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FILM 1451: A VERY BRADY SEQUEL

TRIVIA: Denied a family-friendly certificate in the UK because of a fleeting appearance of nunchakus. (Any depiction of this weapon in any film is banned in Britain.) This meant the film did not receive a UK cinema release.

This was the first film that Jimmy Fallon auditioned for. He hoped to be one of the lifeguards.

FILM 1375: REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG

REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG is an intimate and nuanced investigation into the life of one of the most influential and provocative thinkers of the 20th century. Passionate and gracefully outspoken throughout her career, Susan Sontag became one of the most important literary, political and feminist icons of her generation. The documentary explores Sontag's life through archival materials, accounts from friends, family, colleagues, and lovers, as well as her own words, as read by Patricia Clarkson. From her early infatuation with books to her first experience in a gay bar; from her early marriage to her last lover, REGARDING SUSAN SONTAG is a fascinating look at a towering cultural critic and writer whose works on photography, war, illness, and terrorism still resonate today. Written by Question Why Films

MAD MEN

According to Jon Hamm, the production's pursuit of historical accuracy is such that series researchers will insist on knowing weather conditions, news items, and popular culture for a particular period related to the script's time frame.

The actors do not smoke real cigarettes. They smoke Ecstacy herbal cigarettes, which are tobacco and nicotine free. Show creator Matthew Hoffman Weiner said in a New York Times article, "You don't want actors smoking real cigarettes. They get agitated and nervous. I've been on sets where people throw up, they've smoked so much." When asked what it's like to smoke herbal cigarettes, Jon Hamm (who plays Don Draper) told Vulture, "Terrible. They taste like a mixture between pot and soap."

About a year elapsed between the filming of the pilot, Mad Men: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (2007) and the second episode, Mad Men: Ladies Room (2007).

At a 2013 Q&A session at the Paley Center for Media, Matthew Weiner said that he had already told his wife and a few writers about how he plans to end the whole series. He also said that "he's been told it's a disaster, but he's going with it [anyway]."

Jon Hamm is the only actor to appear in every episode.

Glen, the neighbor's young son who forms a connection with Betty, is portrayed by Marten Holden Weiner, the son of series creator Matthew Hoffman Weiner.

John Slattery auditioned for the role of Don Draper before being asked to play Roger Sterling.

In 2012, costume designer Janie Bryant told Slate magazine that she always repeats one of Peggy's costumes from the previous season during the next season's premiere. Bryant said that she "[loves] that tradition for Peggy because I think that this all is really based in reality. That's what we would do in real life: We repeat our clothes."

On March 23rd, 2015 Jon Hamm released a statement admitting that he, like his character of Don Draper, had developed an alcohol addiction, and he had just completed a 30 day rehabilitation.

Julia Ormond, who guest-stars as Marie Calvet, was such an ardent fan of the show that she once ended a long-term relationship with someone when he watched a new episode of Mad Men without her.

The little ball-shaped glasses often used by Draper and colleagues are a design known since at least the 1950s as "roly poly" tumblers. The band of metal plating along the rim, an innovative accent introduced by artist Dorothy Carpenter Thorpe, made the design even more popular (and much-copied) through the 1960s and beyond. Sets of these made ideal business gifts, as the bands (made of silver, chrome, platinum, or even gold) could be custom-stenciled with initials, company logos or other business-related graphics. Draper's glasses appear to have platinum bands.

Creator Matthew Weiner directed every season's finale, all the way up to the series finale.

FILM 1311: INHERENT VICE

TRIVIA: According to director Paul Thomas Anderson, Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon "have their own language and short hand" with each other. While their natural rapport helped to show the chemistry between their characters, this led to Anderson having to constantly remind them to stop chatting so that they could film.

Reese Witherspoon filmed all of her scenes in four days. Director Paul Thomas Anderson loved working with her so much that he and Joaquin Phoenix, who famously worked with Reese in Walk the Line (2005), began talking with Witherspoon about possibly changing the story so that her character would be around more. However, ultimately the actress convinced the two that it wouldn't be a good idea, something that in retrospect Anderson agrees with.

This film is the first adaptation of any of Thomas Pynchon's novels to be produced for the screen. Paul Thomas Anderson's script for the film reportedly has the blessing of Pynchon himself.

Paul Thomas Anderson reportedly went about adapting the book by typing it up word for word, then proceeding from there.

First film collaboration between Paul Thomas Anderson and his partner of thirteen years, Maya Rudolph.

In one of the scenes featuring Petunia Leeway (portrayed by Maya Rudolph), the Minnie Riperton song "Les Fleur" can be heard playing on the soundtrack. Minnie Riperton is the mother of Maya Rudolph. Additionally, the song was co-written by her father, songwriter Dick Rudolph.

The look of the movie was inspired by a few reels of improperly stored film that Paul Thomas Anderson had kept in his garage for nearly 15 years. Only a few shots actually used the aged film, however, as it was too risky to rely on the damaged film stock.

Fueled by comments Josh Brolin gave to the New York Times, rumors persist that notoriously reclusive author Thomas Pynchon makes a cameo appearance somewhere in the film, which would be the first time Pynchon has been willingly publicly photographed since the late 1950's. The most common theories are Pynchon appears as one of the following: the patient being served soup by a shaky patient in the Chroskylodon Institute (this is actually an actor named Charley Morgan), a dentist in the scene at Golden Fang Headquarters, or the man who passes by the window behind Doc and Coy as they talk at the Spotted Dick party.

Doc's look was inspired by a photo of Neil Young from 1970, the year in which the film is set. Young also has 2 songs featured in the movie, and director Paul Thomas Anderson has stated that Young's film Journey Through the Past was an inspiration for the feeling he wanted to achieve in Inherent Vice.

At Dr. Blatnoyds office a narrator is telling about a law firm called Voorhees-Krueger, a homage to characters of Friday the 13th (Jason Voorhees) and Nightmare of Elm Street (Freddy Krueger).