FILM 1356: VERONICA MARS

TRIVIA: Funded in large part by a campaign on Kickstarter.com, breaking all of the site's records up to April, 2013. Some of the accomplishments were:

Fastest project to reach $1 million.
Fastest project to reach $2 million.
All-time highest-funded project in FILM category.

Third highest-funded project in Kickstarter history.

Most project backers of any project in Kickstarter history.

At the police department, Leo (Max Greenfield) comments that he heard a rumor that Veronica was working for the FBI, to which she replies "another life maybe.." A trailer for the canceled 4th season of the show was released by director Rob Thomas showing Veronica's first few days with the FBI.

In the film, the latest Lotto numbers are shown in several different web-based views (along side the main thing being viewed). The Lotto numbers displayed are actually the final Kickstarter dollar amount that was raised to fund the production.

When Mac comes to Veronica's house and they try to guess her new job, Veronica's dad guesses "clubbing baby seals." Tina Majorino, who plays Mac, starred in the seal movie "Andre" in 1994.

The film's many Kickstarter supporters included detective novelist Max Allan Collins, author of Road to Perdition, whose family were huge fans of the TV series. Collins frequently includes Veronica Mars on his list of the greatest private detective TV shows of all time.

Film 1001: Grosse Pointe Blank

Trivia: The director/producer originally planned to shoot the high school scenes at Grosse Pointe South High, but did not get permission from the school board. They felt that it would be inappropriate to show someone graduating from Grosse Pointe's school system to become a hit man.

The goon stalking Martin Blank is 'Benny "The Jet" Urquidez', a world-champion kickboxer who was also John Cusack's kickboxing instructor.

Martin's invitation to his high school reunion, which is tucked into the mirror as he gets ready, requires attendees to Dress to Kill.

When talking to the prospective home-buyers, Martin says he has always felt "kind of temporary" about himself. This is the same thing Willy Loman says he feels when talking to Ben in "Death of a Salesman."

When John Cusack first goes round to Minnie Driver's house she says, "You can't come in," in a Jamaican accent. This is a reference to the song which is playing in the background - "You're Wondering Now" by The Specials, which starts off with a knock at the door followed by one of the band saying the same thing in the same (albeit more authentic) accent.

Benny Urquidez's character's name, Felix La PuBelle, is pronounced the same way as "poubelle," which is the French word for garbage can.