Connections

Reviewed.

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footage appears throughout

Footage from this film was edited into this mini-series.

Features clip from the movie

Title mentioned by Julianne Moore during her monologue.

A still is shown for the "Now In Theaters" bumper. Thumbs down from Siskel; thumbs up from Ebert.

Val Venis says that his new movie is called "The Big Valbowski".

A poster can be seen

Characters talk about this movie

Scene with poisoned drink recalls earlier film.

Just before Jackie Treehorn introduces himself to the Dude, an operatic version of the main theme from Double Indemnity is playing over a slow-motion scene from Treehorn's beach party.

When the Dude passes out after drinking the poisoned white russian, the darkness that falls over him mirrors this film.

Numerous lines and at least one entire scene (the girls enter a darkened room to find the Mayor sitting alone in front of a fire; after a brief, self-pitying monologue, he sorrowfully informs the girls Miss Bellum has been kidnapped) parallel and/or parody portions of the previous picture.

One of the cheat codes in the game is named "The Jesus"

Rainier Wolfcastle destroys the Simpsons' car with a golf club.