Movie: Rain Man (1988)

“Charles Sanford “Charlie” Babbit is a self-centered Los Angeles-based automobile dealer/hustler/bookie who is at war with his own life. Charlie, as a young teenager, used his father’s 1948 Buick convertible without permission and as a result, he went to jail for two days on account that his father reported it stolen. It is then that Charlie learns that his estranged father died and left him from his last will and testament a huge bed of roses and the car while the remainder will of $3 Million goes into a trust fund to be distributed to someone. Charlie seemed pretty angry by this and decides to look into this matter. It seems as if that “someone” is Raymond, Charlie’s unknown brother, an autistic savant who lives in a world of his own, resides at the Walbrook Institute. Charlie then kidnaps Raymond and decides to take him on a lust for life trip to the west coast as a threat to get the $3 Million inheritance. Raymond’s acts and nagging, including repeated talks of “Abbott & Costello”, “Four minutes till Wapner” and refusal to fly on an airline except Quantas drives Charlie insane… and out of his selfish world into a cross-country trek of pure love and understanding that these two both have. Written by Christopher Howell (Ckhowell75360@aol.com)”

• Director: Barry Levinson
• Release Date: 16 December 1988 (USA)
• Run Time: 133 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Drama

Trivia: Reportedly one of Princess Diana’s favorite films.

Goofs: Continuity: Raymond takes pictures throughout the movie with a 126 film camera. We see, under the credits, the pictures he had taken and they are all rectangular in shape, when 126 film makes square pictures.

Movie: Viva Las Vegas (1964)

“Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser. Perhaps some singing will help. Written by Jeremy Perkins {jwp@aber.ac.uk}”

• Director: George Sidney
• Release Date: 20 May 1964 (USA)
• Run Time: 85 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Musical , Romance

Tagline: Elvis is at the wheel but Ann-Margret drives him wild!

Trivia: One of the guitar players on the soundtrack was singer/actor Glen Campbell.

Goofs: Errors in geography: When Lucky and Rusty are taking off in a helicopter to view the Hoover Dam, the TWA terminal at New York City’s JFK airport can clearly be seen in the background.

Movie: Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

“The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson’s seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the “American dream”… they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark. Written by Laurence Mixson”

• Director: Terry Gilliam
• Release Date: 22 May 1998 (USA)
• Run Time: 118 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy
• MPAA: Rated R for pervasive extreme drug use and related bizarre behavior, strong language, and brief nudity.

Tagline: Give us your brain for two hours and you will never be the same again…..(Icelandic)

Trivia: In the trailer for the movie, when Gonzo fires the gun in the car, it actually goes off instead of just clicking.

Goofs: Anachronisms: As they drive through Vegas at night, a marquee sign in front of The Plaza advertises a steak and lobster dinner for $11.99 - of a 1997 than a 1971 price.

Movie: Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)

“On her deathbed, a mother makes her son promise never to get married, which scars him with psychological blocks to a commitment with his girlfriend. They finally decide to tie the knot in Vegas, but a wealthy gambler arranges for the man to lose $65K in a poker game and offers to clear the debt for a weekend with his fianc?e. Suddenly the man is insanely jealous, and pursues his fianc?e and her rich companion, but finds pitfalls in his path as the gambler tries to delay his interference. Written by Ed Sutton {esutton@mindspring.com}”

• Director: Andrew Bergman
• Release Date: 28 August 1992 (USA)
• Run Time: 96 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Romance , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language, and some sensuality.

Tagline: A comedy about one bride, two grooms, and 34 flying Elvises.

Trivia: The character Chief Orman was inspired by Marlon Brando. Writer-director Andrew Bergman worked with Brando on The Freshman (1990).

Goofs: Continuity: When instructing Jack how to operate his parachute, the leader of the Flying Elvises (Utah chapter) tells Jack to pull the yellow lever. He then tells him if his chute doesn’t open, he is to pull the red lever to activate the reserve chute. After Jack jumps, he pulls the yellow lever and then immediately pulls the red. According to the Flying Elvises leader, this should have activated both parachutes.

