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12:57p, 12/2/19
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I have watched Ep 1 (Diehard) and Ep 2 (Dirty Dancing) and thought they were fascinating. The behind the scenes documentary is told with a lot of humor from the producers, writers, crew, etc. and really shows how great films can teeter on the edge of disaster and doubt before they are finished and they realize they have a hit movie. When the Die Hard trailer was first screened the audience laughed and booed Bruce Willis because they thought he was a clown and the studio freaked and took him off all the posters. I also didn't know Swayze and Jennifer Gray hated each other due to bad blood from Red Dawn and she tried to get the producers to remove him before filming.
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12:59p, 12/2/19
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I've only seen the Home Alone episode, and it's great.

I've seen that movie more times than I can count, and yet I had never heard most of those stories. Had no idea the house sets were built inside a high school gymnasium, or that it was originally a WB picture before they shut it down (whoops!), or that Daniel Stern originally got recast, or many of the other stories.
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12:59p, 12/2/19
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Loved Home Alone..so much stuff I didn't know.
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FtBendTxAg said:
Loved Home Alone..so much stuff I didn't know.


Crazy that the original studio killed the movie for less than $2 million in budget deficit and it goes on to make more than a billion.
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1:56p, 12/2/19
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Also, thanks to Chevy Chase for being a dick to Chris Columbus. And to the original guy who dropped out of scoring the movie.
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1:58p, 12/2/19
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Definitely in for this series as they did a good job with Toys that Made Us.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 2:47p, 12/2/19
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Also, thanks to Chevy Chase for being a dick to Chris Columbus. And to the original guy who dropped out of scoring the movie.


Chevy is known for being the biggest ***** in Hollywood. His terrible behavior is legendary going back to the 70s.
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2:48p, 12/2/19
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The Ghostbusters episode gave me a lump in my throat when they mentioned Ramis' passing and his reunion with Murray before he died.

Crazy the original cast was supposed to be Ackroyd, John Belushi, and Eddie Murphy.
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In reply to bonfarr • 4:03p, 12/3/19
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bonfarr said:
I have watched Ep 1 (Diehard) and Ep 2 (Dirty Dancing) and thought they were fascinating. The behind the scenes documentary is told with a lot of humor from the producers, writers, crew, etc. and really shows how great films can teeter on the edge of disaster and doubt before they are finished and they realize they have a hit movie. When the Die Hard trailer was first screened the audience laughed and booed Bruce Willis because they thought he was a clown and the studio freaked and took him off all the posters. I also didn't know Swayze and Jennifer Gray hated each other due to bad blood from Red Dawn and she tried to get the producers to remove him before filming.
Lol i didnt even notice she was in red dawn. Or really any other movie. I assume she was cast by nepotism only?
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4:06p, 12/3/19
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Thanks for the tip this looks perfect for the wife & I!
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6:49p, 12/3/19
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I love nostalgia, loved Toys That Made Us, loved these 4 episodes, wish there were more. Most intriguing thing I learned is that John Hughes wrote a script for Dumb and Dumber

Also wish the movies they covered were on Netflix cause now I want to watch them again
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6:58p, 12/3/19
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I'm guessing the next season will be 90s movies.
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In reply to Bruce Almighty • 7:03p, 12/3/19
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I'm guessing the next season will be 90s movies.


Preposterous, they're not done with the 80s yet!
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In reply to KidDoc • 9:45p, 12/3/19
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Thanks for the tip this looks perfect for the wife & I!


Careful, after watching the Dirty Dancing episode my wife is planning to book a vacation for the family at the lodge in VA that was used in the movie. It looks exactly the same today.
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In reply to cbr • 10:23p, 12/3/19
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She was one of the girls that went to hide in the mountains with the boys and she also played Ferris Bueller's sister before DD.
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In reply to Bruce Almighty • 10:30p, 12/3/19
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They better do Sandlot.
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In reply to bonfarr • 10:35p, 12/3/19
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bonfarr said:
I have watched Ep 1 (Diehard) and Ep 2 (Dirty Dancing) and thought they were fascinating. The behind the scenes documentary is told with a lot of humor from the producers, writers, crew, etc. and really shows how great films can teeter on the edge of disaster and doubt before they are finished and they realize they have a hit movie. When the Die Hard trailer was first screened the audience laughed and booed Bruce Willis because they thought he was a clown and the studio freaked and took him off all the posters. I also didn't know Swayze and Jennifer Gray hated each other due to bad blood from Red Dawn and she tried to get the producers to remove him before filming.


