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* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' provides a [[Hand Wave]] for the inaccurate depiction by having Indy explain that what he and Marion are sinking into is not actually quicksand, but some sort of collapsing dry sand pit. |
* ''[[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull]]'' provides a [[Hand Wave]] for the inaccurate depiction by having Indy explain that what he and Marion are sinking into is not actually quicksand, but some sort of collapsing dry sand pit. |
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* ''[[Tank Girl]]''. A non-liquid version: the dust/sand covering the Rippers' subgates. |
* ''[[Tank Girl]]''. A non-liquid version: the dust/sand covering the Rippers' subgates. |
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* In the film ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'', Lawrence has two young servant boys, Daud and Farraj. Daud falls into quicksand, and Lawrence and Farraj try to save him, but fail. In real life, Daud died of hypothermia.[http://telawrence.net/telawrencenet/works/spw/sp_08_092.htm |
* In the film ''[[Lawrence of Arabia]]'', Lawrence has two young servant boys, Daud and Farraj. Daud falls into quicksand, and Lawrence and Farraj try to save him, but fail. In real life, Daud died of hypothermia.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120225175559/http://telawrence.net/telawrencenet/works/spw/sp_08_092.htm] |
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** Hypothermia in Arabia, no less. Desert nights are very, very, very cold. |
** Hypothermia in Arabia, no less. Desert nights are very, very, very cold. |
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* In [[Pure Luck]], Martin Short's extremely unlucky character manages to walk into a quicksand pit in the California desert. |
* In [[Pure Luck]], Martin Short's extremely unlucky character manages to walk into a quicksand pit in the California desert. |