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Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies

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Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies

December 07, 2020

Movie background details are sometimes ... just that. Other times, they’re a subtle homage to, say, an obscure ‘70s movie. This article is about those times, starting with …

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Independence Day

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Jasmine's kid's toys in Independence Day are actually an Easter egg. Her son plays with Godzilla toys, a ref3erence to Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich's 1998 Godzilla movie (Independance Day came out in 1996, but they'd already made the deal Godzilla by then). — Source: Film School Rejects

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Again, we didn't catch this and no sane person would

In Rise of the Planet of the Apes, when Caesar enters the apes' common space through the tunnel for the first time, that's director Rupert Wyatt's nod to Maximus entering the arena in Gladiator. — Source: Film School Rejects

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Aladdin

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - In Aladdin, when Jafar ends the Prince Ali reprise by launching Aladdin and the tower — Source: Film School Rejects

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You like that, don't you, you freaky li'l filmaholic.

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - The mirror room scene in John Wick: Chapter 2 was an homage to the 1973 Bruce Lee flick — Source: Film School Rejects

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Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Sam lavishing care on his plants in Moon was a reference to 1972's Silent Running. And — Source: Film School Rejects

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Star Trek

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - 2009's Star Trek put in a very subtle nod to the original show. When Pike sits in the — Source: Film School Rejects

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Somebody's up their own...

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - The ficus plant that shows up at the start of Iron Man 3 is a nod to Kiss Kiss Bang, also starring Robert Downey Jr. (it was his idea.) — Source: Film School Rejects

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Thor: Ragnarok

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Valkyrie's way of opening bottles in Thor: Ragnarok is a New Zealand film — Source: Film School Rejects

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Kong: Skull Island

Kong: Skull Island has a reference to Taxi Driver. Hank Marlow has a jacket that says Lizard Company -- a riff on Travis Bickle's jacket (which says King Kong Company). — Source: Film School Rejects

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The Goonies

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - The Goonies' Jake Fratelli wearing a fedora is the filmmakers' way of paying homage to Indiana Jones. — Source: Film School Rejects

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This seems frivolous?

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - The Mission: Impossible- Fallout team built a hallway set just so they could film a reference to 1967's Point Blank. — Source: Film School Rejects

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Tron

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Programs fighting other programs in the Disc Arena was Tron's way of paying homage to Spartacus. — Source: Film School Rejects

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Get Out

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Get Out's shade of light blue for its opening credits is an homage to The Shining. — Source: Film School Rejects

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Star Wars nerds alert

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - The Last Jedi riffed on an ancient Star Wars parody. The shot of what turns out to — Source: 5 Ridiculously Detailed Movie Gags (Almost Nobody Caught)

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Ant-Man

Movies With Sneaky Shout-Outs To Other Movies - Ant-Man has an obscure SNL reference. It's Garrett Morris' cameoc a nod to his playing — Source: Film School Rejects

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