FILM 1958: BEHIND THE CURVE

FILM 1958: BEHIND THE CURVE

TRIVIA: There is only one piece of trivia on IMDB which is ‘The Earth is actually a spheroid and not "flat."’ 

FILM 1765: ISLE OF DOGS

FILM 1765: ISLE OF DOGS

TRIVIA: This is the longest stop-motion film of all time, beating out Coraline (2009) by two minutes.

Writer and Director Wes Anderson hosted a competition for someone to be a member of the voice cast for this film. The only requirement was that you donated ten dollars or more to the Film Foundation, a non-profit founded by Martin Scorsese, which specializes in the preservation and restoration of film around the world.

The movie was influenced by the work of Akira Kurosawa and Rankin-Bass stop-motion Christmas specials.

The hair of the dogs is made out of Alpacca wool.

Jeff Goldblum recorded his lines over the phone in California. Because of scheduling conflicts he couldn't go to England to record his lines with the rest of the cast.

Wes Anderson's eighth collaboration with Bill Murray.

At the end of the movie Anjelica Huston, who is a long time collaborator with Wes Anderson, is credited as the "Mute Poodle".

"Isle of Dogs" could also be read as "I love dogs"

FILM 1683: ICARUS

TRIVIA: The film was substantially edited after the premiere at Sundance Film Festival, where it was bought by Netflix. The new version debuted at Sundance London in June 2017 before being released on Netflix in August.

FILM 1520: 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE

TRIVIA: This film was officially announced less than two months before its release. The film had been completed without anyone knowing and the first trailer was shown during 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016).

Bradley Cooper provides the voice of Michelle's boyfriend Ben on the phone in this movie.

Mary Elizabeth Winstead was the first and only choice for the lead role of Michelle.

The name of the gas station Michelle stops at to refuel is named "Kelvin". This is an Easter Egg J.J. Abrams slips into all his projects, a tribute to his maternal grandfather Henry Kelvin who owned an electronics company and influenced Abrams as a boy.

FILM 1478: THOUGHT CRIMES: THE CASE OF THE CANNIBAL COP

Dubbed "The Cannibal Cop," Gilberto Valle was convicted in March 2013 of conspiring to kidnap and eat young women. Valle argued it was all a fantasy; the prosecution's narrative convinced jurors otherwise. Valle was facing a possible life sentence when filmmaker Erin Lee Carr began visiting him in prison. After 22 months behind bars, his conviction was overturned in a stunning reversal. Carr was there for his release and subsequent house arrest to examine a life arrested. But the question remains: given the chance, would he, could he, have done it? "Thought Crimes" unravels the conflicting stories of a potentially dangerous young man and the unexpected consequences of our online activity.

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FILM 1465: SPOTLIGHT

TRIVIA: The real Walter Robinson said: "My persona has been hijacked. If Michael Keaton robbed a bank, the police would quickly have me in handcuffs".

The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2013 Blacklist; a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

During an interview on NPR's "Fresh Air", director Tom McCarthy said that they built a large set to depict many of the Boston Globe offices where parts of the story takes place. When the reporters depicted in the movie first visited the set, they gravitated to the desks where they had been sitting during the writing of the "Spotlight" piece, and many of them started to re-arrange the items on their desks to the they had been at the time.

The one thing that Michael Keaton was afraid of when he accepted the role was the Boston accent. After watching a video footage of the real Walter Robinson he was surprised that Robinson didn't have that much of a Boston accent.

The real Michael Rezendes said "Watching Mark Ruffalo reenact five months of my life was like looking into a fun house mirror."

Tom McCarthy cited The Verdict (1982) and Sidney Lumet's style direction in that film as influence of this project.

Matt Damon was considered for the role of Michael Rezendes which went to Mark Ruffalo.

When Rachel McAdams tells Neal Huff that she will have to postpone the interviews with the survivors, a TV in the bar is broadcasting a Penn State game, and Joe Paterno appears on screen. The longtime Penn State football coach was fired in 2011 after he failed to report sexual abuse of young boys by assistant coach Jerry Sandusky. Paterno died of lung cancer 2 months later. On October 9, 2012, Sandusky was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison.