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War for the Planet of the Apes, 2017.. 4k bluray... watched recently but got the 4k for xmas so gotta watch it lol

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very good film and the 4k picture is a treat to the eye...

Salazar's Revenge, 2017..

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One-Eyed Jacks, 1961.. Arrow BluRay.


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Marlon Brando insisted on getting drunk to film a scene in which he was supposed to act drunk, but he got too drunk to act or direct and so he insisted on repeating the process another day. Again he got too drunk to direct or act.

Marlon Brando replaced Stanley Kubrick as director.

Marlon Brando's inexperience behind the camera was obvious on set. He shot six times the amount of footage normally used for a film at the time. He was indecisive and ran over schedule and over budget in getting the film finished. Paramount eventually took the film away from him and re-cut it.

According to Karl Malden, during shooting, Marlon Brando would have "two steaks, potatoes, two apple pies a la mode and a quart of milk" for dinner, necessitating constant altering of his costumes. (now we know who ate all the pies)

Blazing Saddles, 1974... BluRay...

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Cleavon Little was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line. His reaction was real.

When the film was first screened for Warner Brothers executives, almost none of them laughed, and the movie looked to be a disaster that the studio would not release. However, Mel Brooks quickly set up a subsequent screening for the studio's employees. When these regular folks laughed uproariously throughout the movie, Warner Brothers finally agreed to take a chance on releasing it.

Gene Wilder said of the film, "They've smashed racism in the face, but they're doing it while you laugh."

The Final Countdown, 1980..

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Independence Day, 1996..

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According to producer/co-writer Dean Devlin, the U.S. military had agreed to support the film by allowing the crew to film at military bases, consulting the actors who have military roles, etc. However, after learning of the Area 51 references in the script, they withdrew their support.

The scene in which Will Smith drags the unconscious alien across the desert was filmed on the salt flats near Great Salt Lake in Utah. Smith's line, "And what the hell is that *smell*?" was unscripted. Great Salt Lake is home to tiny crustaceans called brine shrimp. When they die, the bodies sink to the bottom of the lake (which isn't very deep) and decompose. When the wind kicks up just right, the bottom mud is disturbed and the smell of millions of decaying brine shrimp can be very, very bad. Apparently, nobody warned Will.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1978.. remake of the '56 version.

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Among the sounds Ben Burtt used for the pod growing scene, the heartbeat came from an ultrasound recorded on his pregnant wife. The pod screams were recorded pig squeals. Additionally, the natural diegetic sounds (crickets, birds chirping) fade as the film progresses, until only mechanical sounds (sirens, the garbage trucks) are heard.

Brooke Adams challenged Donald Sutherland to a foot race during one of the film's many chase scenes. After Philip Kaufman yelled "Cut!", they just kept going. Adams won, in a dress and high heels no less.

Heaven Can Wait, 1978...

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Second of three collaborations of actor Jack Warden and Warren Beatty, the first having been about three years earlier with Shampoo (1975). These two 1970s films brought Warden to the peak of his acting career as he displayed a flair for comedy in both Shampoo (1975) and Heaven Can Wait (1978). As the faintly sinister businessman "Lester" in Shampoo (1975) and as the perpetually befuddled football trainer "Max Corkle" in Heaven Can Wait (1978), Warden received Academy Award nominations as Best Supporting Actor for both pictures but did not win the Oscar for either movie. Warden also later appeared in Beatty's Bulworth (1998) around twenty years after Heaven Can Wait (1978).

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, 1986..

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