Best comedy movie trivia of 1985

Trivia: The "smoking man" at the Shangri-La tower who bumps into Sam is the film's director, Terry Gilliam.

Trivia: John Huston was nominated for the Best Director Academy Award for this movie. At the age of 79, Huston became the oldest person to be Oscar nominated for directing.

Trivia: At one point Sandy, a girl at school who has a crush on Terri (who she thinks is a boy), says "He looks like the Karate Kid!" William Zabka starred as one of the lead bullies and main antagonists in both the original Karate Kid and this film.

Trivia: Chiun says that he is from a village called Sinanju in Korea, and that all martial arts descend from Sinanju, the perfect martial art. In the name of the village, Chiun was telling the truth; it does exist in North Korea. However, the martial art Sinanju is bogus.

Trivia: The hat that Fletch wears at the end of the movie is the same hat that Harry Dean Stanton wore in the 1979 movie "Alien."

Trivia: When Hooks punches Procter, Marion Ramsey actually hit Lance Kinsey in his jaw.

Trivia: Some of the cloud effects were created by dumping colored dyes in tanks of water which were then superimposed into the shot.

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Trivia: Director Martin Scorsese has a cameo as the searchlight operator at Club Berlin.

Trivia: When Mitch first arrives on campus, he's talking with a professor. After the conversation, Mitch takes a step back and bumps into another student. This student is played by Tom Hanks.

Trivia: There is a scene where the characters are standing outside "Chuey's Bar & Grill," an old deserted bar. This bar is located about 10 miles west of Pecos, Texas on Interstate 20. Look for the bar to your left if you're headed westbound towards Toyah, Texas.

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