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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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Grayson 2021-10-20 19:01:34
8.5 The use of the Shamaran space is really amazing. There are a lot of hints on the outside of the frame and hidden places, and the characters and push mirrors hidden in the hidden places are used to show the "outside" outside the frame. It has been implying that it is inside this space, but it is invisible. Or it, the subjective lens and the prying lens are also prompting the gaze hidden in the grass and hidden places, until the subjective lens completely overlaps the alien. Combined with the text, the hidden God, the gaze of the mother, another invisible power.
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Peggie 2022-04-23 07:01:19
The atmosphere of suspense and thriller is well prepared, aliens are basically not worth mentioning, and the main topic is about family and faith.
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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...