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Is "Portuguese prostitute" a reference to something in M3GAN 2.0?
In MEGAN 2.0 (2025), Cady (Violet McGraw) calls out her Aunt Gemma (Allison Williams) for dressing like a "Portuguese prostitute" on her way to a party:
Cady: Gemma, I know something’s ...
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What is the MPAA number of Lilies of the Field?
I'm curious to know what the MPAA number is in the attached photo for Lilies of the Field. I'm finding 20464 online, but it looks more like 20454 to me.
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Is the song David Carradine performs in Project Eliminator an original work?
In the film Project Eliminator (1991), David Carradine plays and sings a very short song on piano. This moment occurs about 26 minutes into the film. The lyrics are:
Troublemaker!
I've got my eyes on ...
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trope of Russian countesses laboring at dance-hall work after the Revolution
I'm aware of two films featuring the trope of Russian countesses being reduced to straitened circumstances (dance-hall work, genteelly suggesting sex-work) after the Revolution:
2005: James Ivory's &...
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Drone footage for pan shots in Maidatchevsky's "Aïlo"?
Guillaume Maidatchevsky's nature documentary, Aïlo : Une odyssée en Laponie [A Reindeer's Journey] (2018), features footage that is hard to believe was shot by human camera operators. For instance, ...
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Identify Cold War-era B&W animated film, footprint on the back of head
During the Cold War, there was an animated short, black and white, that showed people's heads having a footprint imprinted on the backs of them, from childhood onward. The footprint symbolized the ...
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Hero who disguises himself as a sage to find a safe place for the heroine to stay, later he works in an adjacent workshop, gets bullied, and rescued
It’s an Indian movie from the early 2000s, and all I can recall is a small subplot.
The hero and heroine run away from home. The hero disguises himself as a sage and visits a house, telling the family ...
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1950s/1960s(?) movie in which an older man says to a younger woman: "Go and find me thirty years ago. He'll be crazy about you."
In which (1950s? 1960s?) movie does a mature man who's idolized by a much younger woman — who's evidently known him since childhood, but is now sexually mature and makes it clear that if he wants her,...
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What happened to Frost?
Lee Thompson Young played Detective Barry Frost up until his death- did the show ever explain what happened to the character he played?
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Indian movie: best friends, kidnapping rescue, and half cigarettes kept as keepsakes between friends
I'm trying to identify an Indian film that starts with everyone running towards the hospital, scared and in a hurry. The hero meets the heroine, who works at a company owned by his best friend. The ...
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Trying to identify a Quincy episode that mentioned a dangerous drug combination
In this episode the titular doctor talks to a teenager who occasionally smokes pot — something in itself he does not pass judgement on, but during the conversation he (Quincy) learns a deceased ...
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Indian movie with a reckless male protagonist who grew up in an orphanage and a female lead whom multiple people attempt to kidnap [duplicate]
I’m trying to identify an Indian film and would appreciate your help. I watched this maybe around 2014 and it might have been made around 2008.
The story follows a somewhat reckless protagonist who ...
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How were the studio portions of "Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman" filmed?
I watched this show as a kid and always wondered how it worked. I haven't managed to find anything mentioning the mechanics of filming the show (and thought the DefunctTV episode would mention it, but ...
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Who plays the miner Quaid talks to on the train?
This actor had red hair and a bushy beard; when Quaid asks his character about the pyramid mine he says "I used to work there until they found that alien s**t inside."
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What "sales quota" is George Aarownow referring to?
In Glengarry Glen Ross (1992), top salesman Blake finishes his verbal abuse, motivating the real estate
salesmen at the office, and one of the salesmen George Aarownow reacts:
George Aarownow: He ...
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