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Who is the hottest / most attractive villain in Movie or TV history?

Who is the hottest / most attractive villain in Movie or TV history?

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What's the most unforgettable "final shot" from a movie?

What's the most unforgettable "final shot" from a movie?

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What's the hottest someone has ever looked in a TV show?

What's the hottest someone has ever looked in a TV show?

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What's the greatest "transition" scene ever?

What's the greatest "transition" scene ever?

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What's the sexiest someone has ever looked in a TV show?

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Recommend a lesser known Vampire movie that deserves to be seen by more people.

Recommend a lesser known Vampire movie that deserves to be seen by more people.

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Name a movie couple who matched each others' freak like these two.

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Who is the most beautiful actress of all time?

Who is the most beautiful actress of all time?

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On this day, 66 years ago, Yoshishige Yoshida's "Good-For-Nothing" (1960) premiered in Tokyo, Japan.

On this day, 66 years ago, Yoshishige Yoshida's "Good-For-Nothing" (1960) premiered in Tokyo, Japan.

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David Lynch recording Sheryl Lee's scream in "Twin Peaks: The Return" (2017)

David Lynch recording Sheryl Lee's scream in "Twin Peaks: The Return" (2017)

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What's the most evil act committed by a movie character?

What's the most evil act committed by a movie character?

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What's the best 'staircase' scene you've ever seen?

What's the best 'staircase' scene you've ever seen?

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Happy 79th birthday, Takeshi Kitano (北野 武)! Fireworks (1997) Director: Takeshi Kitano

Happy 79th birthday, Takeshi Kitano (北野 武)! Fireworks (1997) Director: Takeshi Kitano

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Which fictional character's death emotionally destroyed you?

Which fictional character's death emotionally destroyed you?

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They don't make movies like this anymore.

They don't make movies like this anymore.

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Gene Kelly's cigarette kiss in, The Pirate (1948) Director: Vincente Minnelli

Gene Kelly's cigarette kiss in, The Pirate (1948) Director: Vincente Minnelli

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What's the best cameo you've ever seen in a movie?

What's the best cameo you've ever seen in a movie?

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David Lynch's angry reaction to someone's suggestion to trim down the length of a scene- during the filming of "Twin Peaks: The Return" (2017)

David Lynch's angry reaction to someone's suggestion to trim down the length of a scene- during the filming of "Twin Peaks: The Return" (2017)

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What's that one movie which you consider to be "perfect"?

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What's the best movie you've seen that deals with Racism?

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Mel Brooks on the only condition George Lucas imposed on Brooks before allowing him to make the satire on "Star Wars" (1977): "Spaceballs" (1987): "The same way I called Alfred Hitchcock to get his blessings on 'High Anxiety' (1977), I sent the 'Spaceballs' script to 'Star Wars' (1977) creator George Lucas. If not to get his blessing, then certainly to give him a heads-up on what I was doing vis-à-vis Star Wars. He was kind enough to read it and respond. He said he had seen 'Blazing Saddles' (1974) and 'Young Frankenstein' (1974) and was a big fan. He enjoyed the script, and only had one real caveat for me: no action figures. He explained that if I made toys of my Spaceballs characters they would look a lot like Star Wars action figures. And that would be a no-no for his lawyers and his studio’s business affairs department. So he gave his blessing to make my funny satiric takeoff of Star Wars as long as I promised that we would not sell any action figures. I said, “You’re absolutely right.” And that was one of the rules we didn’t break. So even though in the movie itself we have Dark Helmet playing with action figures… we never sold any. The exchange with George Lucas also triggered a beloved comedy scene in which a character that I played, Yogurt, a takeoff on Yoda, responds to Lone Starr’s question of “What is this place? What is it that you do here?” with a whole exposé of the movie business. So even though we didn’t actually do any commercial merchandising, we still had a lot of fun with the scene. And over the years Spaceballs movie fans have sent me more than one mockup of “Spaceballs: The Breakfast Cereal.”" ("Mel Brooks on the Making of Spaceballs", Mel Brooks, Literary Hub, 2021)

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Faye Dunaway cared much about the role of Wanda in Barbet Schroeder's "Barfly" (1987). it is the only character she felt as much passion for after her role in "Network" (1976). According to Dunaway, the project began to fall apart before filming began as Menahem Golan and Yoram Globas of Cannon Pictures, who were Executive-producers of the movie ran into financial difficulties. They were fighting to keep the company afloat. Their usual sources of money dried up. Faye Dunaway spent a weekend talking to various producers, head of the French bank Crédit Lyonnais and many others to finance the movie. She insisted that the movie would make money. But by the end of the weekend, Golan and Globas had decided they weren’t going to make the movie. Barbet Schroeder informed her that they had set an onerous turnaround figure—the amount that would have to be paid to them by another person who would come in wanting to make the movie. They wanted to be reimbursed for the money they had spent on the project. It was an impossibly high amount that she thought was inflated. They agreed to give the rights for the movie back, but only if the price was met. Barbet Schroeder, who was also very passionate about the project and Charles Bukowski, wasn't ready to give up. One day, Barbet Schroeder went to the office of one of the producers carrying a tiny Black & Decker chainsaw, small but real. “See this finger?” he said, holding up his pinky finger. “I don’t need it, really.” Then he held up the saw, and flipped it on and off. “Every day I’m going to come here and cut off a piece of this finger,” he said. “I will come day after day, until nothing is left or until you give me my deal. I will be here tomorrow.” Finally, Dunaway made them an offer they couldn't refuse. She agreed to work for no money up front, to forgo her salary in exchange for a deferment or a percentage of the profits. With that offer, Cannon found the money somewhere and gave Schroeder his deal. ("Looking for Gatsby: My Life", Faye Dunaway with Betsy Sharkey, 1995)

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George Lucas initially wanted to start the "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) with a sequence showing Indy as a boy, but Spielberg initially disagreed with the idea. According to Lucas, Spielberg rejected the idea as he had really been trashed by the critics for "Empire of the Sun" (1987) & he had said. "I just don't want to do any more films with kids in them." Lucas also suggested making Indy III “a haunted-house movie.” He had such a script written by screenwriter Diane Thomas before her death in a 1985 car accident, but, Lucas said, “Steven had done 'Poltergeist' (1982), and he didn’t want to do another movie like that.” Menno Meyjes’s draft was about Indy’s quest for the Holy Grail, a plot device suggested by Lucas, left Spielberg dubious. However Spielberg agreed to do the movie about The Holy Grail on one condition. Spielberg said, "I will make the movie about the Holy grail but I want it to be about a father and son. I want to get Indy’s father involved in the thing. I want a quest for the father." "I wanted to do Indy in pursuit of his father, sharing his father’s dream, and in the course of searching for their dreams, they rediscover each other." However, according to screenwriter, Jeffrey Boam the Father-Son story was the idea of George Lucas. ("Steven Spielberg A Biography", Joseph McBride, 2010) P.S: On this day, 37 years ago, "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989) was released in the USA & Canada.