Movie: Con Air (1997)

“Cameron Poe, who is a highly decorated United States Army Ranger came to his home of Alabama to his wife, Tricia. only to run into a few drunken regulars at where Tricia works. Cameron unknowingly kills one of the drunks and was sent to a federal penitentiary for involuntary manslaughter for seven years. Then, Cameron became eligible for parole and can now go home to his wife and daughter, Casey. Unfortunately, Cameron has to share a prison airplane with some of the most dangerous criminals in the country, who somehow took control of the plane and are now planning to escape the country with the plane. Cameron has to find a way to stop them while playing along. Meanwhile, United States Marshal Vincent Larkin is trying to help Cameron get free and stop the criminals including, Cyrus “The Virus” Grissom. Written by John Wiggins”

• Director: Simon West
• Release Date: 6 June 1997 (USA)
• Run Time: 115 min | USA:122 min (extended cut) | USA:123 min (extended version)
• Country: USA
• Genre: Action , Crime , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated R for strong violence and language.

Tagline: One wrong flight can ruin your whole day

Trivia: Colm Meaney’s key chain has a Star Trek Communicator ornament on it, a reference to his role as Chief Miles O’Brien on "Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1987) and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" (1993).

Goofs: Factual errors: Towards the end of the movie, when the C-123 is over Las Vegas, it hits a neon guitar and separates a portion of the wing. With the amount of the wing that is sheared off, and the fact that the engine on the same wing isn’t running, the aircraft would not be able to level out and would not fly–it would drop onto the broken wing and crash on its side.

Movie: Ocean's Twelve (2004)

“They pulled off one of the biggest heists ever and now they have another job to complete. Ocean’s Eleven, which consisted off Danny Ocean (Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon) and others, all thought they would be able to enjoy their money, but someone has other plans. Terry Benedict (Garcia) is still fuming after losing his money and wants it back. The team now have the job of getting all the money they spent back, or risk being thrown in jail. How are they going to get it all back? By pulling off another amazing plan. Written by Film_Fan”

• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Release Date: 10 December 2004 (USA)
• Run Time: 125 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Crime , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for language.

Tagline: You cross one ocean, you face them all

Trivia: Rusty’s phone ring tone is the title song from Pretty in Pink (1986).

Goofs: Revealing mistakes: (At 60:30) As Ocean is talking to Nightfox at his home, before the two conspire to steal the Faberg? egg, you can see a small bug crawl from the top side of his left collar on down his shirt.

Movie: Ocean's Eleven (2001)

“Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven team member, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It’s not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million. Written by Film_Fan”

• Director: Steven Soderbergh
• Release Date: 7 December 2001 (USA)
• Run Time: 116 min
• Country: USA
• Genre: Comedy , Crime , Thriller
• MPAA: Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual content.

Tagline: Hollywood's A list stars come together to pull off the most daring heist Las Vegas has ever known…11 men, 3 casinos, 150 million dollars, 1 chance to pull it off.

Trivia: The name of Carl Reiner’s character Lymon Zerga sounds like the Spanish phrase “la monserga” which translated into English roughly means, someone who is a pain in the butt.

Goofs: Factual errors: EMPs don’t work that way, even assuming you could find one smaller than a living room. An EMP scrambles the positive and negatively charged layers of a transistor so they no longer gate an electrical impulse, effectively turning solid state devices into lumps of metal. There is no unscrambling, all electronics would be dead forever. If Las Vegas was blacked out by a “pinch” it would stay blacked out till every piece of apparatus that used transistors was replaced. Planes would fall out of the sky, hospital patients would die, it would be an act of terror dwarfing 9/11. The only electronics still working would be the kind that still use tubes - die-hard stereo fanatics (the kind that still play records) and old-time ham radio operators. Of course there’d be no electricity.

Movie: Leaving Las Vegas (1995)

“Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Anderson has started drinking, a lot. He’s getting more and more isolated and he troubles women in bars because he wants to have sex with them. When he gets fired, he decides to leave everything behind and move to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with. Written by Marco van Hoof {k_luifje7@hotmail.com}”

• Director: Mike Figgis
• Release Date: 27 October 1995 (USA)
• Run Time: 111 min
• Country: France , USA , UK
• Genre: Drama , Romance
• MPAA: Rated R for strong sexuality and language, violence and pervasive alcohol abuse.

Trivia: The bartender at the breakfast/biker bar that wipes the blood from Ben’s face is played by Julian Lennon, son of John Lennon. The dark-haired prostitute at the casino bar is played by Law and Order SVU’s Mariska Hargitay, daughter of Jayne Mansfield. The last cab driver in the movie, who tells Sera she is a “pretty young lady who can get any man she wants,” is played by legendary soul singer Lou Rawls. Another bartender is played by Danny Huston of the famous Huston actors family (brother of Anjelica Huston, son of John Huston and grandson of Walter Huston.)

Goofs: Continuity: Ben can be seen wearing his wedding ring in scenes after it was stolen off his finger by the prostitute.

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