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* [[Line-of-Sight Name]]: How Stanley comes up with "Old Shoe's" unit number: It's 3:03 PM, so Old Shoe was a proud member of the 303!
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Dustin Hoffman based Motss look and mannerisms on real-world producer [[Robert Evans]]. Evans is said to have joked on occasion that he was ''really'' good in that film.
* [[Post -Mortem Conversion]]: The propaganda spin-doctors turn a mentally ill rapist into a faked war hero. When they can't control him, they get him killed. This is a huge improvement for them, since his corpse is easy to control. [[Sham Ceremony|Public burial of the "hero" ensues]].
* [[POV Sequel]]: Producer Stanley Motss claims to have made an extremely successful film re-telling Moby Dick from the perspective of the white whale.
* [[Running Both Sides]]: Political advisers attempt to create an "artificial war" — and trick the public into thinking it's the real thing.
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