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WALL�E (2008): Sigourney Weaver has voiced a ships computer once before as the Planet Express ship on Futurama (1999). Both times the ship's computer had a visual representation that resembles HAL (another talking computer) from 2001: A Space Od (3 votes) https://t.co/26Owf9vrBX

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002): Most of what is seen of the Black Gate is a miniature. There was no real location as such, and the scene where Frodo, Sam, and Gollum are on a hilltop was filmed indoors. The miniature of the Black (36 votes) https://t.co/o505otWAz8

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Room (I) (2015): The author stated she was inspired by the real life case of Natascha Kampusch and Wolfgang Priklopil, not the Ariel Castro case. Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry, and Gina DeJesus weren't able to escape from Castro until 2013, and (13 votes) https://t.co/7FnbH9KBse

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Back to the Future (1985): [SPOILER] In the opening sequence with all Doc's clocks ticking away, one of the clocks features what looks like a newspaper cutout of Doc that is attached to the big hand of the clock resembling the scene just before (10 votes) https://t.co/FASApVlJuu

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Mel Gibson was at the Cannes premiere and approved of the movie. According to George Miller: "Mel was at the premiere of the movie, and I sat next to him. We hadn't seen each other in a long time. Mel is someone who, (536 votes) https://t.co/gnrhrMbc4H

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Jaws (1975): This was the first time that Martha's Vineyard was used as a location for a feature film. (76 votes) https://t.co/W85y2f5aXB

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001): When the dragon firework goes off at the party, the shriek heard is Billy Boyd actually screaming, as he was unaware at the time that the firework was really going to explode on-set (he (470 votes) https://t.co/DRGtJeC9nd

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Ben Hur (1959): One of the problems William Wyler and director of photography Robert Surtees encountered was composing shots for the wide-screen process. They had to figure out how to avoid empty screen space, wanting neither to film two actors (20 votes) https://t.co/vmNetXpMP7

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Finding Nemo (2003): [SPOILER] Afraid that kids would try releasing their pet fish by flushing them down a drain, a company that manufactures equipment used by water filtration and sewage treatment plants released a warning the Thursday after (177 votes) https://t.co/juOLVgpZok

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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998): The character of Big Chris was allegedly based on real life ex-gangster Dave Courtney. (41 votes) https://t.co/qB6jDrK1Ff

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962): When Lawrence and Colonel Brighton first sit with King Faisal in Faisal's tent (at about 40 min.), Brighton stretches out his legs while Lawrence keeps his folded meekly behind. In Arab culture the blatant exposing of (4 votes) https://t.co/MabuEeLjR1

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Det sjunde inseglet (1957): The film has been lampooned frequently over the years, most notably in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) and Woody Allen's Love and Death (1975). (10 votes) https://t.co/YlbbXNMe8r

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Catch Me If You Can (2002): [SPOILER] Abagnale's capture in the movie is represented as a tense standoff in a warehouse where Hanks manages to con the conman. It was somewhat less dramatic in real life when someone saw Abagnale on a wanted pos (146 votes) https://t.co/plFxzeXCfb

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Le notti di Cabiria (1957): Italian censorship visa #23742 delivered on 13 March 1957. (19 votes) https://t.co/ZI5OHM4gV5

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The Dark Knight (2008): As of 2017, the highest grossing film to win an Oscar for acting. (3 votes) https://t.co/3cjrQrXkot

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957): Is Will Smith's favorite movie. (52 votes) https://t.co/dwOnDEFbGc

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Gone with the Wind (1939): The 222-minute running time excludes the Overture Music (played before the credits), the Entr'acte Music (played during the intermission) and the Exit Music (played after the film ends). All three were especially reco (15 votes) https://t.co/9BnD69qmkr

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Whiplash (2014): To receive funding, writer/director Damien Chazelle filmed a large chunk of the screenplay and submitted it into festivals as a short. J.K. Simmons was cast as the same character whereas Andrew is played by Johnny Simmons. (No (172 votes) https://t.co/25LJ13sDyJ

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Whiplash (2014): Metz is modeled after Pvt. Leonard aka "Gomer Pyle" from the war film Full Metal Jacket (1987). (95 votes) https://t.co/eAaebJxo2a

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Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003): [SPOILER] According to David Carradine, the man in the anim� flashback who kills O-Ren's father is indeed a younger Bill. (70 votes) https://t.co/SdAUSHOYPB