2. In Wayne's World 2, Wayne fights Cassandra's father and says something like, "I know all the ancient moves: the crane, the tiger, the monkey, the Beatle" and begins to drum and shake his head.
3. In the movie The Big Lebrowski the Dude says, "You know, it's like Lennon said, if it's for your benefit.. umm... ahhh..." and the dumb Donnie character butts in saying, "I am the walrus! he said 'I am the walrus'!!".
4. In the movie Men In Black, Kay is showing Jay some alien inventions. He comes to a small CD-like thing and says, "These things are gonna replace CDs. I guess I'll have to buy the White Album again."
5.
In
Ferris
Buller's Day Off, Ferris talks to the camera about socialism
and the fact that he doesn't have a car. He says something like, "I quote
John
Lennon. "I don't believe in the
Beatles;
I believe in me." And John Lennon was
the Walrus. Even if I was the Walrus,
I'd still have to bum rides off of people."
Also, towards the end, during the
parade, Ferris revs up the crowd by lip-syncing to Twist
and Shout.
6. In the movie Dumb and Dumber, Lloyd and Harry are in a restaurant by a jukebox. Lloyd says to Harry, "Look, they have the Monkees on here. D' you know they were a major influence on the Beatles?"
7.
In
the movie That Thing You Do!,
they make six clear references to the Beatles:
a)
Faye
says, "You know how the Beatles use
an 'ea' as the
Beat-les, well we can use an
o-n-e as in the One-ders"
b)
When
the band is playing at Villapiano's, Guy is talking to his girlfriend and
the owner says, "Come on, Ringo . You
shoulda been on five minutes ago."
c)
The
radio deejay says, "Today on our show we have four special guys. Makers
of a hit record, visitors from the East. Ooops! Hold on to your hats girls,
not THOSE mop tops ."
d)
The
host of the television show on which the Wonders appear says, "... the
only band to challenge the Beatles
to a hair combing contest."
e)
On
the night of the Wonders' live TV show, Guy's sister asks, "How many people
do you think are watching this?" and his dad replies, "How many people
watched the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan
show?"
f)
A
reporter asks, "Why don't you guys have long hair? Like the Beatles
?" and another adds, "What? Don't you like the Beatles
?"
It also contains many other subtle
references. Like when the Jimmy is being introduced on the TV show, it
says, "Careful girls, he's engaged!" just
like it said "Sorry girls, he's married" when
John
was introduced on the Ed Sullivan Show.
8. In the movie Father's Day,they play Paul's song "Young Boy" from "Flaming Pie" in the beginning, (if I can remember right!) And when Robin Williams and Billy Crystal are at some party, Robin gets kicked out and almost gets into a fight,and he says to the guys "Now guys, haven't you learned anything from John Lennon? All you need is love!"
9. In the movie House Arrest there's a big John Lennon "Imagine" poster hanging in the basement where the parents are.
10.
There are several Beatles references in the movie Mr.
Holland's Opus :
a)
There's a "With The Beatles" poster
hanging in his music classroom
b)
They play John's "Imagine", and they
show a clip of one of John's and Yoko's
'Bed-Ins for Peace', as well as clips of the day he died.
c)
Mr. Holland is upset at John's death
but doesn't think his deaf son would understand. His son then signs something
like, "Do you think I'm stupid? I know who The
Beatles and John Lennon
are!!"
d)
He also sings John's song, "Beautiful
Boy" to his son. Thanks Crystal!
11.
a)
In the movie
Sliding Doors
when
Helen catches the train in the beginning and meets James (the Scottish
guy) for the first time, he's sitting next to someone singing along woefully
to their walkman. He says, "They're Beatles
lyrics..."
(to Helen) "Don't you think they're
Beatles
lyrics? They're blatantly ripping them off." Helen says, "I wouldn't know."
He continues, "Everyone instinctively knows Beatles
lyrics. From the womb. In fact they should be called the Foetles."
b)
Helen's best friend, Anna, lives in Menlove Avenue
(same name as the street where John
grew up with his Aunt Mimi.)
12. In the Michael J. Fox movie Greedy, Mike's well.. greedy cousins harrass his Uncle Joe's young, attractive, English nurse. Frank says to her, "I didn't like the Beatles and I don't like you!"
13. At the beginning of Sister Act, a young Delores is in class, and asked by a nun to write the names of the disciples on the board. Much to the delight of her classmates, she writes, "John, Paul.... George and Ringo!"
14. In the first Austin Powers, the opening sequence has Austin Powers avoiding fans by hiding in a telephone booth wearing a fake mustache, and reading a magazine, just like the Beatles did in A Hard Day's Night.
15. In the groovy new movie, Austin Powers- The Spy Who Shagged Me, Austin sails to Dr Evil's volcano island hideaway in a yellow submarine.
