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Easter egg: From the Special Features menu, highlight the word FEATURES and then press LEFT. One of the markers in the picture to the left will turn blue. Press ENTER to see video of an avalanche that occurred during filming.

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Easter egg: Insert the disk, then when on the main menu, go to "Language select." When on this page, you'll see a picture of Hal and Mauricio. Go up, then hit left, and you'll see a little blue arrow. Hit enter to see a short clip of how the special effects technicians made Maurico's tail work.

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Easter egg: On the first page of the "special features" menu, you will notice a blank space in the middle between "more" and "main menu" on the very bottom of the page. If you got to the main menu button and then go once to the left, a series of numbers like the ones Ben Kingsley draws in the movie will appear where that blank space is. If you select it, it is a short interview with a Taoist master about the "third eye" principle.

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Easter egg: Warning: very intricate. These steps will play the most erotic scenes from Showgirls back-to-back and looped 5 times. 1) From the Chapter Selections menu, go to Chapters 9-12, highlight but don't press enter. Activate small hidden button in the upper left corner of the screen by entering "17" on your remote ONCE. 2) Go to chapters 21-24 (highlight w/o enter) and enter "17" on your remote ONCE. 3) (optional to add extra scene) Go to chapters 33-36 (highlight w/o enter) and enter "17" on your remote ONCE. 4) From the chapters 33-36 menu, play the ending credits. 5) Hit the forward skip button to end the movie. 6) You will see the MGM logo animation display, followed by the Showgirls Copyright screen. On THIS screen enter "2" on your remote control. If you did this correctly, the video should begin playing.

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Easter egg: In the Bonus Features Menu, at the bottom of the piece of cardboard that is the menu list, place your mouse just below Audio Commentary and a menu item entitled "One More?" will appear, if you click on it, it will show another outtakes reel.

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Easter egg: On the 'Additional Special Features' on the second features screen press right on your control to highlight Gabrielle's necklace. Press select now and you will have the chance to view another special effects featurette.

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Easter egg: In the Special Edition DVD (with the white slipcover), in the Imaging Station, if you go to the top of the stack of the videotapes and hit the right arrow button, the TV screen changes to say, "They mostly come at night. Mostly." Hit "enter" to see a trailer for "Aliens," a movie James Cameron directed.

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Easter egg: From the main menu, scroll to special features. Hit the up button twice and then hit enter.

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Easter egg: The Girl Next Door unrated version contains an Easter Egg in the Special Features section on the reverse side of the DVD. From the Special Features menu, use the down arrow to highlight the "Gag Reel." Hit the right arrow once and three X's will appear. Hit enter and a full version of the original sex education film "Parent to Child About Sex by The Film Library Department of Human Resources" will play.

U. D. Mann

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Easter egg: There are 3 Easter Eggs on this DVD. 1 - go to Special Features, highlight Scene 44, then click the Right arrow key where a blood splat will appear. When you click on it, a short, funny interview with Ed Harris will play where he tells of all the groups that will enjoy watching this film. 2 - go to Special Features, click on Acts of Violence, then highlight Act 1 - Random. Then click the right arrow key where a birthday candle will appear. If you click on it, a short video will play where the cast wishes Viggo Mortensen a Happy Birthday. 3 - go to Special Features, click on Acts of Violence, then highlight Act 1 - Random. Then click the left arrow key where a fish will be highlighted. If you click on it, a short video will play of Viggo Mortensen joking around with a plastic fish (related to an inside joke on the set called Fish Friday).

Andrew Quattropani

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Easter egg: On the second disc of the Double Disc edition of the DVD there is a Special Features menu listing about eight programs. If you press left from any of these the cursor moves onto a hidden box, giving you about eight more features to watch.

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Easter egg: The view of the numerous wind turbines tend to catch the viewer's focus, but - in the lower lefthand corner - it looks like an off-white T-Rex is about to go into the town. [00:59:07].

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Easter egg: Go to the end of the special features menu and press down on the "main menu" tab and the zebras ears will change colour. Press enter to see a short with the rooster.

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Easter egg: On the Region 1 DVD from the trilogy box set, go to the Special Features menu. The cursor should be on 'Deleted Scenes'. Push 'up' and the cursor will move to the right of the 'Special Features' title. Hit 'Select' to see footage of Katharine Isabelle, Emily Perkins and John Fawcett joking around during rehearsals. This easter egg is also included as a standard special feature in the 2014 Blu-Ray release through Shout Factory.

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Easter egg: In the Godfather DVD Collection, on the bonus materials disc, click on Set up. At the setup screen, press right to highlight a globe. Click on it to see clips from the Godfather movies translated into different foreign languages.

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Easter egg: This Easter Egg is on the Theatrical Version Special Divimax Edition, region 1, although it may be on other regions as well. Go to the Extras section. Scroll down to the "Main Menu" option, and then press down one more time. This will highlight the zombie silhouette to the right of the screen. Press enter and it will play an interview with Chris Romero.

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Easter egg: From the menu of seeing double, select "S Features." The first egg is here. Highlight "Trailers" and press your Up button to highlight some hidden lightning bolt. Press your Enter button to watch some clip of Brad Pitt and Daisy Ridley escorted their movie to Adam Sandler, as well as Bill Nighy. On the home main menu, highlight the last menu item and press your Down button. A martini glass will appear. Click on it to watch DVD credits of the movie.

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Easter egg: This Easter Egg is on the second page on the Extras DVD. At the bottom of the page, between the Setup and More buttons, a crown pops up. Clicking on it brings up the Easter Egg. It is called Monster Cam (it shows the scene underground in the How, when the Narnians come up and surprise the Telmarines). There is a camera put in one of the minotaur's heads.

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Easter egg: 1. Navigate to the Special Features section on the DVD. 2. Use your arrow keys to select "Heaven Help Us." 3. Once "Heaven Help Us" is selected, press your right arrow key to select a blue Jesus link to take you to an unaired trailer for "Saved!" featuring Michael Stipe.

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Easter egg: In the 2007 Collector's Edition, in the Documentaries section on disc 2, move down to "The Costumes are the Sets" and press right. The red Dracula mask will appear. Press enter to watch a short clip of Gary Oldman presenting Dracula as a leprechaun. If you click the icon again afterward, you can enjoy a short outtake featuring Gary Oldman getting a very unexpected surprise from his infant co-star.

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