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Catch Me If You Can

Leonardo Di Caprio's character tells Michael Caine in his visit to his classroom in Paris that "extradition procedures from France to the USA" are difficult. Leonardo Di Caprio's character in "Catch me if you can" was captured in France and extradited to the US.

Following

The name of Leonardo DiCaprio's character is the same as that of Alex Haw's character. Both characters are thieves as well as architects.

La Vie en Rose

The Édith Piaf song "Non, je ne regrette rien" is used as a plot device. Marion Cotillard had played Piaf. Christopher Nolan has stated that this is "pure coincidence". After Cotillard was cast, Nolan intended to change the song to eliminate speculation on the subject, but composer Hans Zimmer persuaded him to keep it.

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

The mountain headquarters in the third level dream is modeled on the one from OHMSS.

Shutter Island

After sedative test Cobb washes his face in a sink, which resembles the opening scene of the film, also performed by Leonardo DiCaprio.

The Dark Knight

The scene when Fischer has a burlap bag pulled off his head is very similar to a scene in the Dark Knight. When the dream collapses at the beginning of the movie, Saito is crushed by falling ceiling. This is the same way his character dies in Batman Begins, also directed by Christopher Nolan.

Inception Characters Trailer

Take a peek at the main players from Christopher Nolan's dream-bending thriller Inception.

Screened's Summer Movie Preview

Alex and Rorie check out the 2010 Summer Movie Lineup.

Inception trailer #2

Inception gets a new trailer and shows off some of where that $160 million budget went. Work those SFX like you mean it, boys!

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Name Inception
US Release July 16, 2010
UK Release July 16, 2010
AUS Release July 22, 2010
Runtime 148
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Rating PG-13
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $292,576,195
    Foreign +532,956,569
  • = total worldwide gross $825,532,764
  • - a reported budget of $160,000,000
  • = a 416.0% net profit of $665,532,764
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