An (almost) complete listing of every film featured in CinéMagique:
La Sortie des Usines Lumière (1895, dir. Louis Lumière)
Opening silent sequence. A single shot of workers leaving the Lumière factory.
The Kiss (1896, dir. William Heise)
Opening silent sequence. A man and woman kiss in the 'controversial' short film.
L'Arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat (1896, dir. Louis Lumière)
Opening silent sequence. A steam train arrives at a station.
The Great Train Robbery (1903, dir. Edwin S. Porter)
Opening silent sequence. The shock finale of the film, as a bandit fires a shot towards the audience!
Le Voyage dans la lune (1902, dir. Georges Méliès)
Opening silent sequence. The space capsule hits The Man in the Moon in the eye.
The Birth of a Nation (1915, dir. D.W. Griffith)
Opening silent sequence. Civilian soldiers run toward the camera.
Cops (1922, dir. Buster Keaton)
Opening silent sequence. A man grabs onto a moving vehicle whilst being chased by the police.
Plane Crazy (1928, dir. Walt Disney, Ub Iwerks)
Opening silent sequence. Mickey and Minnie Mouse glide through the air on their bendy plane.
Napoléon (1927, dir. Abel Gance)
Opening silent sequence. Napoléon Bonaparte calls out to rally his forces.
Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925 dir. Sergei M. Eisenstein)
Opening silent sequence. The pram rolling down the steps during a battle.
Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922, dir. F.W. Murnau)
Opening silent sequence. Graf Orlok's silhouette reaches toward the door of his victim.
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari. (1920, dir. Robert Wiene)
Opening silent sequence. Cesare creeping into Jane's bedroom to abduct her.
Metropolis (1927, dir. Fritz Lang)
Opening silent sequence. Part of the opening clips montage, just as George's cellphone rings.
Safety Last! (1923, dir. Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, Harold Lloyd)
George climbs out of the window and steps into Harold Lloyd's silent comedy, Safety Last!, which features Lloyd (The Boy) hanging from the hands of a clock atop a skyscraper. George asks "How do I get out of here", and The Boy replies by pointing toward the fire escape.
The Battle of the Century (1927, dir. Clyde Bruckman)
From the fire escape, a cream pie smacks George in the face. Gleefully, he finds himself in Laurel and Hardy's silent, pie-throwing, short film comedy, where he joins in by launching a few pies at unwilling victims. As George bumps into a gangster, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy point in shock before running away.
Behind the Screen (1916, dir. Charles Chaplin)
Charlie Chaplin ducks from one of George's pies, only to throw one in return which lands in the face of a gangster.
Angels with Dirty Faces (1938, dir. Michael Curtiz)
Rocky Sullivan (James Cagney) catches George: "Oh no you won't, you've had your last chance..."
Some Like It Hot (1959, dir. Billy Wilder)
George finds himself in the firing line of the gangster scene: "Charlie? I'm not Charlie!", before the falling petrol pump distracts the gangsters to Joe and Jerry: "We didn't see anything!". George makes his way to the window before stumbling into a pile of tin cans, causing the gangsters to start shooting. He then smashes through a window into the next movie.
C'era una volta il West [Once Upon a Time in the West] (1968, dir. Sergio Leone)
After smashing through the window of a desert shack, George stands up to find himself on the station platform of Once Upon a Time in the West, which leads to a stand-off.
Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il [The Good, The Bad and The Ugly] (1966, dir. Sergio Leone)
Various shots used in the Wild West shootout sequence.
Tombstone (1993, dir. George P. Cosmatos)
Doc Holliday winks at George during the standoff, who winks back.
The Wild Bunch (1969, dir. Sam Peckinpah)
Wild West shootout sequence.
The Magnificent Seven (1960, dir. John Sturges)
Chris Adams first to shoot after cellphone rings. Various shots used in Wild West shootout sequence.
Mary Poppins (1964, dir. Robert Stevenson)
George is blasted by Wild West dynamite through a chimney and onto the rooftops of London, where he joins Mary and Bert for the musical number 'Step In Time'.
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1964, dir. Jaques Demy)
The scene where Guy says goodnight to Geneviève, George looks yearningly toward the couple before walking back along the highstreet of Cherbourg as rain begins to pour. Outside the Les Parapluies de Cherbourg shop, he bumps into Marguerite, who then hails a taxi across the street as George steps off the curb and is swallowed up by a puddle.
The Hunt for Red October (1990, dir. John McTiernan)
The submarine emerges out of the blue abyss, before we cut to Sean Connery on-board, who looks through the periscope only to see George waving back.
