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references to other films - mild spoilers

posted 15 years ago by brucedgo
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I'm kind of surprised no one has brought this up yet. There were some nice allusions to other films.

I picked up on these...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - several asylum scenes

Invaders From Mars - The ship lands behind a fence, behind a wooded area -- very clearly imitating the most familiar scene in the 1953 version of Invaders From Mars.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the musical tones, as well as the spaceship in the end.

Also there were space scenes clearly made to be similar to some of the standard spaceship-in-space shots that have become so common ever since Alien or thereabouts.

Did anyone spot more?

"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are"
-- Repo Man

[–] klopekswithcoppers 15 years ago

I also noticed the Close Encounters reference.

The end reminded me a little of E.T., with Bernard being left behind.

Did you just watch this on movieplex?

[–] brucedgo 15 years ago

Not sure what cable channel it was on. I recorded it on DVR and watched it soon after (today).

"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are"
-- Repo Man

[–] klopekswithcoppers 15 years ago

Oh, I see. I just watched it for the first time. I actually laughed out loud at some parts.

[–] brucedgo 15 years ago

I liked it, too. And I'm not big on British comedy.

"The more you drive, the less intelligent you are"
-- Repo Man

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[–] remy_hunter 14 years ago

There's also an influence of Star Wars. At the begining you see the space ship coming into shot above the camera making its way deeper into space.

Great film, very fun and never tire of it. May watch it again tonight!

[–] Simian_Jack 10 years ago

1. You've already covered this with the mention of Close Encounters, but in case anyone didn't catch it - the Francois Truffaut character (Lacombe) from CE3K is parodied here as Trussaut

2, not a reference but a re-use of props - the spacesuit was a leftover from Outland.

I'm sure there are more, but I've just seen it or the first time!