2006 Schedule
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Friday, February 17, 2006
WEDDING CRASHERS
Trivia: At the Italian Wedding, the guy sitting
next to Owen Wilson who laughs at the "Jabroni" joke is Wilson's
Uncle.
Friday, February 24,
2006 BLUE VELVET
Trivia: Molly Ringwald was originally offered role of Sandy, but her mother objected to her starring in it, due to the graphic content of the film.
Friday, March 3,
2006 A SHOT IN THE DARK
Trivia: Only official Clouseau film not to use the name "Pink Panther" nor use that cartoon character in the opening credits.
Friday, March 10,
2006 THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Trivia: Jack makes his first appearance in Beetle Juice (1988) on top of Beetlejuice (Michael Keaton)'s carousel hat towards the end when Beetlejuice rises out of the floor, after summoned by Lydia (Winona Ryder).
Friday, March 17,
2006 WALK THE LINE
Trivia: When Cash collapses from a drug overdose he says, "Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency." That is a line from a Foghorn Leghorn cartoon after all his feathers are blown off by a stick of dynamite.
Friday, March 24,
2006 RESERVOIR DOGS
Trivia: The first draft script called for Pink Floyd"s "Money" where "Little Green Bag" is now. It was later changed because Tarantino heard "Little Green Bag" over the radio and was extremely nostalgic.
Friday, March 31,
2006 Rescheduled to April 28, 2006 due to last minute emergency.
Friday, April 7,
2006 STEPMOM
Trivia: The song that Isabel (Julia Roberts) sings to Ben (Liam Aiken) in the hospital is "If I Needed You". It was recorded by Lyle Lovett on his 1998 album "Step Inside This House". Lyle and Julia were, of course, married at one time.
Friday, April 14,
2006 NORTH BY NORTHWEST
Trivia: Rather than go to the expense of shooting in a South Dakota woodland, Alfred Hitchcock planted 100 ponderosa pines on an MGM soundstage.
Friday, April 21,
2006 THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN
Trivia: When Cal and Andy walk through the bookstore, the first book that's prominently visible in the upper left corner is Jon Stewart's "America (the Book)". Steve Carell was a former "reporter" for Stewart's "The Daily Show".
Friday, April 28,
2006 THE GREAT DICTATOR (rescheduled)
Trivia: When this film was released, Adolf Hitler banned it in Germany and in all countries occupied by the Nazis. Curiosity eventually got the best of him and he had a print brought in through Portugal. He screened it not once but twice. Unfortunately, history did not record his reaction to the film. When told of this, Charles Chaplin said, "I'd give anything to know what he thought of it."
Friday, May 5,
2006 CHEECH & CHONG'S UP IN SMOKE
Trivia: The car that Chong drives at the beginning of the movie is actually owned by Jack Nicholson.
Friday, May 12,
2006 NOVOCAINE
Trivia: Steve Martin and Scott Caan did not get along during filming due to Caan's reckless behavior toward a stunt person in a scene in which his character smashes a beer bottle over the head of a man in a bar.
Friday, May 19,
2006 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Trivia: Mick Jagger wanted to play Dr. Frank N. Furter in the film version.
Friday, May 26,
2006 A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET
Trivia: Heather Langenkamp beat over 200 actresses for the role of Nancy Thompson, some of the other actresses who auditioned for the role of Nancy were Jennifer Grey, Demi Moore, Courteney Cox and Tracey Gold.
Friday, June 2,
2006 BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN
Trivia: According to reports, Heath Ledger nearly broke co-star Jake Gyllenhaal's nose while filming a kissing scene.
Friday, June 9,
2006 SHAUN OF THE DEAD
Trivia: Just before the Mexican stand-off scene (which is an homage to Reservoir Dogs), Simon Pegg shouts, "Stop pointing that gun at my Mum." In Reservoir Dogs, Chris Penn shouts, "Stop pointing that gun at my Dad!"
Friday, June 16,
2006 No movie scheduled for this week. Out of town plans.
Friday, June 23,
2006 USED CARS
Trivia: John Candy was originally cast in the film playing Joe Flaherty's role, but ultimately dropped out because his agent erroneously double-booked him while he was filming 1941.
Friday, June 30,
2006 THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY
Trivia: Eli Wallach was almost poisoned on the set after drinking acid used to burn the bags filled with gold coin to make them rip open easier when struck with the spade. The acid was housed in a lemon soda bottle. Wallach drank milk and filmed the scene with a mouth full of sores.
Friday, July 7,
2006 No movie scheduled for this week. Out of town plans.
Friday, July 14,
2006 TITANIC
Trivia: On the final night of shooting in Nova Scotia, one or more pranksters mixed PCP (angel dust) into the clam chowder served to the cast and crew. 80 people were taken ill, many hospitalized with hallucinations. Bill Paxton felt listless for two weeks after the incident.
Friday, July 21,
2006 ANNIE HALL
Trivia: Alvy's (Woody Allen's) sneezing into the cocaine was an unscripted accident. When previewed, the audience laughed so loud that director Allen decided to leave it in, and had to add footage to compensate for people missing the next few jokes from laughing too much.
