Question: Did Crispin Glover audition for the role of Marty before being cast as George?
raywest
24th Mar 2025
Back to the Future (1985)
9th Apr 2025
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Question: Do they ever say what Francis did to get sent to military school?
10th Apr 2025
The Substance (2024)
Question: Although it's not officially stated or mentioned, the movie definitely takes place in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the time-lapse sequence of Elizabeth's Walk of Fame star, there's a wintery part with snow covering the walkway. Is it realistic to depict snow in Southwest California, especially in LA?
9th Apr 2025
Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Question: Why does Jane Kaczmarek's name come first in the credits instead of Frankie Muniz, who plays the title character?
24th Feb 2006
Match Point (2005)
Question: Is Nola really pregnant? She's taking medicine and the police say nothing about a pregnancy to Chris, when they show him Nola's diary.
Answer: No, she's not pregnant.
Wasn't their a clip of her with a positive pregnancy test? but in saying that surely she would have wrote about it in her diary and it would have shown up on her autopsy also.
24th Mar 2025
Match Point (2005)
Question: What's the story with Chris's accent? It certainly doesn't sound Irish.
29th Mar 2025
Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Question: A bit morbid one, but there's a broken off - therefore missing - piece of Chip's teacup "body." Shouldn't he miss that part from his human body as well when the curse is gone?
Answer: Not necessarily. There's no indication in the film that every part, feature, or molecule of their furniture bodies is equivalent to one on their human bodies. When they're changed back to their human form, they don't need to "match."
24th Mar 2025
House, M.D. (2004)
Question: What is the episode where a woman who used to be obese and lost the weight learned that her being skinny is what's killing her?
Answer: Sounds like the season 5, episode 10, "Let Them Eat Cake."
24th Mar 2025
Timecop (1994)
24th Mar 2025
Taken (2008)
Question: How did the Albanian traffickers manage to gain entry into Amanda's apartment building so quickly?
Answer: It's not shown, but they could have picked the lock or broken in by force, taking Amanda by surprise before she could react. They may simply have knocked on the door, and Amanda opened it. Also, the girls might have been careless and left the door unlocked. These guys were ruthless and highly experienced at snatching young girls, so there are any number of possibilities.
24th Mar 2025
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Question: It has to be an opium dream because - how can a suitcase remain in a locker in Grand Central or Penn Station for 35 years?
24th Mar 2025
Anastasia (1997)
Question: How was young Anastasia never aware of the secret door in her room? You would think her family would have told her about it since secret doors were often built into castles and palaces for the safety of royal families.
Answer: There may have been some concern that young Anastasia might try to leave the palace to go exploring, could carelessly reveal the secret to someone, or sneak someone into her room. There's any number of reasons. She probably would have been told about it when she was older and more trustworthy with information.
24th Mar 2025
Die Hard (1988)
Question: What about Al's driving made John question if Stevie Wonder was driving? Later on in the bathroom, he states, "The way you drove that car, I figured you for the streets." What exactly is wrong with his driving?
Answer: At first, John made the mocking Stevie Wonder remark because Al drove up to the Nakatomi Building very slowly and leisurely after John's frantic emergency call to the police. He expected a forceful police response. Later, John is referring to how Al had suddenly flown into action and expertly drove the cop car backwards after the dead body hit the hood/windshield. John meant that Al must have been a patrol cop skilled at high-speed driving. Al responded by saying, "In my youth."
24th Mar 2025
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
24th Mar 2025
Taken (2008)
9th Mar 2016
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Question: At the opening of the movie, when it shows the wagon in the river, what is the white thing in the water toward the right of the screen near the bank? At first it looks like rapids, but looking closer it looks more like something rolling in the water.
6th Mar 2025
Schindler's List (1993)
Question: Was the one-armed man a real person?
Answer: No, the one-armed man is listed as "Mr. Löwenstein" and played by Polish actor Henryk Bista. He is a fictional character.
Answer: According to an internet source, the one-armed man, Itzhak Stern, was real. Stern was a Polish Jew who worked for Oskar Schindler as an accountant and assisted in his rescue activities during the Holocaust. After the war, Stern moved to Israel.
Stern and the one-armed man are not the same person. The one-armed man, hired by Stern himself, dies during the movie, and Stern, as you wrote, survives.
21st Mar 2025
Three's Company (1977)
Question: Why did they fire Jenilee Harrison?
Answer: The producers felt that she was too "inexperienced and unseasoned" for her role on the show. Harrison admitted that she "had a lot of naivety."
Well, how else do you get experience in acting? By being on a show, in a movie, or in a play. She was fun and seemed rather sweet.
True, but the producers apparently felt an older, more experienced actress would better play off the other characters. Shows also monitor how well viewers react to characters. Of course, there are serious reasons why actors are let go. Other series have fired actors with all sorts of personal problems, like drug/alcohol abuse, mental health issues, legal issues, public controversies, etc, that are a liability to the show, though it's often downplayed or covered up. Charlie Sheen and Roseanne Barr are high-profile examples. If there was some other issue with Harrison, a cover story could have been issued to protect her reputation. That doesn't mean there were any, just a possibility.
In addition to what Ray West wrote, I want to add that many actors start out as children and young teenagers. So she could have been inexperienced compared to someone else of the same age. IMDb only lists three TV episodes that she acted in before "Three's Company."
Answer: The official reason was producers felt Harrison was "too inexperienced and unseasoned" an actress (translated Harrison was probably too immature). After Harrison's first season as Cindy Snow, actress Priscilla Barnes joined the cast as Terri Alden, Jack and Janet's new roommate. Terri was a stronger, more complex character than ditzy, naive Cindy. Harrison's role diminished and Cindy was now living on her college campus. After a handful of episodes, Cindy was written out without explanation.
6th Mar 2025
East of Eden (1955)
6th Mar 2025
Batman (1989)
Question: The answer is not given in the film, but does it explain in the early scripts why Jack shot his parents but not Bruce? If not, what was Joe Chill's reason for shooting Thomas Wayne in Batman Begins?
Answer: Actually, it is answered in the film. Jack did want to kill young Bruce because Jack had pointed his gun at him. When Jack's accomplice begged Jack to just leave the area, Jack walked away.
Answer: It's unlikely there was anything specific in the early script development addressing this. In the film, Jack Napier, not Joe Chill, was the killer. He had time to shoot young Bruce, but hesitated before his accomplice called him away. In the Batman universe and the various interpretations, there's never been one definitive explanation. In the original lore, Bruce Wayne's parents were randomly mugged by Joe Chill. For unknown reasons, he murdered the Waynes, probably spontaneously. Bruce was probably spared because he was a child or something scared Chill off. However, this should be seen through the lens of a writer. The plot requires that Bruce survive to become Batman. His parents' murders shaped and motivated everything in his life from that point on. Otherwise, there would be no story to tell.
Answer: With regards to Chill in Batman Begins, Thomas Wayne is shown reaching towards Chill when he grabs Martha to get her jewelry. Chill gets spooked and shoots Thomas. He then shoots Martha and runs off. Joe Chill is shown to be extremely nervous and on edge, and he doesn't appear to regard Bruce in any way at all; all he wants is the jewelry.
Answer: There's a fan theory that Bruce Wayne projects his parents' killer onto all his enemies, so whoever he's fighting at that particular moment killed his parents.
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Answer: According to online sources, he did not. Glover was only considered for the role of George McFly. Michael J. Fox was always the first choice, but other actors did audition. Eric Stoltz was cast as Marty when Fox was unavailable due to his TV show commitment. Stoltz was later fired, and Fox was able to take over the role.
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