Just watched these 2. Crazy what it takes to make a movie.
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In reply to bonfarr • 10:38p, 12/3/19
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bonfarr said:
FtBendTxAg said:
Loved Home Alone..so much stuff I didn't know.


Crazy that the original studio killed the movie for less than $2 million in budget deficit and it goes on to make more than a billion.


And still is one of the most popular Christmas movies. I just watched it
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8:57a, 12/4/19
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If they do the 90s here are the movies I think they should do:

Toy Story 1995 - This movie really changed much in animation and launched Pixar as a big deal and I would like to see some of the Aggies that worked on it.

Forrest Gump 1994 - Great movie based on a pretty obscure book which might have an interesting development story

Titanic 1997 - Not my favorite but was probably the biggest movie of the decade.


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In reply to ApachePilot • 9:06a, 12/4/19
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$612M domestic adjusted for inflation. Home Alone outgrossed The Last Jedi.
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In reply to bonfarr • 9:06a, 12/4/19
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That's actually a very solid list. I'd add Pulp Fiction, maybe Jurassic Park?
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In reply to bonfarr • 9:06a, 12/4/19
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bonfarr said:
If they do the 90s here are the movies I think they should do:

Toy Story 1995 - This movie really changed much in animation and launched Pixar as a big deal and I would like to see some of the Aggies that worked on it.

Forrest Gump 1994 - Great movie based on a pretty obscure book which might have an interesting development story

Titanic 1997 - Not my favorite but was probably the biggest movie of the decade.




Jurassic Park
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 9:12a, 12/4/19
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Pulp Fiction , how could I have missed that one. I would love to see the story in that and how a former video store clerk created an instant classic.
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9:42a, 12/4/19
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They could easily do a "The Movies that Made Us - 1994."

Pulp Fiction
Forrest Gump
Shawshank Redemption
Lion King
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In reply to dave99ag • 9:48a, 12/4/19
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Ace Ventura
Dumb and Dumber
The Mask
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9:50a, 12/4/19
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Jim Carey had an amazing year, but I wonder if he'd agree to the interviews.
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In reply to Brian Earl Spilner • 11:53a, 12/4/19
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My 1994 fave is Clerks
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bonfarr said:
KidDoc said:
Thanks for the tip this looks perfect for the wife & I!


Careful, after watching the Dirty Dancing episode my wife is planning to book a vacation for the family at the lodge in VA that was used in the movie. It looks exactly the same today.
Except for the lake is gone right?
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In reply to 62strat • 2:55p, 12/4/19
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Yes. The wife and I are going to re-enact as many scenes from the movie as we can so I guess this one isn't possible.

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3:49p, 12/4/19
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Posted this on the wrestling thread but noticed last night that there is a new episode of "The Toys that Made Us" about pro wrestling action figures that came out in the 80's. I enjoyed it.

Looking forward to watching these movie ones.
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8:31p, 12/4/19
Good show, but I wished it had a different narrator. His voice is awful
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In reply to bonfarr • 9:22p, 12/4/19
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bonfarr said:
If they do the 90s here are the movies I think they should do:

Toy Story 1995 - This movie really changed much in animation and launched Pixar as a big deal and I would like to see some of the Aggies that worked on it.

Forrest Gump 1994 - Great movie based on a pretty obscure book which might have an interesting development story

Titanic 1997 - Not my favorite but was probably the biggest movie of the decade.




Forrest Gump is in my top 5 favorite ever. Just a great movie
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In reply to ApachePilot • 9:58p, 12/4/19
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Winston Groom sold 30,000 copies of his book Forrest Gump before the movie was made. A year after the movie hit theaters he had sold 1.6 million. This was one of the few instances where the movie was far better than the book.
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Winston Groom sold 30,000 copies of his book Forrest Gump before the movie was made. A year after the movie hit theaters he had sold 1.6 million. This was one of the few instances where the movie was far better than the book.
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An interesting fact about Forrest Gump is that house was built for the movie. I remember looking it up years ago to see if it was a real place.
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