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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest picture

Easter egg: On Disc 2, highlight "According to plan", press Left twice. This should highlight a leaf. Press OK to watch how the food was made for the entire film crew.

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Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events picture

Easter egg: On Full Screen DVD, go to Special Features, and then to Orphaned Scenes. To the left of the words "Dismal Deletions and Obnoxious Outtakes," there is a picture of Olaf. Right below his right hand is a wheel. Click on it, and it will take you to "Count Olaf's Ghastly Ghost Story."

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Monkeybone picture

Easter egg: In the main menu, access Language Selection and highlight any of the 3 English audio selections and press right. You will see Monkeybone. Hit enter to watch the Organ Harvest.

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Logan's Run picture

Easter egg: On the main menu, scroll down to special features. Press right on the remote and the Timeclock on the hand will light up. Press select to see an explanation of how the Timeclocks work.

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Shallow Hal picture

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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Timeline picture

Easter egg: On the widescreen DVD at the main menu click on the symbol in the middle for an alternate main menu.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl picture

Easter egg: Insert disk 2 of the 2-disk Collector's Edition into a Mac computer. If the disk starts playing close out of it. Double click on the disc icon. Now double click on the folder marked "common". Now double click on the folder marked "win". Next, open the "dead" folder. Now open the "qt" folder. You will see a Quicktime movie titled "dead_men640.mov". This is one of the special features on the disk. You can double click on the icon to watch it, or drag it onto your desktop to copy it to your computer.

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Easter egg: This is found on disc. 2 of the Platinum Edition DVD, in Backstage Disney in Treasures Untold: The Making of the Little Mermaid. You have to click to the right on Act V: A Mermaid Sings which reveals an anchor. If you select this you will see The Little Mermaid handshake performed by the co-directors.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers picture

Easter egg: Easter Egg on the Special Extended DVD: Put in the first movie DVD (The Two Towers Part 1), go to Select a Scene. Scroll all the way down past the last scene ("Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit") and there should be a ring cursor beside "New Scene" and then click on it. It's Gollum's acceptance speech from the MTV Movie Awards. Because of the content, it is not appropriate for children. Please note that this easter egg is not found in the U.K. version.

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Left Behind II: Tribulation Force picture

Easter egg: First, watch the movie or watch a special feature, then go to the main menu. In the main menu, highlight any of the four options, but don't press enter. Press the right button and the "Tribulation Force" part of the title will turn from a yellow color to a red color. Press enter. You will hear a funny story from the Director of Photography.

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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe picture

Easter egg: In The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe Special Two-Disc Collector's Edition DVD, in the second disk, choose the section "Creating Narnia." That menu will have three features; select the one entitled "Evolution of an Epic." When scrolling up an down, a flower will come up on the picture of the director's chair. Click that to see a clip of Skandar Keynes' experiences with eating much Turkish Delight.

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Big Fish picture

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

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Field of Dreams picture

Easter egg: On the feature disc in the menu where you can access the director's commentary and deleted scenes, click to the right to see a baseball player light up. The director will explain who the voice is.

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The Evil Dead picture

Easter egg: Select Extras, then when on the first page, click left, and you'll highlight a fish. Click enter to see a short effects film.

Hamster

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Phantasm picture

Easter egg: Go to Special Features. Go to the next screen via the More option. Hit up arrow until a ball becomes highlighted. Select the ball and you will see a picture of the crew and a girl give a long scream.

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Dogma picture

Easter egg: On the Dogma Special Edition DVD Disc One Go to "Select Scene". Hit More until you're at the last page. Hit the number "3" twice on your remote control, then sit back and watch "How Jay thinks Kevin directs" acted out by Jay and Silent Bob action figures, controlled by Jay. Disc 2: Select Deleted Scenes Hit More until you're at the the last page Hit the number 2 and then 4 on your remote control then sit back and watch "How Keven thinks Jay Acts" as acted out by the Jay and Silent Bob action Figures, as moved by Kevin Smith.NOTE: You may have to hit 'ENTER' after each number on some players.

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Daredevil picture

Easter egg: On Disc 2, enter the Movie section, and select "Beyond Hell's Kitchen: Making Daredevil." Go down to Enhanced Viewing Mode, and press left on your remote. This should highlight two sais. Select them to see a hidden blooper reel.

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