At the end of "The Shining," an early longshot of the hotel shows the famous maze in the shape of a
spatula. Jack Nicholson's left thumb has a Band Aid on it while he is typing and a ring on his right
middle finger. Then, a scene later, he has an iodine stain on his thumb and he is chewing a Band-Aid.
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In the famous chariot scene from Ben-Hur, when Charlton Heston uses his left hand to whip his team
of horses, a close up of Heston show his lips mouthing the words "My damned underwear is scratching
the hell out of my scrotum."
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When Tony Curtis played Houdini in the movie "Houdini," he never once walked forward in a scene
starting with his left foot.
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In a scene from 1962's "Mutiny on The Bounty," Marlon Brando, playing Fletcher Christian,
whispers, "I'm doing this role so much better than Clark Gable," while looking co-star Trevor
Howard right between the eyes.
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Among a sprinkling of prisoners walking in the prison courtyard in "The Shawshank Redemption" is
Jerry Garcia of the rock group The Grateful Dead.
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Elvis Presley sings the title tune to the movie "Love Me Tender" while strumming a guitar in the
wrong key.
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In the airplane crash scene of "Cast Away" with Tom Hanks, the sign on the lavatory reads
"Occupied" though the door is open.
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In the 2008 version of "The Day The Earth Stood Still," Keanu Reeves, playing the alien Klaatu,
pronounces his character's name as "Carl."
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Diane Keaton, in "Annie Hall," has at least two scenes with Woody Allen where she obviously has a
mild case of "pink eye," an inflammation or infection of the outer membrane of the eyeball and the
inner eyelid.
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Frank Cotolo can be found hosting the talk and interview programme Cotolo Chronicles. You
can send him an e-mail at this address: frank@148.ca.
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