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Movie titles in movies

March 21, 2011 Big Fish, Video

[This supercut](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V1sYNvKZt8) by honsco tracks characters saying the title of the movie they’re in.

Of my films, only Big Fish shows up, and it’s hard to hear. Amos Calloway (Danny DeVito) says it at the circus scene:

AMOS

Face it, kid. You were a big fish in a small pond. This here’s the ocean, and you’re drowning.

Both The Nines and Go have their titles spoken in dialogue repeatedly. I had to check the script to be sure, but yes, Corpse Bride does speak its title:

VICTORIA

Please, Pastor Galswells! It’s Victor! He needs our help! He’s married to a corpse! He has a Corpse Bride!

To my recollection, you won’t find any examples in the two Charlie’s Angels movies, or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

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