Poll Rate it: Kafka (1991)

Trivia : Just before going to the Castle, Kafka ask Bizzlebek to burn his manuscripts if he never came back. Bizzlebek replies "such an extraordinary request". This is in reference of the real request Kafka asked his friend Max Brod before dying. Brod couldn't go with the request and had Kafka's work published. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Che (Part I & II 2008)

Trivia : Terrence Malick originally worked on a screenplay limited to Guevara's attempts to start a revolution in Bolivia. When financing fell through, Malick left the project, and subsequently Steven Soderbergh agreed to direct the film. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Contagion (2011)

Trivia : To promote this film, Warner Bros. Pictures Canada built two giant Petri dishes treated with bacteria and fungi and set them in a Toronto storefront window. Over several days, the bacteria and fungi specimens grew to spell out the name of the film and form biohazard symbols. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Good German (2006)

Trivia : The film was shot as if it had been made in 1945. Only studio back lots, sets and local Los Angeles locations were used. No radio microphones were used, the film was lit with only incandescent lights and period lenses were used on the cameras. The actors were directed to perform in a presentational, stage style. The only allowance was ( Read more... )

Poll Rate it: The Informant! (2009)

Trivia: To prepare for the role of the overweight character Mark Whitacre, Matt Damon purposely gained weight prior to filming. He did this by eating lots of hamburgers, pizza, and dark beer, which he described in an interview as being "really, really, really fun."

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Poll Rate it: Ocean´s 12

Sorry for the missing third voting category in the last couple of posts. I'm crazily busy right now and only quickly copy-pastad my prepared code into the LJ update window without noticing that I hadn't put the new category in there.

Also, what kind of theme week do you want to see in June?

Poll Rate it: Erin Brockovich

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Poll Rate it: Solaris (2002)

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Poll Rate it: OCEANS 11