Dr Wilson

Trivia: When Polly is reporting the advance of the giant robots on the phone to her editor, she says "They've reached Sixth Avenue... they've reached Fifth Avenue... they're a hundred yards away..." This is an exact line taken from the famous 1938 radio adaptation of "The War of the Worlds," with Orson Welles.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: When Shaun is searching an Italian restaurant in the Yellow Pages, he finds one called Fulci's, a reference to Italian horror director Lucio Fulci.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: On the entrance door of Dr Walter Jenning's laboratory, it's written "Suite 1138," a reference to THX-1138 (1971), directed by George Lucas.

Dr Wilson

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut trivia picture

Trivia: When Saddam is singing "I can change", he makes the American flag in smoke. (00:55:25)

Dr Wilson

Trivia: When Gregory explains his plan to the other children, the plan of the military base is the same as the one in the episode where the children stay at the hospital during a snowstorm. (00:46:30)

Dr Wilson

27th May 2004

The Fifth Element (1997)

12th May 2004

South Park (1997)

Trivia: When you see Jar-Jar Binks sleeping in Queen Amidala's spaceship, he looks exactly like Ruby Rhod sleeping after the explosion of Fhloston Paradise in "The Fifth Element" (1997).

Dr Wilson

24th Apr 2004

Star Wars (1977)

Trivia: The name of the planet Tatooine came from the town of Tataouine in Tunisia where the movie was filmed.

Dr Wilson

18th Apr 2004

The Simpsons (1989)

The Ziff Who Came to Dinner - S15-E14

Trivia: I don't remember all the films presented at the cinema, but there was Eating Nemo, The Fashion of the Christ and A Matrix Christmas. At the opening credits of Cosmic Wars, it's written FOX, a division of Orange Julius.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: In Jean-Pierre's office, there's a poster written "Le cabinet de dentiste est un endroit sûr" (The dentist office is a safe place). Funny, with what is going on there.

Dr Wilson

10th Apr 2004

Dawn of the Dead (2004)

Dawn of the Dead trivia picture

Trivia: The director Zack Snyder has a cameo. He plays one of the security guards in the White House.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: When Richie visits Elie, there's a huge blurred pile of adult films near the television and many plants in another room, presumably marijuana.

Dr Wilson

2nd Apr 2004

Spider-Man (2002)

Trivia: At the High School, when Peter catches Mary-Jane's food with the plate, that's not a special effect. The filmmakers tested many ways for him to do that, but it was very difficult so they decided to put a powerful glue on the plate.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: During the chase in the asteroid field, a TIE fighter is hit by a little one. If you watch in slow-motion, you can see the pilot ejected from the explosion.

Dr Wilson

18th Feb 2004

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: The real name of one of the policeman that is waiting in front of the McDonalds is Mac Macdonald.

Dr Wilson

Trivia: The apartment where Frank lives in Atlanta is the perfect one for a single man, according to the philosophy of Hugh Heffner, the founder of Playboy magazine.

Dr Wilson

27th Jan 2004

Princess Mononoke (1997)

21st Jan 2004

The Fifth Element (1997)

Trivia: The character of Etheline Tenenbaum is based on director Wes Anderson's mother, who became an archaeologist after the divorce with his father.

Dr Wilson

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