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** The execution in Chapter 2 of ''Fanfic/DanganronpaKommSusserTod'' is titled "Wicker Rabbit Appointment", and involves the burning of a giant wicker statue with somebody inside to the tune of "Sumer is icumen in".
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** American gothic rock band Faith and the Muse covered "Willow's Song" for their album (appropriately enough) ''The Burning Season''.
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** It's a favourite film of the boys in ''Series/{{Coupling}}, [[BestKnownForTheFanservice purely because]] Creator/BrittEkland [[MsFanservice gets naked]].

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** It's a favourite film of the boys in ''Series/{{Coupling}}, ''Series/{{Coupling}}'', [[BestKnownForTheFanservice purely because]] Creator/BrittEkland [[MsFanservice gets naked]].
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** It's a favourite film of the boys in ''Series/{{Coupling}}, [[JustHereForTheFanservice purely because]] Creator/BrittEckland [[MsFanservice gets naked]].

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** It's a favourite film of the boys in ''Series/{{Coupling}}, [[JustHereForTheFanservice [[BestKnownForTheFanservice purely because]] Creator/BrittEckland Creator/BrittEkland [[MsFanservice gets naked]].

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* ReferencedBy: The music video for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s [[Music/AMoonShapedPool "Burn the Witch"]] readapts the film's plot through the lens of a ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen''-style SubvertedKidsShow.

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The music video for Music/{{Radiohead}}'s [[Music/AMoonShapedPool "Burn the Witch"]] readapts the film's plot through the lens of a ''WesternAnimation/CamberwickGreen''-style SubvertedKidsShow.SubvertedKidsShow.
** It's a favourite film of the boys in ''Series/{{Coupling}}, [[JustHereForTheFanservice purely because]] Creator/BrittEckland [[MsFanservice gets naked]].
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* DoingItForTheArt: Christopher Lee was eager to break away from his Film/HammerHorror roles and do something different, and a conversation with screenwriter Anthony Shaffer led, in a roundabout way, to this movie. Lee was so eager to work on it that he did so without pay. He also promoted the film in both England and the U.S. on his own dime because it was so important to him.

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* DoingItForTheArt: Christopher Lee was eager to break away from his Film/HammerHorror roles and do something different, and a conversation with screenwriter Anthony Shaffer led, in a roundabout way, to this movie. Lee was so eager to work on it that he did so without pay. He also promoted the film in both England the UK and the U.S. on his own dime because it was so important to him.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Christopher Lee was eager to break away from his Film/HammerHorror roles and do something different, and a conversation with screenwriter Anthony Shaffer led, in a roundabout way, to this movie. Lee was so eager to work on it that he did so without pay. He also promoted the film in both England and the U.S. on his own dime because it was so important to him.

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* CreatorChosenCasting:
** Anthony Shaffer and producer Peter Snell both wanted Creator/EdwardWoodward for Sgt. Howie.
** Shaffer lured Diane Cilento out of semi-retirement after seeing her on the stage.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Anthony Schaffer and Robin Hardy put in a lot of research into Celtic myth and legend while devising the plot—they knew next to nothing about it at the start. Also, Creator/ChristopherLee was so keen to see it finished and released, he waived his fee for playing Lord Summerisle to keep the budget in check, and then called round all his friends and associates to drum up support, and hit the talk circuit to promote the film.

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** Anthony Shaffer and producer Peter Snell both wanted Creator/EdwardWoodward for Sgt. Howie.
** Shaffer lured Diane Cilento out of semi-retirement after seeing her on the stage.
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: A minor example; the film begins with a caption thanking the people of Summerisle for their co-operation in the making of this film. There is no such place. Also an example of dramatic irony, as the islanders are ''anything but'' helpful towards Howie.

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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy: A minor example; The fact that the beliefs and rituals practiced by the inhabitants of Summerisle are based off incomplete and inaccurate Victorian-era misunderstandings of pre-Christian Celtic religion makes perfect sense, given that the cult was founded in the 19th century when such theories were in vogue. [[https://www.academia.edu/11261692/The_Folklore_Fallacy_A_Folkloristic_Filmic_Perspective_on_The_Wicker_Man However, the filmmakers themselves claimed that Summerisle's religion was an accurate depiction of Celtic paganism that they reconstructed through painstaking research,]] when in fact they only read a single Victorian-era work, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Bough the Golden Bough,]][[note]]which, while being monumentally influential in its time, was already 80 years out of date by the time the film was released[[/note]] and accepted its claims without question. Hence, on a very meta level, the filmmakers fell victim to the same fallacies committed in-universe by the inhabitants of Summerisle.
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film begins with a caption thanking the people of Summerisle for their co-operation in the making of this film. There is no such place. Also an example of dramatic irony, as the islanders are ''anything but'' helpful towards Howie.

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