Movie Homages: Can you think of others?

I'm sure there were more movie references than these. Anybody remember any?

# 132 The Fatigues: (Platoon-Frank has a Korean War flashback-with music)

# 134 The Chicken Roaster: (Apocalpse Now-Elaine seeks out Peterman in Burma who utters the line "Are you an assasin?")

# 102 The Diplomat: (The Way We Were-Elaine reflects on her relationship with Mr. Pitt)

# 90 The Mom & Pop Store: (Midnight Cowboy-Jerry and Kramer as Joe Buck and Ratso Rizzo on a bus ride to Jersey)

# 40 The Trip: (Sunset Boulevard-Kramer's washed-up neighbor in the Gloria Swanson role)

Unknown: (Carnal Knowledge-Kramer tongue-lashes and attempts breakup with his girlfriend-then ends up begging to go back just like Jack Nicholson did with Ann Margaret)

In "The Boyfriend," Jerry's "magic loogie" monologue a la "JFK," including a Zapruder-style film re-enactment of the spitting incident.

Kathy

what about in "The Muffin Tops" at the end Elaine calls Newman to come help ("The Cleaner").. this could be a reference to Harvy Keitel's "The Wolf" from Pulp Fiction, or could it be another movie reference?

-Scott

paul germer wrote in article ...

I think 'Morty Seinfeld' was the condo board's treasurer. Can anyone clarify this?

Wasn't John Travolta in a movie about a bubble boy.

What brings you down to the east wing?

mark

I always thought that the scene where Frank C. recounts his experience in the war to Kramer was an homage to a movie. The cinematography (the camera angles, the close-ups, etc) is not like any other part of the movie. Any thoughts what movie this might be a reference to? I always thought it may be _The Deer Hunter_, but since I haven't seen it in years I am not sure.

Thanks and Good Luck, Billy

Everywhere I've heard said it was based on "Platoon".

Yes, It definitely was "Platoon"; even the music was identical to the music used in "Platoon" ('Adagio for Strings' by Samuel Barber).

John ''SNAP!!!MAN'' Thorpe wrote:

The title of the episode eludes me right now, but George's girlfriend had mono so they were unable to have sex. As a result, George was able to use parts of his brain (as Jerry explained it) that had never been used before (except to think about sex). As a result, he became an overnight genius. This was an obvious homage to "Phenomenon", a John Travolta movie from last summer. In fact, George quickly learned Portuguese which eventually led to sex with a Portuguese waitress. In "Phenomenon", Travolta learns Portuguese just in time to save a lost boy.

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Greg Nesmith wrote:

It was Episode 135 (EW's count) "The Abstinence". They, too, mention "Phenomenon."

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Also, that is what Jean Reno's character refered to himself as in "The Professional" which was directed by the same guy who directed LFN and incidently, Reno also played The Cleaner in LFN wearing the same clothes and carrying the same box.

Blue Daze

wasnt the pulp fiction a reference to another movie though? A really violent one that i wouldnt have watched...like reservoir dogs or something?

c

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The Cleaner was a character that Harvey Keitel played in The Point of No Return.

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Maybe so, but Newman was 'The Wolf' from Pulp Fiction.  He even used
the line "If I am curt with you, it is because time is a factor."  A near perfect
copy of the same line Keitel used in PF.  Now, I've never seen The Point of
No Return, so I don't know if maybe the line from PF was taken from TPONR,
but I do know what I saw/heard.
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In Luc Beson's Leon the assain refers to himself as a cleaner.

I'm not going to no Bel view.

mark

Supposedly, Winston Wolf from Pulp Fiction was based upon a "cleaner" in "La Femme Nikita" or something.

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