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Amination is rotoscoped in
Now on britbox.
Shortly after Leroy smashes up the corridor you'll see him in an alleyway trying to trying to read a manual for a Hoover if I remember correctly. It seems to imply that he's homeless.
Leroy is probably the baby daddy although there wasn't the time to flush it out and the it was the spoilt rich girl looking for a bit of rough. You also have the fact that both CoCo and her seem to be vying for the Leroy's affections.
... sing for you was another released through BBC records.
Also part of the plot setup - the RTC happened en route back from a place like that club
PArt of the reason for that was explained in her retorts to Dennis Quaid in the "I have been so lost" dialogue... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaSRvXS85KI
IA Drang was one of the first major engagements in Vietnam - was the first use of the air cavalry concept..
As to the religious aspect - America was more religious back in 1966 - when the film was set.
Which, again, was a reference to an earlier scene in Platoon that referenced the Vietcong putting dead squaddies' penises into the dead squaddies' mouths.. (referred to in Nam - the Vietnam Experience)..
"I SAW THAT YOU SUMBITCH! YOU'LL GO AWAY TILL YOU'RE GREY! ... I'M GONNA BARBECUE YOUR ASS IN MOLASSES!"
FUlly from memory...
Loose meat - would be minced beef - the raw material for hamburgers and the like. Sloppy Joe sauces are a similar makeup.
Basically street food.
High-func Kanner at the time....
AIUI the older handset was a Ground Loop Start one...
Pretty much all 35mm cameras and older had cable-release on the shutter, IIRC it was even comon on much older roll-film cameras. Initially external timers could be fitted to this port - then many SLRs then prosumer cameras carried the self-timer function. Late on - pretty much standard functionality, apart from maybe your cheapest point-and-shoots.
Standard camera used by Carl and Ellie - in the timeline - probably something like the Olympus Trip range...
I don't know if the original thread is her e- but I recall one comms engineer suggesting it could have been the WOPR issuing a WRU/ENQ query - and David having his phone number in the response field in his terminal emulator.
Pushmi-Pullyu.
Not quite- it's kinda alluded to in the Fenners claiming the outbid...
Expy of Howdy Doody.
The original ran till 1960. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howdy_Doody
Worcester Odeon - saw it on the big screen in 1978. I was 7. Had the double album on vinyl...
Back then, there were many small garages that would have been attendant-operated. depends whether the pumps had remote cutoffs etc. Not everywhere is your standard Tesco or Esso forecourt.
Yes - he is a douchebag.
Something borrowed from the Royal Navy?