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Get ready to look closer, because the details hiding in these films will blow your mind! Join us as we count down the most fascinating hidden details lurking within Steven Spielberg's greatest movies! Our countdown includes films like "Ready Player One," "Jurassic Park," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade," "Hook," and more! What hidden detail surprised you the most? Let us know in the comments!
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00:09Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at details in Steven Spielberg movies hiding in plain sight.
00:15Since some of these details tie into the plot, there will be some spoilers.
00:20But I'm prepared to continue this assignment in the spirit you suggest, if I knew what it was about.
00:28Number 10. Artemis Embraces Her True Self. Ready Player One.
00:33It only makes sense that we'd commence this list with a film that relishes easter eggs,
00:37some integral to the plot and others for astute fans.
00:41Okay, here. Clark Kent glasses. They hide your identity without changing your look.
00:48One of the sneakiest details in the film is also among the most character-driven.
00:53In The Oasis, Wade Watts, or Parzival, meets his dream girl, Artemis.
00:58Of course, Wade doesn't know what Artemis looks like in reality.
01:01Eventually, Wade comes face-to-face with the real Artemis, Samantha Cook,
01:05who has always felt insecure about her facial birthmark.
01:08I've lived with it my whole life. You don't have to pretend.
01:12By the final battle, though, Artemis no longer feels the need to hide her face.
01:17She even adds a matching birthmark to her avatar.
01:19The fact that few viewers noticed this shows that her birthmark was never a big deal.
01:24You know the Distracted Globe?
01:26Yeah, the dance club.
01:30Meet me there.
01:3110 p.m.
01:32There's something I want to show you.
01:35Uh, buh-bye.
01:37Number 9. Indiana Motel. Disclosure Day.
01:40People are starved for the truth.
01:43I'm a part of it now.
01:45I'm just sorry they made you a part of it, too.
01:47In Spielberg's latest sci-fi film,
01:50Josh O'Connor's Daniel and Eve Hewson's Jane find themselves on the run
01:54from a secret government organization trying to prevent the truth from getting out.
01:58At one point, they seek refuge at a motel, which has a very distinct name.
02:03Indiana.
02:04It's easy to miss, although once you catch it,
02:06your mind will immediately go to Indiana Jones.
02:09I've got a bad feeling about this.
02:11Both even have aliens in common, for better or worse.
02:15We guess that since the film was already channeling Close Encounters of the Third Kind and E.T.,
02:20a tie to Kingdom of the Crystal Skull isn't out of place.
02:29Number 8. John Adams Portrait. Amistad.
02:32You see, the Mende believe that if one can summon the spirit of one's ancestors,
02:36then they have never left.
02:40And the wisdom and strength they fathered and inspired will come to his aid.
02:46Anthony Hopkins' performance as John Quincy Adams is a highlight of this historical drama.
02:51Anyone who remotely paid attention in history class knows that this U.S. representative
02:55was the son of President John Adams.
02:58The younger Adams played a crucial role in the United States versus the Amistad,
03:02defending mutineers from a slave ship.
03:04Adams' speech before the Supreme Court builds to an especially poignant moment
03:08when he talks about summoning the spirit of one's ancestors.
03:11How when a member of the Mende encounters a situation where there appears no hope at all,
03:17he invokes his ancestors.
03:21It's tradition.
03:22While he refers to the defendants,
03:24Adams also alludes to himself with his father's portrait looking over him in the background.
03:29In this moment, Adams channels his father,
03:31who knew a thing or two about fighting for freedom.
03:34Adams then approaches his father's bust as if we're seeing double.
03:37We have long resisted asking you for guidance.
03:42Perhaps we have feared in doing so.
03:45We might acknowledge that our individuality,
03:48which we so, so revere,
03:50is not entirely our own.
03:53Number 7.
03:54Hook's Hat
03:54Hook
04:03This sort of sequel to the classic Peter Pan story sees the boy who wouldn't grow up,
04:07grow up.
04:08Much has changed since Peter last visited Neverland.
04:11For starters,
04:12Captain Hook finally took care of the crocodile that ate his hand,
04:16giving it the taxidermied treatment.
04:18Even in death,
04:19the crocodile still looms over Hook in more ways than one.
04:22Stay.
04:23It's that crocodile back from the dead.
04:25Hook's pirate hat has a specific design.
04:27It's shaped like a crocodile's mouth with gold teeth surrounding Hook's head.
04:31This not only calls back to Hook's confrontation with the croc,
04:34but also hints at the captain's fate.
04:37Although the crocodile was slain,
04:39Hook ultimately winds up back in his mouth.
04:41This time,
04:42the croc doesn't just come for the hand.
04:51Number 6.
04:53Foreshadowing Future Violence
04:54Munich
04:55Munich is one of the most haunting films Spielberg has ever made,
04:59chronicling the fallout of the 1972 Olympics massacre.
05:02Did we kill to replace the terrorist leadership or the Palestinian leadership?
05:06You tell me what we've done.
05:07Well, you killed them for the sake of a country you now choose to abandon.
