"Nods" in Movies- Page 2

[HorseTears]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 10:15pm

I think one of the best "nods" ever on TV is the final moment of the "Newhart" series when Bob wakes up next to Suzanne Pleshette from The Bob Newhart Show. That was brilliant, and such a great surprise.


Yes! Such a great moment. Fun thread. Keep em coming!

[jnb9872]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 10:51pm

The E.T.-STAR WARS nods are even more than what's been said - when E.T. is dressed up for halloween he encounters kids wearing Yoda masks, he appears to recognize them and John Williams' score briefly quotes Yoda's theme.

Later, somewhere in the STAR WARS sequels (I don't pretend to have cared about them) in the Galactic Senate (or whatever) E.T.s are seen as one of many species represented.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/13/14 at 11:08pm

Gravity is a Warner Bros. film so it shouldn't be too surprising that WB properties come into play. But since I actually own this Marvin the Martian figurine (I collected them as a kid and you couldn't take my Looney Tunes from my cold dead hands) it was cool seeing it in IMAX 3-D.

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Updated On: 2/15/14 at 11:08 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/14/14 at 6:58am

Close Encounters of the Third Kind has several nods to Disney's Pinocchio throughout the movie.

There is a music box/figure of Pinocchio on the tabletop with the toy train set in Roy's living room at the beginning of the film. Roy's wife calls him "Jiminy Cricket" at one point. He offers to take the kids to see Pinocchio instead of going to play "Goofy Golf" during the opening scene dialogue.

And in John Williams's score, during the finale, you can hear the melody of "When You Wish Upon a Star" played a few times.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 2/14/14 at 12:40pm

In light of the thread for Florence Henderson's 80th birthday, it is worth noting all of the cameos and nods in the two Brady Bunch movies starring Shelley Long and Gary Cole.

Cameos by Anne B. Davis, Christopher Knight, Barry Williams, and of course Florence herself (apparently the cameos by Mike Lookinland, Susan Olsen, and Maureen McCormick were cut from the final print, and it seems Eve Plumb did not have one).

When Jan runs aways in the movie you see her walking the street and being talked to by several prostitutes, which could be seen as a nod to Eve Plumb's Dawn: Portrait of a Teenage Runaway.

And one of my favorites from the first film; as Carol/Shelley Long is saying goodbye as Mike/Gary Cole is heading to work: "Go get him, tiger. Tiger, Tiger? Whatever happened to that dog?" This references the fact that in the series Tiger just disappeared in later seasons with no reference as to what had happened to him.

In the sequel there is a subplot of Greg and Marcia dealing with their growing attraction to each other, which could be seen as a nod to the various stories of different cast members dating during the original series.

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 2/14/14 at 5:54pm

Another one, in Death Becomes Her Goldie Hawn's character drank the potion that grants eternal youth on October 26, 1985, which is the date of the "present" in the Back to the Future trilogy, all directed by Robert Zemeckis.

[best12bars]

Posted: 2/14/14 at 5:58pm

An interesting casting nod I just noticed ...

I'm watching "The Great Ziegfeld" now (Best Picture, 1936), and in it, they have Fanny Brice playing herself. In the burlesque number where Ziegfeld discovers her (recreated from her life story), one of the chorus dancers featured behind her is Rosie, played by Mae Questel.

Mae Questel was also Mrs. Strakosh in "Funny Girl" (1968 ), the story of Fanny Brice.

Updated On: 2/14/14 at 05:58 PM

[jnb9872]

Posted: 2/15/14 at 12:02am

Damn, I love the Close Encounters Concert Suite, where "When You Wish Upon a Star" is given a rapturous arrangement before lurching into Williams' signature five note theme towards the end. Williams may have his detractors, but his brilliance is beyond compare.

One other musical nod, while we're at it: Howard Shore's final moments of his Return of the King score, after the credits roll, deliberately evoke the opening of Wagner's Prologue to the Ring Cycle. Such a perfect little link to throw in at the end of that epic undertaking.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 2/15/14 at 3:17pm

Speaking of Spielberg one of his early features, when it actually appeared he may have gone the festival circuit with The Sugarland Express (he won Best Director at Cannes), has this beautiful reflection of a drive-in projection to a Looney Tunes short featuring Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner on the car window that belongs to the two fugitives played by Goldie Hawn and William Atherton. It's tragic irony is actually pretty moving.

Updated On: 2/15/14 at 03:17 PM

[StageManager2]

Posted: 2/15/14 at 9:55pm

Not really a nod but more of a coincidence. In the 1942 non-musical adaptation of My Sister Eileen, Rosalind Russell starred as Ruth Sherwood. In a bit part, as a fortune teller and former occupant of the apartment, is June Havoc. Twenty years later, Russell would play June's mother, Rose, in the film adaptation of Gypsy.

[Eris0303]

Posted: 2/15/14 at 11:18pm

I know it's not really seen but there are Artoo and Threepio hieroglyphics in Raiders of the Lost Ark and if we're going to get into Disney we cannot forget Enchanted which is made up almost completely of "nods".

Jodie Benson as the secretary w/ a little "Part of Your World" playing in that scene.
Paige O'Hara as the soap opera actress.
Judy Kuhn as the pregnant woman
The bus driver's mickey ear hairdo
Pumba in line to get an autographed copy of Pip's book
The queen turning into dragon
Giselle running across the field
July Andrews as the narrator.
Nancy's last name was Tremaine and it was the name of her studio.
Bella Notte playing at the restaurant
Robert's law firm's name
The name of the news reporter
Robert's last name is Phillip
The couple Giselle reunites is named Banks

I'm sure there are more but those are the ones I can list without googling.

Updated On: 2/15/14 at 11:18 PM

[LaurenB]

Posted: 2/16/14 at 7:44am

The Avengers with Ralph Fiennes had a bit part played by Patrick Mcnee, the original John Steed.