One of two foreign language films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in the same year, the other being Cold War (2018). This is the first time since 1976 (42 years) in which two out of the five nominees were foreign films; both Seven Beauties (1975) and Face to Face (1976) were nominated for Best Director at the 49th Academy Awards in early 1977. In fact, 1976 and 2018 are the only instances in which two foreign language films were nominated for Best Director in the same year.
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The opening scenes and music are loosely styled on the opening scenes and music from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).
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This movie is based on a skit from Saturday Night Live (1975). Jason Alexander and Michael Richards appeared on Seinfeld (1989) with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, a former cast member of SNL.
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Laraine Newman played the part of Connie Conehead on Saturday Night Live (1975). In this movie, Connie is played by Michelle Burke. Newman appeared in the film as a Conehead aunt.
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When Ronnie and Connie are "honing" you can hear a song playing in the background, which is "Soul To Squeeze" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In the music video, a conehead appears and Chris Farley can be seen driving a truck.
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When Jane Curtain is lying in the hotel bed laughing, the book she is reading is a Gideon's-placed Holy Bible. The section she is reading is the Book of Revelations about the end of the world. Knowing how it would actually happen - a Conehead invasion - the strange creatures described in the Bible would be hilarious.
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This is the first of three movies featuring David Spade and Chris Farley, but they share no scenes together.
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Ellen DeGeneres: Connie's diving coach.
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Coneheads - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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