The San Francisco Giants' number 11 is retired (Carl Hubbell). But, recently Omar Visquel of the Chicago White Sox was given a retired number of (ironically) 11, which was worn by shortstop Luis Aparicio.
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RE: The Fan - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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RE: Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones spent two weeks scouting locations in Britain. On the Special Edition DVD and Blu-ray editions of this movie, there is a bonus documentary about the location scouting with Sir Michael Palin and Terry Jones revisiting several of the locations they used in this movie and several more that were considered, but never used.
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RE: Movies like Communion (movies similar to Communion)
The Fourth Kind 2009
Since the 1960s a disproportionate number of the population in and around Nome Alaska have gone missing. Despite FBI investigations the disappearances remain a mystery. Dr. Abigail Tyler a psychologist may be on the verge of blowing the ...
The Fourth Kind features scary, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense and mockumentary style.
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RE: Big Jake - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
In the scene where John Wayne thinks his son (Christopher Mitchum) may be dead from wrecking his motorcycle but finds he was just "playing dead", Duke punches him twice for scaring him. Following each punch, as Mitchum is falling, you can clearly hear a camera taking several pictures of the scene.
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RE: Movies like The Man with the Golden Gun (movies similar to The Man with the Golden Gun)
The Living Daylights 1987
James Bond helps a Russian General escape into the west. He soon finds out that the KGB wants to kill him for helping the General. A little while later the General is kidnapped from the Secret Service leading 007 to be suspicious.
The Living Daylights features suspense, saga, exciting, spectacular and action adventure style.
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RE: Movies like Battle Royale II: Requiem (movies similar to Battle Royale II: Requiem)
Detention 2003
A heroic high school teacher leads a band of students trapped in school by violent drug-runners.
Detention features realistic, serious, rough, suspense and fast style.
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RE: Black Swan - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
There has been an online fan-theory that Nina may have been sexually abused by her mother - Erica. There are two scenes from Nina's point of view that hint at this theory: When Erica is in Nina's bedroom she gives a suspicious smirk when saying "Are you ready?" and it is revealed Lilly never actually slept over in the Lesbian scene, and Lilly calling Nina "sweet girl" - the same words Erica uses - and Lily's face transforming into herself and her mother causing her to freak out for a second.
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RE: Bohemian Rhapsody - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
At one point, Freddie mocks the rest of the band, saying that without him, they'd all be in mundane jobs. Particularly, he claims that former astrophysics student Brian would be Dr. Brian May, having written a paper that no one would read. In reality, Brian May received a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007. In the same scene, Deacy tells Freddie, seemingly for the first time, that he studied electrical engineering. In reality, John Deacon created the Deacy Amp that Queen used throughout their career.
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Movies like Quiet Days in Clichy (movies similar to Quiet Days in Clichy)
Quiet Days in Clichy is a great movie. And, if you enjoyed the movie, you are sure gonna love these. Lets make a list of movies that are similar or suited for same audience.
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RE: Movies like Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular (movies similar to Lady Gaga and the Muppets Holiday Spectacular)
Notting Hill 1999
William Thacker is a London bookstore owner whose humdrum existence is thrown into romantic turmoil when famous American actress Anna Scott appears in his shop. A chance encounter over spilled orange juice leads to a kiss that blossoms into a ...
Notting Hill features romantic, feel good, touching, romantic comedy and rom com style.
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Cennet 2017
Cennet was abandoned as a baby and has struggled bravely through life desperate for the motherly love she has missed out on. Brought up by her grandmother Cennet has little in her life apart from her best friend. However an accident breaks them ...
Cennet features social, visually appealing, captivating, sentimental and entertaining style.
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RE: Sleepy Hollow - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
Bitter Lands 2018
The love story of Zuleyha who grew up without a father and works with Yilmaz as an auxiliary weaver in order to earn money for her brother a gambler. The lives of these two young people blinded by the love of one ordinary night will turn ...
Bitter Lands features captivating, uplifting, sentimental, psychological and romantic style.
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RE: Movies like Presumed Innocent (movies similar to Presumed Innocent)
The Generals Daughter 1999
When the body of Army Capt. Elizabeth Campbell is found on a Georgia military base two investigators Warrant Officers Paul Brenner and Sara Sunhill are ordered to solve her murder. What they uncover is anything but clear-cut. Unseemly details ...
The Generals Daughter features detective, tense, suspenseful, suspense and intense style.
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RE: The Muppet Christmas Carol - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
This movie was originally planned to be a television special.
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RE: Movies like Action jackson (movies similar to Action jackson)
48 Hrs. 1982
A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him in order to track down a killer.
48 Hrs. features exciting, detective, funny, neo noir and humorous style.
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RE: Movies like You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (movies similar to You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger)
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
Between two Thanksgivings Hannahs husband falls in love with her sister Lee while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Hannah and Her Sisters features ironic, talky, humorous, witty and sentimental style.
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RE: Movies like The bourne supremacy (movies similar to The bourne supremacy)
Paycheck 2003
Michael Jennings is a genius whos hired and paid handsomely by high-tech firms to work on highly sensitive projects after which his short-term memory is erased so hes incapable of breaching security. But at the end of a ...
Paycheck features futuristic, entertaining, tech noir, exciting and serious style.
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RE: Movies like Visitors (movies similar to Visitors)
Ghost Lake 2004
Rebecca Haster blames herself for the death of her parents and decides to spend sometime alone in the lakeside cottage of her parents in Rushford Lake. She meets Stan James on the road and gives a lift to the stranger. Later they become friends ...
Ghost Lake features suspense, independent film, serious, scary and offbeat style.
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RE: Nevada Smith - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
The character Nevada Smith was supposed to be 16. He was played by 35-year-old Steve McQueen.
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RE: Movies like Marie Antoinette (movies similar to Marie Antoinette)
Domina 2021
Domina follows Livias journey from a nave young girl whose world crumbles in the wake of Julius Caesars assassination to Romes most powerful and influential Empress driven by a deep desire to avenge her father and secure power for her ...
Domina features historical drama, social documentary and period drama