Edited into
A Look Inside 'Intolerable Cruelty' (2004) (V)
- clips shown
References
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Palm Beach Story (1942)
"Days of Our Lives" (1965)
- The show "Sands of Time" appears modelled after it.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
- Sounds of Dave's pod as he tries to rescue Frank are used in the scene where Clooney speaks to the (very) senior partner.
Wall Street (1987)
- Miles's "Love is good" speech is started in the same style and tone as Gordon Gekko's "Greed is good" speech.
"ER" (1994)
- scene where doctor show gets Clooney's attention appears to be an inside joke to his days on that show.
The Big Lebowski (1998)
- The scene where Clooney's character visits the senior partner has the same music (Mozart's Requiem) and similar lighting as the scene where the Dude is summoned to the Big Lebowski's living room.
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
- Clooney's look after waking up; also, obsessed with teeth as his character in OBWAT with hair
Traffic (2000)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
- 1. Scene at the beginning when G. Rush comes home and sees the van of the adulterer. 2. Next scene when the fast car drives by (with RR & his girlfriend).
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
Referenced in
Fear of Clowns (2004) (V)
- poster in movie theater
Take Off: Making 'The Terminal' (2004) (V)
- mentioned once
Features
Bête humaine, La (1938)
- The movie playing when Rex dies is a clip from Renoir's La Bete Humaine.
Featured in
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
- clips
Spoofs
"All in the Family" (1971)
- scene with the death of rex rexroth
"America's Funniest Home Videos" (1990)
- scene at the end, obvious parody
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