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The writers' main inspiration for the character of Professor Stephen Falken was Cambridge Professor Stephen Hawking. Hawking was originally approached to appear in the movie, but he declined because he didn't want the producers exploiting his disability. This movie inspired congress to create and update the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1984. During their extensive research for the film, writers Lawrence Lasker and Walter F. Parkes made friends with many 'hackers' and security experts. They later wrote Sneakers (1992) another film featuring 'hackers' and security experts. George

"Felix, for the last 40 years I've lived a life of dedicated debauchery. I've consumed enough booze to destroy a dozen healthy livers. I've filled my lungs with enough nicotine to poison the entire population of Orange County. I've engaged in sexual excesses that make Caligula look like a celibate monk. I have, in fact, conscientiously, day in and day out, for more years than you've been in this best of all possible worlds, tried to kill myself and I've never felt better in my life. So, if you're really going to end it all, I can show you at least a half-dozen better ways to do it." "Ben, do you realize that in a matter of a few hours you have demonstrated most of your excremental bodily functions." "I haven't sneezed." "A sneeze is expiratory, not excremental." "I'm going to show my boobies. What do you think, Irving, you've seen my boobies. Hmm, are they worth showing?" "Well, since I can only render an evaluation based on a completely impersonal, purely professional examination of the subject, uh, subjects, I would have to say that in my humble opinion you've got a terrific pair of knockers." "What'd you give him?" "Oh, a pinch of this, a dash of that. Sometimes referred to in the trade as a Sleeping Beauty Boilermaker. Take no notice if he begins to levitate. It's a common side effect." "Now Lila, in order to inject this properly I have to expose my gluteus maximus." "Want me to do it for ya?" "Are you perchance a nurse?" "No, I used to be a junkie." " Would it endanger your amateur standing if I asked you to use a sterilized needle?" "You're the doctor." "Oh, that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all week." "You're gonna let that SHYSTER on?" "I could sue you for calling me that, Polly! A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I'M a QUACK!" George

A man paralyzed from the waist down from injuries he sustained in Vietnam repels crooks trying to break into his house at Christmas. George

"The Karate Kid"? George

"Independence Day of the Dead"? George

I remember a brief network flirtation with a police musical, but I can't remember the title. George

Sounds like "All in the Family" with "The Jeffersons" and either "Gloria" or "Archie Bunker's Place," though "The Jeffersons" did pretty well. George

Does anybody know a cartoon whose title ends in "Guardians"? :) George

I only recognize one of those characters, so I couldn't begin to guess the actor. George

This time I know the second half, but not the first (unless this is a "reverse"). George

I'm strongly tempted to make a forbidden political statement, here. :) George

Unless some lurker pops in, the only other contestant is Human, and he hasn't gotten it yet, so I'll just flip over the cards. "8 Million Ways to Die Hard." (And, yes, it would be a good title for the next installment.) FREE POST George

It's not that I was unaware of rock music, of course; but it was pretty much mainstream bands (Beatles, Herman's Hermits, Mamas and Papas) that I knew. As for Arlo Guthrie, I could have gotten "City of New Orleans," but that's about it. Just a process check, here. Was "Coming into Los Angeles" released as a single? Just because I don't recognize the title doesn't mean that it wasn't; but as much as we'd like people to recognize our favorite album cuts, we really need to keep this thread to songs with pretty wide distribution. George

No idea. At 13, a lot of the groups who played Woodstock were pretty foreign to me. George

Correct. Al Pacino originally wanted to use a pseudonym. Some might consider sci-fi and comics the same genre. I wouldn't, but some would. George

Knock it off, Kid. This was the star's highest-grossing film. Translating from another medium meant that the make-up crew had to do a LOT of interesting work. This was the first feature film with a completely digital sound track. Disney's The Black Hole (1979) would have been the first, but only had its score recorded digitally. One of the stars initially declined credit for the film and wanted to work under a pseudonym. The Topps souvenir magazine credits his role to "Guido Frascatti." George

No. Wrong decade (either one); I'd say wrong genre, too, but there are those who might disagree. George

"I'm going to show my boobies. What do you think, Irving, you've seen my boobies. Hmm, are they worth showing?" "Well, since I can only render an evaluation based on a completely impersonal, purely professional examination of the subject, uh, subjects, I would have to say that in my humble opinion you've got a terrific pair of knockers." "What'd you give him?" "Oh, a pinch of this, a dash of that. Sometimes referred to in the trade as a Sleeping Beauty Boilermaker. Take no notice if he begins to levitate. It's a common side effect." "Now Lila, in order to inject this properly I have to expose my gluteus maximus." "Want me to do it for ya?" "Are you perchance a nurse?" "No, I used to be a junkie." " Would it endanger your amateur standing if I asked you to use a sterilized needle?" "You're the doctor." "Oh, that's the nicest thing anyone's said to me all week." "You're gonna let that SHYSTER on?" "I could sue you for calling me that, Polly! A shyster is a disreputable lawyer. I'M a QUACK!" George

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This was the first feature film with a completely digital sound track. Disney's The Black Hole (1979) would have been the first, but only had its score recorded digitally. One of the stars initially declined credit for the film and wanted to work under a pseudonym. The Topps souvenir magazine credits his role to "Guido Frascatti." George

Starring Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, and Alan Rickman George

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First of all, I never said that I felt that God got me in and out of TWI. Allan did. I was just suggesting that Waysider's comment was unfair to Allan. If Waysider thinks that there was no good reason for him to have been in TWI, that's fine, for him. But it was wrong to imply that Allan's view was wrong, just because Waysider couldn't imagine godly involvement in Allan's choice to join TWI. I believe that I benefitted greatly from my time in TWI, especially early on. I got out while the getting was good. I don't know if God was involved in either my getting in or getting out. I can't rule out either. George

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Was this "Heat"? I think that was the first time DeNiro and Pacino were in the same movie. George