Friday, July 28,
2006 THE GODFATHER
Trivia: The cat held by Marlon Brando in the opening scene was a stray the actor found while on the lot at Paramount, and was not originally called for in the script. So content was the cat that its purring muffled some of Brando's dialogue, and, as a result, most of his lines had to be looped.
Friday, August 4,
2006 CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Trivia: John Belushi's character "Ernie Souchak" is loosely based on popular Chicago Sun-Times reporter Mike Royko whose exposées of political corruption in the windy city are legendary.
Friday, August 11,
2006 ED WOOD
Trivia: This film cost more to produce than all of Edward D. Wood Jr.'s films put together.
Friday, August 18,
2006 TRUE ROMANCE
Trivia: According to Dennis Hopper, the only words that were improvised in the scene with Christopher Walken were "egg plant" and "cantaloup".
Friday, August 25,
2006 No movie scheduled for this week. Out of town plans.
Friday, September 1,
2006 COOL HAND LUKE
Trivia: Luke's prison number (37) is a reference to the Bible - Luke 1:37.
Friday, September 8,
2006 VACATION
Trivia: Scripted with Disneyland as the Griswold's destination, but Disney objected, pointing out that they are open 365 days a year.
Friday, September 15,
2006 DOG DAY AFTERNOON
Trivia: The outdoor sequences were actually filmed in cold weather. So that their breath would not be visible, the actors placed ice in their mouths before each take.
Friday, September 22,
2006 THE PRINCESS BRIDE
Trivia: The most famous of the "classic blunders" mentioned by Vizzini - "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - was reputedly advice given by General Douglas MacArthur to President John F. Kennedy, in 1961.
Friday, September 29,
2006 STAR WARS
Trivia: Due to the limited budget the American cast members and crew (including George Lucas) all decided to fly coach class to England, rather than first class. When Carrie Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds heard about this she called George Lucas, complaining about how insulting it was for her daughter to be flying coach. Carrie Fisher was in the room with George Lucas when he took the call, and after a few minutes asked if she could talk to her mother. When George Lucas handed her the phone she simply said, "Mother, I want to fly coach, will you f*** off," and hung up.
Friday, October 6,
2006 IMAGINE: JOHN LENNON
Trivia: This "biography" evolves around the nearly 240 hours of film and videotape fortuitously taken by Lennon of his life.
Friday, October 13,
2006 FRIDAY THE 13TH
Trivia: The filmmakers never intended to make this the launching pad for the series that followed. According to director Sean Cunningham, Jason Voorhees was only meant to be an added surprise for the audience.
Friday, October 20,
2006 HALLOWEEN
Trivia: Inside Laurie's bedroom there is a poster of a painting by James Ensor (1860-1949). Ensor was a Belgian expressionist painter who used to portray human figures wearing grotesque masks.
Friday, October 27,
2006 ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Trivia: The set builders forgot to put an extra door in the lab set, thus Dr. Scott had to crash through the wall for his entrance.
Friday, November 3,
2006 OH GOD!
Trivia: In his autobiography, Larry Gelbart said he initially envisioned two of his old "Caesar's Hour" co-writers, Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, in the parts eventually played by, respectively, George Burns and John Denver.
Friday, November 10,
2006 PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
Trivia: The Drive-in sequence was filmed at the Studio Drive In, formerly located in Culver City CA. The Studio was built in the 1930s, and was the first Drive-in Theatre constructed in California. It served as a set for several films, including Grease (1978). It was closed in 1993 and demolished in 1998. No trace of this Drive-in remains.
Friday, November 17,
2006 PULP FICTION
Trivia: Mia calls Vincent "cowboy" - John Travolta starred in Urban Cowboy. Vincent calls Mia "cowgirl" in return; Uma Thurman starred in Even Cowgirls Get the Blues.
Friday, November 24,
2006 Unexpected death in family. Movie rescheduled for next week as part of a double feature.
Friday, December 1,
2006 SPACEBALLS
Trivia: The scene in which Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis) is playing with his dolls was not in the script. Mel Brooks came up with the idea on the set one day, and told it to Moranis, who then improvised the entire scene, including the dialogue.
Friday, December 1,
2006 ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS
Trivia: The scene where the Sheriff (Roger Rees) falls through the roof of Latrine (Tracey Ullman) and she tries to get him to have sex with her was completely improvised by Rees and Ullman.
Friday, December 8,
2006 GREASE
Trivia: Henry Winkler, who was playing Fonzie on "Happy Days", was originally supposed to play Danny but didn't for fear of being typecast.
Friday, December 15,
2006 DR. NO
Trivia: Sean Connery wears a toupee in all the James Bond movies and this started with Dr. No.
Friday, December 22,
2006 THE ICE HARVEST
Trivia: The Ice Harvest was nominated for an "Edgar" which honors the achievements of writers in the field of mystery. The award is named after Edgar Allen Poe.
Friday, December 29,
2006 CLERKS
Trivia: Clerks is loosely based on "The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri hence the name. Also, there are nine breaks in the movie to represent the nine rings of hell.