Trivia: A common misconception is Ed Rooney is the Principal. He is actually Dean of Students and not the principal.
William Bergquist
4th Apr 2012
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
14th Jul 2009
The Bad News Bears (2005)
Trivia: Buttermaker gets a gentleman's club for the team's sponsor but one of the many sponsors he looks into first is Chico's Bail Bonds which was the team sponsor in the 1976 version of the movie.
2nd Dec 2008
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Trivia: As noted in her memoir 'My Life with Bonnie and Clyde', upon seeing the movie, the real Blanche Barrow described the on screen Blanche saying, "That movie made me out like a screaming horse's ass."
10th Sep 2007
Midnight Madness (1980)
Trivia: The front license plate on Harold's van reads Will Win.
10th Feb 2007
A Few Good Men (1992)
Trivia: Cruise calls Kevin Bacon Smiling Jack Ross. Bacon was also called Smiling Jack in 1986's QuickSilver.
21st Oct 2006
Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)
29th Mar 2006
Biloxi Blues (1988)
Trivia: The main character, Eugene Morris Jerome, is also the same character name in Brighton Beach Memoirs. Both characters also keep journals of their everyday life. Both characters also want to be writers as well.
29th Mar 2006
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Trivia: The main character, Eugene Morris Jerome, is also the main character's name in Biloxi Blues. Both characters also keep journals of their everyday lives.
8th Mar 2006
The Elephant Man (1980)
Trivia: Mel Brooks was Executive Producer but was uncredited so people wouldn't think the movie was a comedy.
18th Jan 2006
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Trivia: Just after Dell sells his shower curtain rings as earrings, he and Neal are eating lunch. Look between the two men and slightly out of focus, is a woman wearing Dell's curtain rings as earrings.
8th Jan 2006
Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)
Trivia: One of the INS agents played by Ron Howard's brother, Clint Howard, laughs at how one of names on the ID Card for the illegal alien is Opie Taylor. Opie Taylor was played by Ron Howard in the old Andy Griffith show.
25th Nov 2005
Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
Trivia: A very young Jason Alexander AKA George Costanza from Seinfeld is one of the pool players that hustles Eugene's brother in the pool hall. He is credited as Pool Player 1.
10th Oct 2005
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Trivia: All of the students in Napoleon's school are credited at the end of the movie. Over 150 names.
17th Sep 2005
Son in Law (1993)
Trivia: The butterfly tattoo that Rebecca gets on her ankle is a real pre-existing tattoo.
20th Jun 2005
Rain Man (1988)
Trivia: The black jack dealer, played by Nick Mazzola, is a popular dealer. He was also the dealer in "MacShayne's", "Vegas Vacation", and "Casino".
13th Apr 2005
WarGames (1983)
Trivia: A very early reference to computer "firewalls" is mentioned in this film.
8th Mar 2005
Father of the Bride (1991)
28th Dec 2004
Summer Lovers (1982)
Trivia: Daryl Hannah's character remarks how she sometimes wishes she was a mermaid. Two years later, she played a mermaid in "Splash" (1984).
13th Dec 2004
Willard (2003)
Trivia: When Willard's boss is working on his spreadsheet program, just before the rats show up, he is not entering the spreadsheet formula properly. He is entering the actual numbers like 235+345+315 instead of using cell addresses like =A1+B1+C1. Not really a mistake because his character could be an idiot on spreadsheets. Just an interesting observation.
24th Nov 2004
Home Alone (1990)
Trivia: The infamous black and white movie was called "Angels with Filthy Souls." In "Home Alone 2," it was called "Angels with Filthier Souls" - it was a sequel, as was Home Alone 2.
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