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** The set for Mission Control was so faithful to the original that at least one real-life Mission Control tech from NASA, who was brought in to evaluate the set, caught himself ''expecting the elevator'' from the NASA building when he left through the side door.
* Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes shows an incredible amount of knowledge of, not only the original novels, but 1800s London and some other Holmes media. Considering Guy Ritchie and the screen writer are fans and that many of people who worked on the film have shown a good deal of knowledge on the books, it should be of no surprise. Sadly, due to the many unfaithful adaptions of Sherlock Holmes, many people have taken accurate things as Holmes being a bohemian, boxing, using martial arts, Watson being a lady's man and a man of action, Holmes using a revolver, Holmes's sense of humor, Holmes sword fighting, Watson's pitbull, and so on as being inaccurate when the makers of the film should be getting credit for showing that they know their Holmes.
* [[Tremors]] shows some good research in Burt Gummer; he and his wife debate the utility of a .223 AR-15 vs. a .375 H&H bolt gun, and the Wrong Goddamned Rec Room has not only a Dillon progressive reloading press but a very large vibratory case cleaner. Also, as one would expect from a man like Burt, he's completely aware of and obeys [[
** They also do pretty well with their geology terminology.
* [[Pixar]] has become noted for this, especially in some of their most recent films. Some highlights: (just watch the DVD extras for all the details)
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* No funeral pyres to see in ''[[Immortals]]''; Theseus buries his mother exactly the way the Greeks buried their dead in 13th century B.C.: the completely shrouded corpse laid to rest in a vault inside a massive tomb... {{spoiler|which is where the film's [[MacGuffin]] happens to be.}}
* During the production of ''[[The Way of the Gun]]'', director Christopher McQuarrie's brother, an expert in firearms training and squad tactics, was brought onboard as a firearms supervisor and consultant - and it shows. Throughout the film, Parker and Longbaugh use effective movement tactics (the "Move-Moving" scene), perform the correct close-quarters entry procedures whenever they enter a room, use tactical reloads and generally perform as a cohesive pair of experienced weapon operators.
** McQuarrie pointed out during the [[DVD Commentary]] that proper [[
* In the original ''[[RoboCop]]'', a sequence depicting Alex Murphy's transport to a Detroit hospital doesn't use actors for the team that brings him into the operating room - it's an actual trauma team using real terminology ("Let's shock a flatline and quit...") and proper medical and diagnosis procedures.
* The writers of ''[[Contagion]]'' consulted real-life epidemiologists when writing their script. If you know anything about epidemic disease, it's possible to appreciate the movie on a whole additional level.
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