The film's premise is loosely based on the real-life case of the Niland brothers.

" Dave Kehr, in his review for the Daily News, criticized the film's premise as a " tired idea, and it produces an episodic, unstrung film.

A review in DVD Talk concluded that Beban's performance was able to overcome the film's melodramatic premise :" Beppo is a delightful character ... His rage after being robbed was another standout moment.

* Paul Freeman appeared as Professor Moriarty in the 1988 comedy Without a Clue, revolving around the premise that Holmes is a fictional creation of Watson's, and Watson is the real crime-solving genius ; Moriarty is apparently aware of the deception, with ' Holmes ' clearly terrified at the thought of facing him, although he shows his skills when facing Moriarty in a duel at the film's conclusion.

The film's premise, a 24-hour television broadcast called " The Truman Show " that focuses on the life of Truman Burbank, uses faux product placement.

The film ends with a close-in on Beverly's face, as her lips quiver into a small but diabolical smile and a screen appears displaying the message that Beverly " refused to cooperate " with the making of the film, further playing on the premise of the film's reality.

The film's premise is that there is another way to heaven than adherence to the practices of the Roman Catholic Church.

The film's screenwriter, Albert Maltz, was later brought before The House Committee on Un-American Activities on the premise that some lines of dialogue in the film reflected Communist sympathies.

" Jamie Malanowski of The New York Times praised the film's satirical premise but felt it was " full of unrealized potential " because " the filmmakers equate mayhem with humor.

In his review for The Sunday Times, George Perry praised the film's premise as a " nice idea, but the effects themselves are merely ingenious when they might have been spectacular ".

Club, in a 2003 review of the film's DVD release, says the film's superhero scenes are " often unintentionally silly, but again, Sayles shapes a catchy premise into a subtler piece, using Morton's ' alien ' status as a way of asking who deserves to be called an outsider in a country born of outsiders "; commenting on the DVD, they note its " marvelous " audio commentary track by Sayles, " who moves fluidly from behind-the-scenes anecdotes to useful technical tips to unpretentious dissections of his own themes.

Hawks said he did not think the film's premise was believable, and as a result thought the film was not as funny as it could have been.

The title, also used by a 1965 documentary on CBS television that filmed one such tour, was taken from a magazine cartoon caption, humorously depicting the whirlwind nature of European tour schedules, which formed the premise of the film's plot.

In 1992, the film's premise was satirized in the seventh episode of the fourth season of Seinfeld.

The film's premise is that Sherlock Holmes is a fictional character created by Dr. John Watson ( Ben Kingsley ) to enable him to solve crimes incognito during a period when he was applying for a post at a reclusive medical practise.

In his 1950 review of the film in The New York Times, Bosley Crowther speculated on the origin of the film's premise:

Similar to the book, the film's premise was partially inspired by pages missing from John Wilkes Booth's diary.

The film's title and premise are a joke referring to the character of Mycroft Holmes, Sherlock Holmes ' older brother, who was by both of their estimates a good deal smarter than Sherlock.

The 1992 film Sleepwalkers features " Boadicea " as the film's signature tune.

The film's soundtrack features part of the first movement of Henryk Górecki's Symphony No. 3, subtitled Symphony of Sorrowful Songs.

The film's supporting cast features Robin Sachs as the warlord, Patrick Breen as a friendly alien, and Justin Long in his feature-film debut as a fan of the television show.

The Guru and The 40-Year-Old Virgin also feature Indian-style song-and-dance sequences ; the Bollywood musical Lagaan ( 2001 ) was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film ; two other Bollywood films Devdas ( 2002 ) and Rang De Basanti ( 2006 ) were nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film ; and Danny Boyle's Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire ( 2008 ) also features a Bollywood-style song-and-dance number during the film's end credits.

The film's bestselling soundtrack features performances by Jordi Savall, one of the best-known modern viola da gamba players.

It features the opening title song " Reach For The Sun ( Summer Holiday )" ( released as a single to coincide with the film's release ) and a memorable music-fantasy sequence, where the Team perform a cover version of The Cowsills 1967 song " The Rain, The Park & Other Things ".

The song, entitled " The Song of the Heart ", appears on the film's soundtrack, which also features a cover of Prince's earlier hit " Kiss ", sung by Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman.

After the film's release, certain publications, including Private Eye, noted strong similarities between the film and the 1941 novel No Bed for Bacon, by Caryl Brahms and S. J. Simon, which also features Shakespeare falling in love and finding inspiration for his later plays.

Newsdays Joseph Gelmis wrote that " the film's principal reward is a visual experience unlike anything that other animated features are doing at the moment ".

Other features include: " The Surprise Attack ", a multi-angle breakdown of the film's most exciting sequence ( 30 minutes ), which includes multiple video tracks ( such as previsualization and final edit ) and commentaries from veterans / Also included is the " Pearl Harbor Historic Timeline ", a set-top interactive feature produced by documentarian Charles Kiselyak ( 68 minutes ).

The DVD features featurettes and cast interviews, which were all used to celebrate the film's 10-year anniversary.

" Underground " features on the soundtrack twice, first in an edited version that was played over the film's opening sequence and secondly in full.

The program also features many other Star Wars characters, including Luke Skywalker, C-3PO, R2-D2, Darth Vader and Princess Leia Organa ( who sings the film's " theme song ", set to the music of John Williams ' Star Wars theme, near the end ).

The booklet also features various reprints of reviews and images of posters and memorabilia from the film's release.

In 2006, he appeared as Zod once again in Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut ( a re-tooled version of the 1980 film which predominantly features footage shot by Donner, the film's original director ).

The Film Love and a. 45 features a standoff between the film's primary protagonists and antagonist in Acuña after the three have crossed the U. S ./ Mexico border.

He noted, however, that certain elements of the film's plane, such as the escape pod and the rear parachute ramp, did not reflect actual features of Air Force One.

The film's opening title features a digitally animated jack-o '- lantern, an obvious reference to the jack-o '- lanterns that appeared in the opening titles of Halloween and Halloween II.

Across the Dorset border, the Coast Path runs through the town of Lyme Regis where the Cobb breakwater was seen in the film The French Lieutenant's Woman and features on the film's poster.

The film also features diegetic music ( Ford at one point whistles the film's theme song just as Harmonica provides music in West ).

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End features a parody of the " Man With a Harmonica " theme on the soundtrack, as the film's protagonists parlay on a sandbar before the final battle.

Baz Luhrman's Australia features several nods to Leone's film, including a homestead with a squeaky windmill, an almost-identical funeral scene, and the antagonistic relationship of the film's villains.

The " Magical Music Edition " features a " Going Back to Xanadu " featurette, the film's theatrical trailer and a photo gallery.

A director's cut DVD was released in November 2006, which features Zwigoff's cut of the film ( including an audio commentary with him and the film's editor ), but is three minutes shorter than the theatrical cut and ten minutes shorter than the unrated version.