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Tidbits about movies and reality
Category: Arts and Entertainment Asked by: silverware-ga List Price: $10.00 |
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07 Nov 2003 11:50 PST
Expires: 07 Dec 2003 11:50 PST Question ID: 273613 |
After Jerry McGuire, you heard the phrase "Show me the money." After the Dalmatians, families bought Dalmations (and dumped them). After Finding Nemo, kids flushed their fish down the drain. There must be many more of those tidbits, real life consquences of fictional movies. In language, behaviour, fashion, products. I'm looking for a book filled with them (I couldn't find it), or for websites, or other sources. I already have many quotes ("Phone home"), so I more interested in the other forms. |
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Re: Tidbits about movies and reality
From: pinkfreud-ga on 07 Nov 2003 12:34 PST |
The popularity of the movie "Top Gun" is said to have resulted in an increase in military enlistments: "...the career of naval aviation came to the forefront as a desirable choice. While my casual Marine Corps contacts could not hazard any guesses as to percentages, they confirmed my suspicion that the movie had resulted in upsurges both in applications to the school and in military enlistments overall, particularly in the Navy. Or at least, at MCAS Miramar, "that's the rumor". http://www.vkn.com/movies/topgun/realtopgun.html |
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Re: Tidbits about movies and reality
From: pinkfreud-ga on 07 Nov 2003 14:34 PST |
Here's an article about movie catchphrases that you may find interesting: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/1383350.stm |
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Re: Tidbits about movies and reality
From: silverware-ga on 11 Nov 2003 14:19 PST |
Thanks for the tips, pinkfreud! Maybe that book or website does'nt exist. |
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Re: Tidbits about movies and reality
From: hlabadie-ga on 11 Nov 2003 17:03 PST |
The effects of popular culture on social behavior forms the subject of scholarly works, as well as, naturally, popular books. Search for 'popular culture" and "fads." A movie started the flagpole sitting craze. The Yellow Kid put several phrases into the language. Lincoln supposedly said, "So, you are the little lady who started the Civil War," to the author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. hlabadie-ga |
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