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<blockquote>an innocent woman was murdered, don't see how you could laugh much about it</blockquote>
Innocent?
This <i>innocent</i> drug addicted surfer was pissed off because her attempts to convince an ex-convict to double-cross his illegal arms-dealing ex-convict partner had failed.
It is fairly easy to laugh about that.
Wow. Have seen this movie dozens of times. Where does Buttafuoco appear. What scene exactly?
The screenplay was written from Omar Bradley's point of view based on his memoir, <i>A Solder's Story</i>, penned by Bradley's aide Chester Hansen.
<i>"Well aren't you as fit as a f'kin fiddle?"</i>
<b>Peoples:</b> <i>Whatchu in foe... incun tax ebasion? Chu play golf?</i>
<b>Walter:</b> <i>Not for awhile</i>
<b>Peoples:</b> <i>Golf is phat. Tigah Woo... TIGAH WOOOO! I like heem</i>
<blockquote>and risk contaminating the crime scene ? I mean he was left alone with the defense assistant in Carolyn's appartment.</blockquote>
Although high profile criminal defense attorneys might cringe a bit when acknowledging this, a <b>defendant</b> in a criminal case is literally <i>in charge</i> of the defense. A criminal defendant can demand to take the witness stand (against the wishes of their attorney), and can ultimately fire their defense counsel (within parameters allowed by the court).
In the movie, lead defense attorney Sandy Stern, co-counsel Jamie Kemp, and defendant Rusty Sabich discussed the oddity of the presence of spermicide and the staged-rape theory offered by pathologist Dr. Kumagai and prosecutor Tommy Molto. They sought to examine the crime scene without tipping off the prosecution of exactly what they were interested in finding. In the hearing where the court was handling pretrial motions, Judge Larren Lyytle says, "I understand that the defense would like to examine the crime scene?" Stern confirms this and the judge turns to the persecutors, and says, "Mr. Della Guadia?" Nico Della Guadia replies, "With the stipulation that nothing to be disturbed and nothing to be removed." The judge replied, "So ordered."
So there you have it. A court order was issued that authorized the defense to inspect the crime scene. The defense team can theoretically consist of <b>anyone</b> (obviously including the defendant). The police officer was required to log them into and out of the crime scene. As long as they didn't bring anything in and leave it, nor take anything - he doesn't need to follow them around because he frisked them on the way in (and although we don't see it, we can presume that he frisked them again on the way out). They didn't find a diaphragm nor spermicide, but they did find a personal phone/address book including the contact info for the victim's physicians. They jotted down that info and it became very useful.
@galstones78
All bent out of shape over an emoji... from <b>5 months</b> ago?
Ah, to be such a delicate ❄️ <i>[sigh]</i>
Are you kidding?
That song was like nitro for an F-16
LOL!
That 12 miles was not arbitrarily made up by the United States. In 1982, 12 nautical mile sovereign territorial seas were enacted by the <b>United Nations</b> <i>Convention on the Law of the Sea.</i> 12 nautical miles of territorial waters applied to <i>every</i> member of the United Nations. One inch outside of 12 nautical miles were international waters which also corresponded to the airspace above it.
You could have easily looked that up. On the other hand... post more of the same. We could use another good laugh.
Originally, Goose's death was planned to have occurred due to a ramp strike accident during an aircraft carrier approach. The U.S. Navy balked at that idea, so the filmmakers had to come up with an alternative. An F-14A ejection seat hitting the canopy during an ejection sequence was a realistic danger with the F-14A when involved in a flat spin. The Pratt & Whitney powered F-14A was susceptible to flameouts which <i>could</i> induce very nasty flat spins. When an ejection is triggered by either the RIO or the pilot, the canopy fires first, then the RIO's ejection seat fires, then the pilot's seat fires... in that sequence. Those 3 events are programmed to occur .4 to .7 seconds apart. In most flight regimes, the canopy will be long gone before the RIO's seat fires. However, a low pressure phenomena can form during a flat spin that causes the canopy to hover momentarily just above the cockpit for several extra milliseconds. For this reason, F-14 crews were trained to <b>manually jettison the canopy FIRST</b>, and THEN eject, IF they were caught in a flat spin. This extra step was deemed necessary, to give the canopy an extra half-second or more to eventually get sucked out of any low pressure area that forms above the cockpit during a flat spin event. Manually jettisoning the canopy first was important <i>only</i> if the crew members recognized that they were in a flat spin. Since a real F-14 naval aviator and RIO served as technical advisors for some of the cockpit and radio communication dialog, they likely suggested that line you hear Maverick say to Goose just before they eject: Mav says something like, "Watch the canopy" -or- "Punch the canopy." But the canopy was NOT jettisoned manually before the the ejection was triggered. Goose instinctively reached up and pulled the overhead ejection loop(s) which automatically jettisons the canopy, then his seat, then Mav's seat in the delayed time sequence detailed above... and you saw the result.
If you haven't watched <i><b>Maze</b> (2000)</i> and <i><b>Further Tales From the City</b> (2001)</i>, then you really haven't seen 'enough' of her ;-)
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I am not interested in <i>Patrice.</i>
I am not interested in <i>Darryl,</i> either.
hefty
<blockquote>She's a tree trunk...</blockquote>
Giant Sequoia?
At least some degree of campiness was intended and should be expected in Paul Verhoeven films. <i>RoboCop, Total Recall,</i> and <i>Starship Troopers</i> each contain significant camp elements, even <i>Hollow Man</i> had a bit, although <i>Basic Instinct</i> had virtually none. Verhoevan delivered many of his English language films with a considerable amount of satirical campiness front and center. It's unarguably very overt in <i>Showgirls,</i> but hardly unintended.
This may depend on how old you are. High school math curriculums must have changed quite a bit since this movie was released in 1983, because it didn't seem fetched at the time. I went to a high school that had an enrollment of 2600+ with graduating classes of ~460 - 500+ each of the four years that I was there. We didn't have a single student that took trigonometry during their freshman year. During my time, the average student's mathematics transcript was 9th grade: <i>Algebra I,</i> 10th: <i>(Plane) Geometry,</i> 11th: <i>Algebra II,</i> 12th: <i>Math Analysis and Trigonometry.</i> There was a group of ~40 advanced math students each year that completed <i>Algebra I</i> in 8th grade, so they took Geometry their 9th grade year, eventually taking <i>AP (Differential and Integral) Calculus</i> their senior year. One of those students got into M.I.T. in 1988, so I doubt that this curriculum tract was all that unusual at the time. I'm sure things are much different now, both in terms of courses and coursework.
Guido was basically out to get all of the cash Joel had. Note the dialog where he demands $340 for the <i>artsy fartsy</i> egg, after Joel says he only has $40 left.
The car was not totaled nor structurally damaged. It likely needed an entirely new interior. The specific cost to replace the interior is not specified, but Joel had money left after bringing the repaired and detailed Porsche home. We see Joel literally <b>thumbing through a stack of cash</b> while he walks into the house and notices that the furniture is missing. That scene occurs immediately <i>after</i> he is shown driving home with the newly repaired car.