16. In the movie Peggy Sue Got Married, Peggy screams,"I can do whatever I want! I'm gonna go to Liverpool and discover the Beatles!" Later in the movie, she gives a piece of paper to Charlie and says that she wrote a song for him. He says "It's pretty good for a first try, but I changed all the 'yeahs' to 'oohs'. 'She loves you, ooh, ooh, ooh,....." Thanks Izzy!
17. In the movie Independence Day, Jeff Goldblum's dad gives advice:"'All you need is love'..... John Lennon. Shot in the back...very sad."
18. In the movie The Breakfast Club, the principal and the janitor and talking. When the principle asks the janitor what he wanted to be when he was a kid, he answers "I wanted to be John Lennon".
19. In the film Pleasantville, a pop diva sings Across the Universe. Joey adds:. It's sung by Fiona Apple.
20. In the film Welcome to Sarajevo Woody Harrelson tells a stuffy British reporter "There were only 2 great things to come out of England: America and the Beatles!"
21. In the film The World According to Garp the opening and closing credits music is When I'm 64.
22. In Armageddon, when the roughnecks are preparing for space, the soundtrack is Aerosmith's (not so great) remake of Come Together.
23.
In the movie The Rock, Nicolas
Cage, while at work, receives a vinyl record of With
the Beatles in the mail. When his coworker asks him why it was
sent here and not home, Cage replies, "Carla wouldn't approve. She's thinks
it's dumb to spend $600 on an LP."
Coworker: "Carla's right. Why don't
you just spend $13 on a CD?"
Cage: "First of all, it's because
I'm a Beatlemaniac, and second, (holds
up the record) these sound better."
24. At the start of the made-for-cable movie Fatherland, a sci-fi set in 1964 postulating that Germany won WW2, a huge poster of the Beatles can be seen on the side of a building in Berlin.
25. The end credit music for the movie American Beauty is a cover of "Because".
26. In National Lampoon's Vegas Vacation, the 2 Griswald kids get a ride into town with some Beatles impersonators, acting the part completely. Thanks to Studebaker Hoch for #19 to 26!
27.
In the movie Michael...
a)
John
Travolta says, "Just remember what John
and
Paul
said." Another guy replies
"Oh? The disciples?" "No, the Beatles.
All
you need is love." Thanks Jessica!
b)
Also,
they sing an off-key version of All You Need Is
Love. Thanks Sheam!
28. The ending song of I Know What You Did Last Summer is a re-make of Hey, Bulldog. Thanks McKenna!
29. John Lennon guest-stars in Forrest Gump (ahh the wonders of Hollywood! ;)) He is on a talk show with Forrest, who talks about people in China. Forrest: "They don't have anything, over there." John: "No possessions?" Forrest: "And they never go to church." John: "No religion, too?" Host guy: "My, that is hard to imagine." John: "It's easy, if you try..." (All together now... "Imaagine alllllll the people......") ;))
30. In the movie This Is Spinal Tap, the band are arguing over the cover of their album. Fran Drescher, who plays a record company executive, says something like, "The White Album, no picture on the cover, and look, it sold a million copies." Later, the album is released with an all black cover.
31.
In the Monkees' movie Head...
a)
Peter
Tork can be heard walking into a bathroom whistling Strawberry
Fields. Thanks Marty Rotten for #30
& 31a)!
b)
A
waitress turns to Peter Tork and says "Are you still paying tribute to
Ringo
Starr?" Thanks for 31 b), Izzy!
32. In the movie Grace of My Heart, a concept songwriter is being interviewed, and he's asked if he can pull off his, um, "creative songwriting". He says, "Well, Lennon wrote a song about a walrus, didn't he?"
33. On a new MTV show, Head Trip, someone does a voice-over to make fun of videos. A voice with a British accent was overdubbed on a Sean Lennon video, and when a part with shadows came up, it said, "Me dad taught me shadow puppets. There's Henry the Horse, and the Walrus. The Walrus was Paul... I buried Paul." Thanks again to Izzy for #30 & 31!
34. In the movie I'll Be Home for Xmas, the dog that Jonathon Taylor Thomas stows away with on the plane home is called Ringo.
35. In the movie EDTV, Ellen DeGeneres' character speaks of Ed's fame... "He's a Beatle, he's a Spice Girl!"
36. In Mr Saturday Night, Billy Crystal gets mad at his agent for an incident years ago, when he blew his chance on the Ed Sullivan show because he was put on after the Beatles, and naturallly the crowd wasn't receptive to much else! (Actual footage of the lads here, guys!!)
37. In The Goonies, a kids' movie, there's a song called "Eight Arms to Hold You" (which was a title considered for the Help! movie.)
38, a)
There
is a movie called
Can't Buy Me Love.
It has nothing to do with the Beatles except that the song is on the soundtrack.
