I was watching Alan J Pakula's Comes A Horseman a while back and it has a few strange coincidences and connections with the TV series Dallasin it: firstly it was released in 1978, Jason Robards' character is named Ewing and Jim Davis who played Jock Ewing is in the cast.
Any others?
Christopher Walken played a teacher in David Cronenberg's The Dead Zone (1983) talking to his class about the legend of Sleepy Hollow. In 1999 Walken actually played the Hessian Horseman in Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.
Ray Milland played a Caucasian alcoholic in THE LOST WEEKEND. He played a Caucasian racist in THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. He played a Caucasian patriarch in FROGS. Seems like he always plays a Caucasian.
Keanu Reeves ALWAYS plays a numb mumbling guy in all his movies.
Quote from: Ed, Ego and Superego on February 13, 2012, 01:00:50 PM
Keanu Reeves ALWAYS plays a numb mumbling guy in all his movies.
Not in
Freaked. There, he is Ortiz, the Dog Boy! :twirl: (Sorry. I actually kinda like the guy.)
Quote from: Ed, Ego and Superego on February 13, 2012, 01:00:50 PM
Keanu Reeves ALWAYS plays a numb mumbling guy in all his movies.
(http://i.imgur.com/GZ532.jpg)
Dude, that is a most totally heinous observation!
Quote from: The Burgomaster on February 13, 2012, 11:16:18 AM
Ray Milland played a Caucasian alcoholic in THE LOST WEEKEND. He played a Caucasian racist in THE THING WITH TWO HEADS. He played a Caucasian patriarch in FROGS. Seems like he always plays a Caucasian.
He also played a Caucasian mine owner in
Gold. :wink:
Both Lon Chaney Sr. and Lon Chaney Jr. died of throat cancer.
Both Bela Lugosi and Peter Lorre were methadone addicts-and both were Hungarian.
I posted a topic about my example a long time a year or two ago, maybe more.
The original Phantasm (1979) has a scene where the main character visits a medium/fortune teller and is offered a black box in which he places is hand. As it grips his hand and causes pain, he is told not to fear, and as he controls his fear the box relaxes its grip and he is able to pull it out.
The novel Dune, and the film, both have a similar moment, a box that the central character has to put his hand into and control his fear/pain. Phantasm came out before the film Dune, but after the novel. I've often wondered if Don Coscarelli got the idea from the novel.
In Fatboy Slim's "Praise You" music video you can make out a poster of the Reese Witherspoon movie "Pleasantville" (1998) when they dance at a movie theater. One year later Reese Witherspoon is listening to "Praise You" while driving her car in "Cruel Intentions" (1999).
All Steve Buscemi characters are played by the same actor.
PLANET OF THE APES and 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY
Both have scenes in space, apes, evolutionary plot points, great soundtracks and were released a month apart from each other.
Quote from: Cthulhu on February 14, 2012, 02:18:23 PM
All Steve Buscemi characters are played by the same actor.
:bouncegiggle: :bouncegiggle:
apparently Bruce Willis's character in 12 MONKEYS says the line "All I see is dead people", 4 years before he was in SIXTH SENSE. Someone might need to confirm that though...
there's the BACK TO THE FUTURE coincidence of the actor Michael Fox starring in the actual sci-fi show Marty's dad is obsessed with in the film, and one episode from 1955 was about people from the future coming to live in the present day
In the movie Say Anything, John Cusack's character is driving around town and there is a shot where he is driving by a movie theater that shows another Cusack movie, Tapeheads, on the marquee. I doubt it's a coincidence though.
The Addams Family movie was filmed on the same sound stage as much of the TV series was. Nobody working on the project realized this at the time.
reminds me of this one:
the nasty local pub at the start of AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON is also Tim & Daisy's front room in the sitcom Spaced. (if you haven't watched Spaced that probably won't be a very interesting coincidence - and it might not be even if you have!)
SHaron Tate's last film was the goofy comedy 12 + 1 (1969).
At the end of the movie, one of the charecters looks disturbingly like Charles Manson
Check the video at 6:20...very creepy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59T0VehSOKI&feature=related
^ weird, the freeze-frame as well with her name slowly coming up first on the credits...
I always thought that Alone In The Dark was a bad movie. Coincidentally, I was right. :twirl: :wink:
From the
Wizard of Oz IMDB page:
QuoteWhen the wardrobe department was looking for a coat for Frank Morgan (Professor Marvel / The Wizard), they decided they wanted one that looked like it had once been elegant but had since "gone to seed". They visited a second-hand store and purchased an entire rack of coats, from which Morgan, the head of the wardrobe department, and director Victor Fleming chose one they felt gave off the perfect appearance of "shabby gentility". One day, while he was on set in the coat, Morgan idly turned out one of the pockets and discovered a label indicating that the coat had been made for L. Frank Baum. Mary Mayer, a unit publicist for the film, contacted the tailor and Baum's widow, who both verified that the coat had at one time been owned by the author of the original "Wizard of Oz" books. After the filming was completed, the coat was presented to Mrs. Baum.
This is by far my favorite movie-related "coincidence." It's awesome.
In the film GOODBYE COLUMBUS, JACK KLUGMAN plays ALI McGRAW's father. RICHARD BENJAMIN plays a character named "Neil Klugman" (think NEIL SIMON). When RICHARD BENJAMIN begins dating McGRAW, in one scene they go to a movie... on the marquee we see the film they go to see is THE ODD COUPLE! Of course, JACK KLUGMAN later starred in the TV series based on that movie screenplay written by and based on Neil Simon's play...