05:11The film centers on the men enlisted to assassinate the Palestinians responsible for targeting the Israeli Olympic team.
05:17While revenge is exacted,
05:19the final shot subtly hints that the cycle of terrorism and revenge will continue.
05:23Such violence won't be limited to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
05:27It's not a coincidence that Spielberg chose to close his film on the New York skyline when the World Trade
05:32Center was still standing.
05:33It suggests that nobody will learn from what we just witnessed.
05:37Future tragedies will follow on a whole other scale.
05:59Once again, people will respond to killing with more killing, leaving the larger issues unresolved.
06:10Few moments in Spielberg's filmography are more iconic than E.T. and Elliot riding a bike through the night sky,
06:16as well as a later scene when multiple bicycles take flight.
06:29We got deja vu of this scene in Spielberg's pseudo-origin story, The Fablemans.
06:34What you might not realize is that E.T.'s flight is presumably an homage to one of Spielberg's favorite films.
06:50No, not the cat from outer space, although it's weird how both films have such imagery in common.
06:55Many have pointed to Italian director Vittorio De Sica's 1951 film Miracle in Milan,
07:01which culminates in the young characters eluding the authorities on broomsticks.
07:19Funnily enough, De Sica is perhaps best known for directing the classic Bicycle Thieves.
07:24Number 4. The Man with the Bond Gun, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.
07:30Spielberg famously wanted to direct a James Bond picture when George Lucas came to him with something even better.
07:35The result was Raiders of the Lost Ark, with Indiana Jones becoming a hero every bit as famous as Mr.
07:41Bond.
08:03On more than one occasion, Spielberg's desire to make a Bond film has shined through in Indy.
08:09In Temple of Doom, Indy sports a white tuxedo with a red flower, matching the one that 007 wore in
08:15Goldfinger.
08:15Things would come full circle when Sean Connery was cast as Indy's father, but The Last Crusade contains another homage.
08:22During the final act, Walter Donovan shoots Henry Jones with a Walter PPK,
08:27which has been Bond's weapon of choice across various books and movies.
08:31At least he won't be using heroin-flavored bananas to finance revolutions.
08:36Number 3. Cameos. Various.
08:39Spielberg loves himself some cameos, some more random than others.
08:43In Jaws, the news reporter is Peter Benchley, the film's co-writer and author of the original book.
08:49Amity Island has long been known for its clean air, clear water, and beautiful white sand beaches.
08:55When Frank Abagnale Jr. is arrested in Catch Me If You Can,
08:58his real-life inspiration is among the arresting officers.
09:01As John Anderton keeps a low profile in Minority Report,
09:04the audience fails to recognize director Cameron Crowe and Cameron Diaz.
09:19Hook may have the most elusive cameos of any Spielberg film,
09:23with Phil Collins as an inspector and Glenn Close as the pirate sent to the boo box.
09:27Oh, and the couple kissing on the bridge?
09:30That's George Lucas and Carrie Fisher.
09:46Jimmy Buffett, Tony Burton, and David Crosby are a few others to look out for.
09:51Number 2. Nedry's Wardrobe, Jurassic Park
09:54If you want to dress as Dennis Nedry for Halloween,
09:57your options include a Hawaiian shirt, a members-only jacket, or a yellow raincoat.
10:02If you happen to have all of the above, you can actually go with your friends as the Goonies.
10:06I just saw the most amazing thing of my entire life!
10:10First you gotta do the truffle shuffle.
10:12Come on!
10:14Do it!
10:16Come on!
10:17Do it!
10:24Throughout Jurassic Park,
10:26Nedry's wardrobe echoes what Chunk, Mouth, and Mikey all wore in the 1985 cult classic
10:30that Spielberg conceived the story for.
10:32Goonies never say die, but the same can't be said about Dennis.
10:36While Spielberg has yet to confirm this was intentional,
10:39it wouldn't merely be a coincidence.
10:41It would be three coincidences.
10:43In any case, we can say one thing about Nedry with absolute certainty.
10:47He was watching Jaws on his computer.
10:50Thanks, Dad.
10:50Dennis!
10:52The headlights.
10:53Yeah, I'll debug the tour program when they get back, okay?
10:56Number 1. Star Wars References, Various
10:591977 was a huge year for Steven Spielberg and George Lucas.
11:03Although Lucas had his doubts about Star Wars,
11:05Spielberg was confident it would be a hit.
11:08Spielberg was not only right,
11:10but he paid tribute to his friend's film six months later in Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
11:29As the alien mothership arrives,
11:31you can spot a small upside-down R2-D2 attached.
11:34When Spielberg and Lucas collaborated on Raiders,
11:37R2 and C-3PO are featured among the hieroglyphics when Indy locates the arc.
11:52Speaking of Dr. Jones,
11:54the club that Indy and Willie flee from is called Obi-Wan,
11:57a nod to Luke Skywalker's mentor.
12:00With E.T. also seemingly recognizing Yoda,
12:03a galaxy far, far away might be closer than we thought.
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