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* The makers of ''[[Aubrey-Maturin|Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World]]'' extended Patrick O'Brian's already-extensive [[Shown Their Work|shown work]] by digging deep into history for minute costume and hairstyle details (subsequently rendered in period-appropriate materials with period-appropriate techniques), the inner and outer workings of period-specific tall ships (they fired actual cannons to get the sound effect right), and cultural miscellany to illustrate the backdrop of the film. All extras and actors filmed aboard the ship were put through a "boot camp" to prepare them for their shipboard duties, and most of the filming actually took place at sea aboard a replica of an 18th-century tall ship.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buqtdpuZxvk&feature=PlayList&p=CDFEA6D52E5CC0EC&index=5 "The Galaxy Song"] in ''[[Monty Python's The Meaning of Life]]'' is pretty damn accurate for being a joke in a humour movie. Eric Idle has performed that song several times since it was in the movie, and where people have given him better approximations for the distances and speeds mentioned, he sometimes works them in. Remember, they were graduates of Cambridge.
** Terry Jones is well versed in Arthurian lore so, ironically for a parody, ''[[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]]'' incorporates a lot of details most [[King Arthur]] works skip over.
* ''[[Once]]'' showcases Glen Hansard's knowledge of the minutiae of busking, such as cover versions earning far more than original songs.
* Since it was a [[Deconstructive Parody]], the creators of ''[[Hot Fuzz]]'' spent a good deal of time in research and interviews of actual police forces, which doesn't become fully noticeable until you see the "Fuzz Fact" commentary. For instance, they were spot-on about all the politically-correct vocabulary guidelines, and the "unofficial punishments" of making officers buy donuts and ice-cream for minor offences such as forgetting their hats. The best part? Instead of sudden [[Genre Shift]] into documentary, all these details are woven into the characterisation, such as showing the protagonist as being particularly stuffy and by-the-book for following all the vocab guidelines to the letter.
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