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Trivia: There was almost a sequel to E.T. that would have introduced evil aliens who had kidnapped Elliot and his efforts to reach his alien friend - Spielberg, thankfully, did not pursue it beyond a preliminary script.

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Trivia: E.T.'s candy preference was born out of concerns raised by Mars, Inc. That the friendly alien was too frightful for kids and would potentially hurt sales of their M&Ms. Hershey's Reese's Pieces were then used, and sales of that candy rose upon the release of the blockbuster film.

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E.T.: E.T. phone home.

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Trivia: Carlo Rambaldi, who had designed the main friendly, smiling and waving alien in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, also created E.T.

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Trivia: There are a few major differences between the movie and the book that it is based upon. For instance, the film suggests that the Wolfen may have Native American mythological roots-that they are wolf-like spirits that have taken physical form to hunt people; in the book, they are a separate, intelligent species from humans that preys upon weak, abandoned and likely "unmissed" people. Furthermore, the film suggests that the Wolfen will continue to predate on the forgotten with impunity; per the novel, they have been discovered with their corpses as evidence and open conflict is likely.

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Trivia: Wolfen is based on a book called The Wolfen (1978) by Whitley Strieber about predatory creatures terrorizing New York City.

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Trivia: The film was mostly shot in the South Bronx "as is" - using the urban decay of the time as a backdrop with little need for sets.

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Trivia: Juliette Lewis appears in this film, playing the same character from the comedy Old School, Heidi.

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Question: What character is MJ wearing on her shirt at the very end of the film, visible just before she and Spidey swing away from 41st Street and Grand Central Station in NYC?

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Trivia: Spider-Man: Far from Home is the first Spider-Man film to ever make over a billion dollars at the box office.

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Trivia: The various elementals are homages to classic Spider-Man enemies Cyclone, Hydro-Man, Molten-Man, and Sandman.

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Trivia: Sandra Bullock was originally cast to play the lead, Slim, but was unavailable due to another film's schedule.

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Trivia: During the filming of Enough, Jennifer Lopez herself admitted in 2008 that she suffered a nervous breakdown related to overworking.

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Trivia: John Wick's fights while ascending the Continental in New York are reminiscent of Bruce Lee's Game of Death, where he too had to fight varied opponents as he approached the showdown.

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Trivia: Special Effects legend Stan Winston helped design and led the crew that operated the dog-thing, insisting that he was just assisting Rob Bottin on set.

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Trivia: When Dr. Cooper loses both his arms after the Norris-Thing's chest opens into a mouth and bites him, that's really a double-amputee wearing a mask to resemble the actor.

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Trivia: The idea of the Statue of Liberty's head ending up on the street signaling the approach of the monster was inspired by J. J. Abrams recalling the poster for the film Escape from New York (1981).

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Trivia: Originally the fate of Louis Creed was meant to be more subtle and open - his deceased wife Rachel was to walk into the kitchen and discover him alone and end there; in the film, a grotesque Rachel embraces him while grabbing a knife and we hear his scream just when the screen fades to black.

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Trivia: Fred Gwynne, who had played the lovable monster dad Herman Munster on The Munsters, here plays the huge elderly neighbor Jud Crandall, who is well aware of the strangeness of the cemetery.

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Trivia: When King Ghidorah first appears, one of the soldiers says, "You gotta be f***ing kidding." This same line is said by Palmer as he saw the Norris spider-head thing skittering on the floor in John Carpenter's The Thing (1982).

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