These TV Shows Did So Well That They Got Box Office Spin-Offs

Absolutely Fabulous

The BBC One sitcom Absolutely Fabulous is based on another sitcom, Modern Mother and Daughter. The story revolves around a snobby PR agent who moonlights as an alcoholic and attempts to stay young and hip. The film is pretty much just as chaotic. 

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The More You Know

  • In 2002, Steven Spielberg finally finished college after a 33-year hiatus. He turned in Schindler’s List for his student film requirement.
  • In classic Hitchcock movie North by Northwest, Cary Grant was actually older than his on-screen mother, Jessie Royce Landis.
  • Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
  • The Titanic film runs for as long as the ship sunk.
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