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Madonna explains why she got mad & cried because of Al Pacino's method acting in "Dick Tracy" (1990): "Interviewer: Describe the relationship between the two characters, Breathless and Big Boy. Madonna: I had nothing but contempt for Big Boy. And he would treat me like a bad little girl. He was always slapping me and spanking me. And in terms of being on the set, whenever Al Pacino put his prosthetics on, his suit, he was a gross pig. And he’s not that way in real life—he’s very gracious, and well-mannered, and gentlemanly, and sweet... . As Big Boy, he would tell me the dirtiest jokes and suck on his cigar like it was some sort of weird phallic symbol, and just be a pig. He was always smacking my butt and my face. I hated him, I loathed him, I was disgusted with him. And so what happened off-camera was that I’d always try to be moving away from him, and he’d always grab me and go “Get over here!” which is exactly what happened in the movie. Every time I expressed my distaste for him, he would smack me, which is also what happened in the movie. I got mad. He made me cry sometimes. There was a scene where he kept smacking me in the stomach, and it would sting, and what made me cry was not so much the hit, but the fact that Warren Beatty wouldn't stop. He would just keep going, and I was humiliated. So it worked, because that’s what’s happening to Breathless—she’s totally humiliated by Big Boy. Interviewer: Did you always stay in character off-camera? Madonna: Yes. I always do, in all my movies." ("Dick Tracy: The Making of the Movie", Mike Bonifer, 1990)

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According to Dan Aykroyd, the budget for "The Blues Brothers" (1980) included "Cocaine" for night shoots. He said, "Everyone did it, including me. Never to excess, and not ever to where I wanted to buy it or have it. [But] John [Belushi], he just loved what it did. It sort of brought him alive at night—that superpower feeling where you start to talk and converse and figure you can solve all the world’s problems." John Belushi put off rehab for his worsening condition in order to complete the movie. He told his wife, “I’m fine, I can’t stop now until I finish the movie. It’ll be fine when it’s over.” For all the efforts of his friends and colleagues, Belushi was surrounded by enablers, according to Ned Zeman, though Landis did his best to convert them: “For God’s sake,” he told Carrie Fisher when she arrived on set, “if you see John doing drugs, stop him.” John Belushi's addiction was so bad that he disappeared while filming one of the night scenes. Dan Aykroyd looked around and saw a single house with its lights on. He went to the house and was prepared to identify himself, the movie, and that they were looking for Belushi. Before he could, the homeowner looked at him, smiled and said, "You're here for John Belushi, aren't you?" The homeowner told them Belushi had entered their house, asked if he could have a glass of milk and a sandwich, and then crashed on their couch. Situations like that prompted Aykroyd to affectionately dub Belushi "America's Guest." The two of them walked back to the set like nothing happened. ("Drugs, John Belushi, and the Making of The Blues Brothers", Ned Zeman, Vanity Fair, 2012)

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After reading the script of "Robocop 2" (1990), Peter Weller didn't like it and he criticised it. He told the producers, Irvin Kirshner and Frank Miller up front that the movie needed a better third act. The producers felt that "the monster is going to be enough.” Weller felt it needed a moral angle. Weller thought the script of "Robocop 2" did not have the code, the spine, or the soul of 'Robocop" (1987). Here is what Peter Weller said: "Interviewer: Does 'RoboCop 2' have anything to do with your general feelings on sequels being inferior? Weller: Yeah. 'RoboCop 2' didn’t have a third act. I told the producers and Irv Kirshner up front, and Frank Miller. I told them all. I said, “Where’s the third act here, man? So I beat up a big monster. In the third act, you have to have your Dan O’Herlihy. Somebody’s got to be the third act.” “No, no, the monster’s going to be enough.” “Look, it’s not enough!” When you have a movie like the first 'RoboCop', where the bad guys are never the bad guys and it’s always the morality of the thing. You know, like the idea that progress in the name of progress can steal a man’s identity. Look, the first RoboCop’s got deregulated trickle-down social economic politics in it, way before Bush and Romney and the debates with Obama and Senator Clinton. It’s got a morality to it. If you don’t have that, man, you’ve got no flick, and I said that so much. But, look, I don’t need to be right about 'RoboCop 2'. I had a good time making 'Robocop 2'. I was breaking up with a girlfriend at the time, so I can’t say I really had a great time, but I had a good time with Irv Kirshner, God bless him, and being in Houston, running around with Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, who’s an old friend. But the script did not have the code, the spine, or the soul of the first one." ("Peter Weller on feminism, sequels, and more", Will Harris, The AV Club, 2013)

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