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come now, the word \"bang\" is not a spoiler


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* BaitAndSwitch: BANG!

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* BaitAndSwitch: BANG![[spoiler:BANG!]]
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* StalkerWithACrush: Peppy is a benevolent one towards George.

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* AndStarring: "And Uggie as The Dog" in the closing credits. Really.

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* AndStarring: "And Uggie as The Uggie--The Dog" in the closing credits. Really.


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* TitleDrop: In a newspaper headline.

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* ItsAllJunk
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A surprising amount of people that have been wanting to see this movie have been unable to because many theaters, for whatever reason, have been refusing to screen the movie.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A surprising amount of people that have been wanting to see this movie have been unable to because many theaters, for whatever reason, have been refusing to screen the movie.
ItsAllJunk.
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** The solution to Valentin's career problems is straight out of ''SingingInTheRain.''
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* CanineCompanion: George even takes his dog yo the movies.

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* CanineCompanion: George even takes his dog yo to the movies.
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* CanineCompanionCanineCompanion: George even takes his dog yo the movies.

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** PlayingAgainstType: ...and Dujardin is known for comedies more than drama. He won the Best Actor Prize at 2011 Cannes' Festival

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** PlayingAgainstType: ...and Dujardin is known for comedies more than drama. He won the Best Actor Prize at 2011 Cannes' Festival
* {{Retraux}}: The whole film, really.
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''The Artist'' is unique not just for being shot in black-and-white, and in the old 1.33/1 AspectRatio, but being '''a completely silent film''', possibly the first feature length silent film to receive wide distribution since MelBrooks put out ''SilentMovie'' in 1976.

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''The Artist'' is unique not just for being shot in black-and-white, and in the old 1.33/1 AspectRatio, but being '''a an almost completely silent '''silent film''', possibly the first feature length silent film to receive wide distribution since MelBrooks put out ''SilentMovie'' in 1976.
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* FlippingTheBird
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* BaitAndSwitch: BANG!
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* ItsAllJunk

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* AndStarring: Ugga the dog gets the "And" credit in the closing credits. Really.

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* AndStarring: Ugga the dog gets the "And" credit "And Uggie as The Dog" in the closing credits. Really.


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* TheReveal: A single line at the end reveals why Valentin was so reluctant to try talking pictures.
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* NoAntagonist
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* DreamSequence: With a unique effect to get the unreality across.
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* HeroicDog
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* CanineCompanion

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* BenevolentBoss: John Goodman's studio exec.



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* SilenceIsGoldeShowWithinAShow: Many of both George's and Peppy's films.
* SilenceIsGolden

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* AndStarring: Ugga the dog gets the "And" credit in the closing credits. Really.



* ChekhovsGun: George's stuff getting sold at auction.



* SilenceIsGolden
* TableSpace: Valentin's marriage isn't going so well.

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* SilenceIsGolden
* TableSpace: Valentin's marriage isn't going so well.
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* WholePlotReference: The premise sounds more than a little bit similar to the first two incarnations of ''AStarIsBorn''.

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* WholePlotReference: The premise sounds is more than a little bit similar to the first two incarnations of ''AStarIsBorn''.
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* TimmyInAWell: Played straight!
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* TheCameo: MalcolmMcDowell as one of Peppy's fellow extras.


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* DrivesLikeCrazy: There's a reason Peppy needs a chauffeur.
* FakeAmerican: Berenice Bejo as Peppy Miller. Easy to do in a silent film.
* GrayRainOfDepression: After George's film bombs.


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* InterruptedSuicide
* IrisOut: Another nod to silent cinema.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Repeatedly. The first line of dialogue:
--> '''George''': I won't talk! I won't say a word!


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* {{Wipe}}: Another effect from the silent era.
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* ShoutOut: The score includes a sample of the love theme from, of all movies, ''{{Vertigo}}''.
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* LivingShadow
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* TableSpace: Valentin's marriage isn't going so well.
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* AspectRatio: 1.33/1 was standard not for all of Hollywood from the dawn of moviemaking until widescreen caught on in the 1950s.

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* AspectRatio: 1.33/1 was standard not just for silent movies but for all of Hollywood until widescreen caught on in the 1950s.

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* AspectRatio: 1.33/1 was standard not just for silent movies but for all of Hollywood from the dawn of moviemaking until widescreen caught on in the 1950s.



* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheBigLebowski Walter Sobchak]] is a producer. [[LAConfidential Dudley Smith]] is Valentin's driver.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[TheBigLebowski Walter Sobchak]] is a producer. [[LAConfidential Dudley Smith]] is Valentin's driver.


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* HypercompetentSidekick: Valentin's dog.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The movie names, all over the place.


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** PlayingAgainstType: ...and Dujardin is known for comedies more than drama. He won the Best Actor Prize at 2011 Cannes' Festival

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