Thanks
Izzy for #37 & 38 a)!
b)
Another
non-Beatles related movie title is, Here Comes
The Son.
39. In Sleepless in Seattle, Jonah is sitting with his girlfriend in his room with a record on his lap. When his dad, (Tom Hanks) walks in, he says, "Did you know that if you play this backwards, it says Paul is dead?" Thanks Mum!! :) hehe..
40. The song played at the beginning of The Craft is a cover of Tomorrow Never Knows. Thanks Sara!
41. From the movie Grosse Point Blank: An assassin (John Cusack) is arguing with his secretary (Joan Cusack) about whether or not he should attend his high school reunion, and at one point hecalls her "Sgt. Pepper" because of the velvet band uniform she's wearing. Thanks again Studebacher Hoch!
42.
In The Parent Trap...
a)
The
mum and one of the daughters are in London, and they cross Abbey
Road.
b)
Emmalee
adds.. Here
Comes The Sun is also played in one scene.
43. In the movie Absolutely Fabulous! The Last Shout, a secretary is giving Edina phone messages. One of them is "Linda McCartney's launching sausages"...whatever that's supposed to mean!
44. In the movie Shampoo, there's a party, at which Yesterday, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, and Sgt.Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are played.
45. In a Cher movie called Mask, you can hear Girl and I Want to Hold Your Hand.
46. In Sixteen Candles, a person sings parts of Birthday and Hey Jude.
47. While My Guitar Gently Weeps is featured in the movie Withnail and I.
48. Someone sings part of All My Loving over a tape in the movie Testament .
49. In Jerry Maguire, you hear two Paul songs, Momma Miss America and Junk.
50. The John song Love is played in the movie Little Darlings.
51. In the movie An Unmarried Woman, two people sing the Paul song, Maybe I'm Amazed.
52. In Poltergeist II, two people sing part of If I Fell. Thanks so much to Izzy for #41 - 51!!
53. In the The Money Pit, Tom Hanks and his girlfriend Shelley Long are reminiscing about good times in Mexico. Tom: "Remember? You got drunk and sang a tribute to the Beatles." Shelley: "Did I? I don't even know any Beatles songs!"
54. In the screwball comedy Top Secret, Val Kilmer is dropped off at the French Resistance headquarters, having hitched a ride in a farmer's horse-drawn wagon. As the farmer is driving off, his horse begins to sing A Hard Day's Night. Thanks again Studebaker Hoch for #53 & 54!!
55. Eddie Murphy's partner in Beverly Hills Cop (what's his name??) is watering his plants. He comments, "They all like different kinds of music.. I play the Beatles, the bogonias perk up. But I play Beethoven, and they wilt."
56. In the Tim Allen movie Jungle 2 Jungle, his wild son is trying to tell him the names for different species of bird in his language. Tim Allen has a go. "Yuku Ono," he says. "The bird who can't sing." Thanks John and Jodie!! :-)
57. In the movie Keeping the Faith, the priest-in-training is teaching the future rabbi how to bless himself. White outlines appear on the screen to show their hand movements, and the rabbi ends up drawing John Lennon instead of a cross.
58. In the TV movie The 70s, you hear John's Instant Karma and Whatever Gets You Through the Night.
59. In a movie called Back to School, a teacher is complaining that he had to go to Vietnam while everyone else got to stay home and listen to Beatles records. Thanks Izzy for #57-59!!
60. In Antz, there is a scene when the ant colony is protesting, asking for the ant Z (the main character who has disappeared along with the princess ant). They sing: "All we are saying, is give Z a chance."
61.
In Almost Famous, the movie
that vividly recreates the 70's rock scene...
a)
One of the main characters is called Penny
Lane.
Thanks Jenny for #58-59a!
b)
The
band, Stillwater, finds out that they are going to be on the cover of Rolling
Stone. The lead singer starts freaking out, saying "They don't put just
anyone on the cover of Rolling Stone. I mean, *the
Beatles* were on the cover, and there were four of them and
there's four of us!!" Thanks Jessica!
c)
The
main character William runs through a hallway and trips and falls. It's
supposed to be like George running
and falling in A Hard Day's Night.
d)
Also,
the director made the cast watch AHDN
with him before shooting the movie. Thanks ImagnStrwbrySkys
for #61 c & d!
62. In the James Bond film Goldfinger... Bond, whilst seducing yet another blonde lady, claims that there are certain things that must not be done, such as drinking Dom Perignon champagne above a specific temperature and "listening to the Beatles without earmuffs". Oooh, harsh! ;-) Thanks Ray!! :)
63. In the movie Pulp Fiction, Mia asks John Travolta if he's an Elvis person or a Beatles person then explains: "There are 2 kinds of people in the world. Beatles people and Elvis people. Now Beatles people can like Elvis and Elvis people can like the Beatles. But you can't like them both equally!" Thanks Nell!