Le Grand Bleu (1988, dir. Luc Besson)
George gives the "ok" dive signal to the diving team.
Pinocchio (1940, dir. Hamilton Luske, Ben Sharpsteen)
George finds Pinocchio on the seabed, who asks if he knows where Monstro the whale is. Just as George is about to reply, a rush of fish swim past and Monstro chases the characters toward the surface...
Titanic (1997, dir. James Cameron)
George resurfaces and sees the vessel, climbs aboard, hears the cries of Jack and goes in search of him, opening five doors leading to different movie scenes. Culminates with water crashing down the corridor, as George falls backwards into the Star Wars universe.
A Fish Called Wanda (1988, dir. Charles Chichton)
Titanic doors sequence. The first door reveals John Cleese naked, quickly hiding his modesty with a picture frame.
Trois Hommes et un Couffin [Three Men and a Baby] (1985, dir. Coline Serreau)
Titanic doors sequence. George bursts into the room asking for help, only to be shushed by the three men in dressing gowns with their baby, from the original French version of the film.
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976, dir. Blake Edwards)
Titanic doors sequence. George steps in on Insp. Jacques Clouseau's fight with Cato Fong, narrowly avoiding Clouseau's bumbling swing of a
The Silence of the Lambs (1991, dir. Jonathan Demme)
Titanic doors sequence. George opens the door to see Dr. Hannibal Lecter turn around and stare fiercely at him.
Monsters, Inc. (2001, dir. Pete Docter)
Titanic doors sequence. Upon opening the third door, Sulley roars.
The Exorcist (1973, dir. William Friedkin)
Titanic doors sequence. With the final door, the troubled teen, Regan, from The Exorcist turns around and vomits across his suit.
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977, dir. George Lucas)
Falling backwards into the Death Star, George first falls onto a droid. As the Stormtroopers and Darth Vader arrive, he is pulled aside by a Stormtrooper, who reveals herself to be Marguerite. They then engage in battle with the Stormtroopers before swinging across a vast chamber and straight into the next picture.
The Three Musketeers (1993, dir. Stephen Herek)
Medieval Battle sequence.
Highlander (1986, dir. Russell Mulcahy)
Medieval Battle sequence. Highlander watches as his forces charge downhill, later shouts in anger.
Ran (1986, dir. Akira Kurosawa)
Medieval Battle sequence. Japanese soliders charge on horseback with red banners.
El Cid (1961, dir. Anthony Mann)
Medieval Battle sequence. Soliders charge on horseback holding sheilds.
Henry V (1989, dir. Kenneth Branagh)
Medieval Battle sequence. Battle scenes, Henry V joins the fight.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975, dir. Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones)
Medieval Battle sequence. The attack of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog during the battle.
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991, dir. Kevin Reynolds)
Medieval Battle sequence. Robin Hood fires the arrow which hits George.
Summertime (1955, dir. David Lean)
Farewell montage. Jane Hudson waves goodbye to her Venice holiday romance.
Doctor Zhivago (1965, dir. David Lean)
Farewell montage. Dr. Zhivago waves goodbye to Lara as she departs on the sleigh.
Casablanca (1942, dir. Michael Curtiz)
Farewell montage. Rick and Ilsa's farewell: "Here's looking at you, kid".
Gone with the Wind (1939, dir. Victor Fleming)
Romance montage. Kiss under dark red light.
Un Homme et une Femme (1966, dir. Claude Lelouch)
Romance montage. A man and a woman run toward each other, followed by their children.
Ridicule (1996, dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
Romance montage. Young man and woman embrace at Versailles.
Le Hussard sur le toit (1995, dir. Jean-Paul Rappeneau)
Romance montage. Young man kisses a woman's hand.
La Règle du jeu (1939, dir. Jean Renoir)
Romance montage. "No, on the mouth."
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, dir. Robert Zemeckis)
Romance montage. Roger kisses Eddie Valiant.
Brave Little Tailor (1938, dir. Burt Gillett)
Romance montage. The peasant tailor, Mickey Mouse, receives plentiful red kisses on his cheeks from the princess, Minnie Mouse.
To Catch a Thief (1955, dir. Alfred Hitchcock)
Romance montage. Seated couple kiss in subtle sighting, leads to George and Marguerite kissing.
The Wizard of Oz (1939, dir. Victor Fleming)
The film's grand finale features George and Marguerite looking up from their kiss to realise their costumes have both changed, before they run up the hill to discover the Yellow Brick Road and Crystal Palace beyond. As the film fades out, they skip off along the Yellow Brick Road...
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