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Mark Ruflow was the first person to play Merrill, who had to withdraw from filming because of a brain tumor.
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M. Knight Samalan insisted that the film poster should not have the face of Mel Gibson, because he believed that the film was a collective work, completely different from "The Sixth Sense of Supernatural".
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Graeme Hayes was an older character at first, but Paul Newman and Clint Eastwood both refused to appear in the film.
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The illustrations in the book about aliens are the masterpieces of Shamaran’s daughter.
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Shamaran once asked James Newton Howard, who was in charge of the film's soundtrack, to intentionally imitate the soundtracks of "The Third Type of Contact" and "Mentally Ill".
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After the filming was over, the producer gave all the corn to the fruit and vegetable market of the Agricultural College.
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Johnny Depp was expected to star in the film.
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The poster that Jacques Phoenix saw in the drafting office was the movie poster of the "Breaking Frontline" in which he starred.
Signs behind the scenes gags
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Ona 2022-04-20 09:01:12
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Cassandre 2022-03-19 09:01:03
There are two groups of lenses that are beautifully connected, one is a flashlight lens, which conceals what the concealment expresses the expression. The second is the shot of the water glass, which also conceals what should be concealed and expresses what should be expressed. The ending is unpleasant.
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Merrill: Hey, you guys okay?
Morgan: Some guy had a sign saying it was the end of the world.
Merrill: Don't worry.
Morgan: You won't let anything happen to us, right?
Merrill: No way.
Morgan: I wish you were my dad.
Merrill: What did you say? Don't you ever say anything like that again. Ever!
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Merrill: This is exactly what the nerds want...