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From: ughenry@sunybcs.UUCP (Henry Neeman)
Newsgroups: net.movies
Subject: Re: Re: Classic movie references in "Gremlins"
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Date: Mon, 7-Oct-85 14:29:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  7 14:29:56 1985
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> > In the far background, the time machine from H.G. Well's
> > "The Time Machine" can be clearly seen.
> Yes, I noticed the time machine in Gremlins.  In fact the occupant of
> the time machine is a rather well known director - Steven Spielberg.
> I also remember in Gremlins the title on the movie marquee;  it was
> "A Boy's Life" or something like that.  This was the original title
> of another well known movie - E.T.
>                           Tim Larison  ihnp4!drutx!druhi!tml
  First, Spielberg was not in the time machine; he was wheeling around in
a little car.  As for the marquee, it read (as I recall):
		       NOW  PLAYING
		       A BOY'S LIFE
			   and
		      WATCH THE SKIES
which were the orginal titles for "E.T." and "Close Encounters of the Third
Kind."
  Other movie references that I can remember offhand were Frank Capra's
"It's a Wonderful Life" with Jimmy Stewart (Billy's mother was watching it on
tv) and the racing movie with Clark Gable -- the title escapes me -- which
was used as a tie-in to Gizmo's car chase to save Billy from Stripe.

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