/r/MovieDetails
Details in Movies, Movie Details!
This subreddit is dedicated to the obscure details and easter eggs found in movies.
Don't forget you can get screenshots from movies at movie-screencaps.com.
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Rules
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| Rule 1: Detail Guidelines | Not blatantly obvious observations, but obscure enough that people could have missed it, or they noticed it but the significance didn’t click. Details must be obscure, relevant, and intentional. They must also be about something on screen, not off screen. See rule 8 for more info. Moderators reserve the right to remove posts that don't fit. |
| Rule 2: Flair your post. | Please flair your post apropriately, moderators will change or remove it if it is incorrect. |
| Rule 3: Be civil | Be civil. Uncivil comments including "detail is obvious" will be removed and may get you banned. Political comments may be removed because they can easily devolve into off-topic arguments. Repeated shitposting and rule-breaking may also get you banned. |
| Rule 4: Titles must include the movie name and release year | All submissions must include the name of the movie and the year of release in the title |
| Rule 5: Explain your post. | Make sure your submission has an explanation either in the title or in the comments and add "(explanation in comments)" to your title. Details must also be adequately explained with a relevant screencap or clip. |
| Rule 6: No unreleased movies or spoilers in titles. | No spoilers in the title or untagged comments. Don't browse /new if you're worried about this. Until a movie becomes available for purchase on multiple storefronts, digitally or physically, it is not allowed on r/moviedetails. *Unless it's confirmed to never be released on any other platforms (such as Netflix exclusives). |
| Rule 7: Movies only, no games or TV shows. | Submissions must be movies; TV shows and games should go to /r/TVDetails and /r/GamingDetails. Additionally, movie trailers are not eligible for submission. See this multireddit for more details subreddits. |
| Rule 8: No offtopic posts. | No memes, meta, questions, theories or political posts. Also, Movie mistakes, special effects, posts about minor roles of famous actors, behind the scenes clips and images, script details, and production/offscreen trivia are not allowed here. See the sidebar for more appropriate subreddits if your post doesn’t belong here. |
| Rule 9: Avoid reposts. | No common reposts, recent reposts (within 6 months), or reposts of posts that had previously gained over 20,000 upvotes. See a repost? crosspost it to r/MovieDetailsRepost |
| Rule 10: Factual posts require a source. | By default, all Trivia posts require a source. Other posts may require a source depending on the context of the detail. IMDB is not an accepted source, along with uncited blog posts and articles (such as WhatCulture and Factinate). If you claim that something is on the DVD commentary, you must provide proof that it is (with either a video, a detailed description with a full quote and timestamp, or some other direct form of evidence). |
Notes
If a post or comment breaks the rules, please don't just complain. Hit the report button and we'll look into it ASAP :).
Appeals to bans or post removals should be sent via modmail.
NSFW content is allowed but must be distinguished as such.
Intentionally spoiling content may lead to a ban.
Bots must be approved by the mod team and receive a bot flair, otherwise they will be banned
If 10% or more of your content is from the same domain, youtube account or similar you will be permanently banned as a spammer.
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In Fantastic Mr Fox (2009) the bulk of the newspaper is comprised of excerpts from the original book my Roald Dahl.
15:10 UTC
During the end credits of Big Hero 6 (2014), a billboard in the background features the sushi chef from Monsters, Inc. (2001)
19:36 UTC
In “The King of Comedy” (1982) there’s a cardboard cutout of Liza Minelli in Rupert’s (Robert DeNiro’s) basement which appears to be a nod to “New York, New York” ( 1977) which starred Liza Minelli and DeNiro and was also directed by Martin Scorcese.
13:10 UTC
The credits scene in Naked Gun (1988) has an interesting attribution
04:02 UTC
In Unthinkable (2010) there is a moment where you see the screen of a bomb tech who is apparently using excel and random letters produced by keyboard mashing to defuse a bomb.
01:20 UTC
In 'Star Trek: Into Darkness' (2013), on Admiral Marcus' desk, there's a ship model of The Phoenix, which was featured in 'Star Trek: First Contact' (1996)
19:48 UTC
In Inglourious Basterds (2009), Mike Myers' character, General Ed Fenech is named after French-Italian actress and Giallo film icon Edwige Fenech.
22:26 UTC
Just watched A Sound of Thunder (2005) for the first time. I noticed Charles Hatton mentions the character Brubaker from Capricorn One (1977), another Peter Hyams movie.
"...today, you stood shoulder to shoulder with Columbus discovering America, Armstrong stepping on the Moon, Brubaker landing on Mars..."
01:39 UTC
In Monsters Inc (2001) we could briefly see that Boos real name is Mary
15:52 UTC
In The Producers(2005), the only positive thing a critic has to say about Max Bialystock's play Funny Boy! is that the sets designed by Robin Wagner were almost adequate. Robin Wagner, who is listed as having designed them, was also the designer for the movie.
19:26 UTC
There Will Be Blood (2007). The film's title is a passage from the Bible's book of Exodus. Subsequent chapters of Exodus describe a "Pillar of Smoke by day and Pillar of Fire by night."
10:52 UTC
In Smile 2 (2024), Lewis's surname Fregoli is a reference to the Fregoli Delusion, a rare condition in which someone believes multiple people are actually the same person in disguise.
While not mentioned by name, the first film also references the Fregoli Delusion when Laura describes the Entity as appearing as someone she knows, as strangers, or as her long-dead grandfather, saying "it wears people's faces like masks."
14:05 UTC
Figurines of previous villains such as Balthazar Bratt and The Vicious 6 in Poppy's Treehouse in Despicable Me 4. (2024)
22:24 UTC
In Nope (2022), as Emerald is giving the pitch about Haywood being their great-great grandfather, OJ points out that she missed a “great.” Later, we hear audio of their father giving the same pitch. She missed a “great” because she was giving their father’s pitch for the first time since his death.
There was a throwaway line before this scene noting how this is their first attempt at a gig since their father’s passing. Just one of the many attentive details of this movie.
20:38 UTC
Wallace and Gromit - Murder Most Fowl (2024) - the WD-40 spray is labelled WG-40, suggesting Wallace invented it in their universe
19:42 UTC
Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)
In Die Hard With a Vengeance, when Bruce Willis and Samuel Jackson are going on their first assignment together, Bruce got out of the taxi and said, "Cheer up, things could we worse. I was working on a nice, fat suspension, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo." The line "smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo" are lyrics from the Statler Brothers song Flowers on the Wall that Bruce Willis was singing along to while driving his car in Pulp Fiction (1994) before hitting Marcellus Wallis.
17:20 UTC