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* AdaptationDeviation: The song "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was written in the key of B. This was changed to "B-flat" for the film so it would have enough characters to be used as a passkey.
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* StarDerailingRole: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/Ghost1990''.

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* StarDerailingRole: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' ''Film/TheColorPurple1985'' had given Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/Ghost1990''.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The song ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' was written in the key of B. This was changed to "B-flat" for the film so it would have enough characters to be used as a passkey.

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* AdaptationDeviation: The song ''Jumpin' "Jumpin' Jack Flash'' Flash" was written in the key of B. This was changed to "B-flat" for the film so it would have enough characters to be used as a passkey.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The song ''Jumpin' Jack Flash'' was written in the key of B. This was changed to "B-flat" for the film so it would have enough characters to be used as a passkey.
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* StarDerailingRole: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

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* StarDerailingRole: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.''Film/Ghost1990''.

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* AllStarCast: Pretty much anyone who was funny in the 80’s shows up somewhere throughout the film.
* CreatorKiller: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Whoopi Goldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.

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* AllStarCast: Pretty much anyone who was funny in the 80’s eighties shows up somewhere throughout the film.
* CreatorKiller: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Whoopi Goldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.
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* StarDerailingRole: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.
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* CreatorKiller: Briefly. The film erased all the good will ''Film/TheColorPurple'' had given Whoopi Goldberg, before winning an Oscar for ''Film/{{Ghost}}''.
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* AllStarCast: Pretty much anyone who was funny in the 80’s shows up somewhere throughout the film.
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* TechnologyMarchesOn: In the modern world, she'd have not even needed to get up off her computer to do a lot of things, except when face-to-face meetings were needed, and sometimes those can be done over online chat services. Never mind that chat services have massively improved in the past few decades.

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* TroubledProduction: Not a ''massively'' problematic one, but things were far from smooth. Nearly a dozen writers worked on the script, and the constant rewrites caused original star Creator/ShelleyLong to drop out and do ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' instead. Then, a few weeks into shooting, original director Howard Zieff was sacked after falling out with the producers and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, leading to Penny Marshall being brought in to take over.

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* HideYourPregnancy: Creator/TraceyUllman was pregnant during filming.
* TroubledProduction: Not a ''massively'' problematic one, but things were far from smooth. Nearly a dozen writers worked on the script, and the constant rewrites caused original star Creator/ShelleyLong to drop out and do ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' instead. Then, a few weeks into shooting, original director Howard Zieff was sacked after falling out with the producers and Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, leading to Penny Marshall being brought in to take over.over.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/BurtReynolds was the original choice for director but he had a falling out with producer Joel Silver and left the project.
* WorkingTitle: ''Knock-Knock''.
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* TroubledProduction: Not a ''massively'' problematic one, but things were far from smooth. Nearly a dozen writers worked on the script, and the constant rewrites caused original star Shelley Long to drop out and do ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' instead. Then, a few weeks into shooting, original director Howard Zieff was sacked after falling out with the producers and Whoopi Goldberg, leading to Penny Marshall being brought in to take over.

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* TroubledProduction: Not a ''massively'' problematic one, but things were far from smooth. Nearly a dozen writers worked on the script, and the constant rewrites caused original star Shelley Long Creator/ShelleyLong to drop out and do ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' instead. Then, a few weeks into shooting, original director Howard Zieff was sacked after falling out with the producers and Whoopi Goldberg, Creator/WhoopiGoldberg, leading to Penny Marshall being brought in to take over.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** John Wood was Professor Falken in WarGames.
** Stephen Collins was Decker in ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', also RetroactiveRecognition as the father in 7thHeaven.
** Carol Kane from {{Taxi}}.
** Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman.
** Annie Potts from Film/{{Ghostbusters}}.
** Jonathan Pryce from Film/{{Brazil}}.
** Jeroen Krabbe from The Fugitive.
** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on Series/{{Soap}}.
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** Jeroen Krabbe from The Fugitive.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on Series/{{Soap}}.

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** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on Series/{{Soap}}.Series/{{Soap}}.
* TroubledProduction: Not a ''massively'' problematic one, but things were far from smooth. Nearly a dozen writers worked on the script, and the constant rewrites caused original star Shelley Long to drop out and do ''Film/TheMoneyPit'' instead. Then, a few weeks into shooting, original director Howard Zieff was sacked after falling out with the producers and Whoopi Goldberg, leading to Penny Marshall being brought in to take over.
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** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on [[Soap]].

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** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on [[Soap]].Series/{{Soap}}.
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** Annie Potts from {{Ghostbusters}}.

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** Annie Potts from {{Ghostbusters}}.Film/{{Ghostbusters}}.
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** Jonathan Pryce from {{Brazil}}.

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** Jonathan Pryce from {{Brazil}}.Film/{{Brazil}}.
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** Stephen Collins was Decker in StarTrekTheMotionPicture, also RetroactiveRecognition as the father in 7thHeaven.

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** Stephen Collins was Decker in StarTrekTheMotionPicture, ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture'', also RetroactiveRecognition as the father in 7thHeaven.
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** John Wood was Professor Falken in WarGames.
** Stephen Collins was Decker in StarTrekTheMotionPicture, also RetroactiveRecognition as the father in 7thHeaven.
** Carol Kane from {{Taxi}}.
** Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman.
** Annie Potts from {{Ghostbusters}}.
** Jonathan Pryce from {{Brazil}}.
** Roscoe Lee Browne was a character actor in tons of 70s crime dramas, as well as a one-season regular on [[Soap]].

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