64. In Moulin Rouge, the writer starts singing All You Need Is Love, and Money Can't Buy Me Love. Nicole Kidman sings in reply, Money (That's What I Want). Thanks Greenmyst!
65.
In
Remember
The Titans...
a)
There
is a version of Act Naturally. Thanks
Emmalee!
b)
The
Titans enter the field doing a song and dance type thing, and the coach
of the oppossing team says "Who do they think they are, the Beatles?"
Thanks
Nezhead28!
66. In the movie Kate and Leopold, Meg Ryan asks Hugh Jackman, who is dressed in full military regalia..."Who are you, Sgt. Pepper?" Thanks Robbi!
67. In a movie called Fletch the nurse asks "Can I get you something?" "Yes, The Beatles' White Album". Thanks Natasha!
68. There's a movie starring Keri Russell called, Eight Days A Week. There's one scene when she and another character talk about who they'd rather be, John Lennon or Paul McCartney. She says Lennon because she thinks he's cooler. The other guy says, "But then you'd be dead". Keri: "Yeah, but I'd die knowing I was the coolest Beatle." Thanks Jamie!
69. In My Girl, there's a bit where the girl and Macaulay Culkin go into Jamie Lee Curtis' motor home and MC says something like "Lets drive to Liverpool!". Jamie Lee asks "why Liverpool?" and the girl tells her he is "a big Ringo fan". Thanks Nerida!
70. In the movie Hook, when Peter Pan visits the older Wendy, he sees her grand daughter and gives her a kiss. She has loads of Beatles memorabillia around her room... she even is laying on a Beatles pillow. Thanks Michelle!
71. In the Jennifer Love Hewitt movie Heart Breakers, she and Jason Lee get married and their wedding song, is John's song, Oh My Love from Imagine. Thanks ImagnStrwbrySkys!
72.
In the brilliant and fab-filled movie, I
Am Sam... (warning: you might want
to see the movie before reading these!)
a)
The whole soundtrack consists of Beatles
covers.
b)
Sam's apartment has Lennon
posters all over it.
c)
He does up her nappy with a Beatles
badge.
d)
Sam dresses up as a Beatle
for Halloween.
e)
There's a sign near the bus stop that says, "Revolution".
f)
The
Beatles are mentioned several other times....
1)
Sam
realises he "chose good" by naming his daughter Lucy
Diamond Dawson when Annie tells him:
"You
know, critics
and foolish people thought that song ['Lucy
in the Sky with Diamonds'] had a secret
meaning, but John
always said it
was based on a picture that his son Julian
drew of his friend Lucy O'Connor."
2)
One
of the never-ending questions Lucy asks Sam: "Daddy,
are there long-haired boys, and if there are, what are they
called?" "The Beatles."
3)
When
she asks about her mother: "John
lost his mom when he was little and Paul
lost his mom when he was little.
Annie says sometimes God just picks the special people."
4)
When
told about Lucy not wanting to be smarter than he: "John
wanted to try new things. It wasn't Yoko's
fault. John
just
wanted to try new things. Annie says you can hear it on the White
Album."
5)
When
telling Lucy about his new lawyer (Michelle Pfeiffer): "Her name's
Rita.."
Lucy:
"Like Lovely Rita Meter Maid!"
"Yeah and Harrison
like George."
6)
Telling
Lucy about his new apartment:
"My apartment is number 9.
Nine like October 9 when John Lennon
was born and
his son Julian
was born too." Lucy: "John
met Yoko on November
9." Sam: "Yeah, and his mom lived at number 9
Newcastle Road in Liverpool." Lucy: "Newcastle' nine letters,
'Liverpool' nine letters."
g)
These
quotes are from Sam when trying to express himself in his custody court
case:
1)
"George
didn't think he could write a song, but then he wrote 'Here
Comes the Sun' and Annie says it's one
of the best
songs on Abbey Road."
2)
"It's
like when Paul McCartney
wrote the song 'Michelle'
and he gave it to John Lennon
and he did the 'I love you I love
you I love you' part. Annie says it wouldn't be the same song without that."
3)
At
one point Sam says, "Help, I need somebody.
Help, not just anyone."
4)
"...and
that's why the whole world cried the Beatles
broke up on April 10, 1970." Thanks very
much to Saraken!
73. In the movie Vanilla Sky, which featured a song by Paul, Tom Cruise is sitting with the shrink and the talk about which Beatle was their favorite. There's also an interview with Paul on the DVD. Thanks Debby!
73.
In a new movie released just last week, called Serving
Sara, a man in disguise says he is from
England (with a really bad accent), and says that his house was on the
corner of Penny Lane
and Abbey Road.
Thanks Greenmyst!
Have you
found any other references?? Email me at kyles223@hotmail.com
and I'll include them here!! Please don't forget to tell me your
name or nickname, so I know who to credit them to!
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