu, As Stated In Gotg2 By Him That He Has "Sensitive Nipples"
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#162 In 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?' (2000) Joel Coen Says Of The Extras Hired To Play Klan Members At The Rally "We Had Hired A Formation Troupe Of Military Guys Who March, And A Lot Of Those Guys Were Black And Said, ‘This Is The Freakiest Thing!’”
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#163 In Billy Madison (1995), When Danny (Steve Buscemi) Crosses Off Billy’s Name Off Of His “People To Kill” List, The Remaining Names On The List Are The Producer Of The Movie And Various Other Production Crew Members.
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#164 In Unbreakable (2000), The Comic Book Clerk Is Played By Actor Bostin Christopher. He Reprised This Role In Glass (2019) For One Scene.
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#165 Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (2018) Has A Blink-And-You-Miss-In Joke - When Miles Throws A Bagel At The Alchemax Employee The Word "Bagel!!!" Appears Above The Worker's Head, Instead Of "Pow!!!" Or "Blam!!!".
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#166 In Airplane! (1980) The Jive Scenes Were Lines The Actors Al White And Norman Gibbs Had Prepared For Their Audition. They Also Taught The Old Lady (Barbara Billingsley) How To Speak Jive. The Makers Of The Movie Also Apologized To The Actors For What They Had Initially Written Because It Was Bad.
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#167 In Super Troopers (2001), The Couple Who Farva (Kevin Heffernan) Calls “Chicken-Fucker” And Squawks At During A Traffic Stop Were Played By Heffernan’s Real-Life Parents. Their Reactions During The Scene Are Genuine As They Had No Idea What He Was Going To Say Prior To It Being Filmed
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#168 In Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), The Bartender Is Played By Leander Deeny, Who Was The Body Double For Skinny Pre-Serum Steve Rogers.
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#169 In The Hangover (2009) During Blackjack Alan Splits A Pair Of 5's, Which Is Widely Seen As A Bad Move. The Dealer Announces This Move So That The Pit Boss Can Hear, As It's An Unusual Play Which Hints That Alan Is Counting Cards.
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#170 In Les Miserables (2012), One Of The Prostitutes Is Played By Frances Ruffelle. She Played Éponine In The Original 1985 Les Misérables Production.
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