50 of the most interesting Hat easter eggs you didn't know about. Handpicked and verified, these little-known hidden details can be obscure enough most people will miss. These behind the scene easter eggs and hidden messages will give you another view of Hat movie message.
Eirinn O' Kelly shows and discusses his various hats. The show is also riddled in social and political satire that is deeply poignant in today's modern society.
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Éirinn O'Kelly
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Hat Movie Trivia
The man who plays Stu is not an actor but actually a part-time business analyst. He was hired for the film under the impression that he would be working on computers, and that he would play a small part in the film.
Kurt Russell accidentally smashed a one of a kind, 145-year-old guitar that was on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum. This is the take they kept in the film, and you can see Jennifer Jason Leigh's genuine reaction, as she knew it wasn't the replica.
Displayed in its end credits where major sexual abuse scandals involving the Catholic church were uncovered.
The younger version of Susan Sarandon's character, is played by her daughter Eva Amurri.
The TV subtitle that mistakenly says Jimmy is engaged is a reference to the Beatles' appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Ennio Morricone included some musical cues from one of his earlier scores, The Thing (1982). Both films deal with individuals holed up in a snowbound location becoming increasingly paranoid of each other. Both star Kurt Russell.
The sign for Minnie's Haberdashery is written In Quentin Tarantino's handwriting
's The Fugitive
Hat Movie Easter Eggs
The shipping company is called "the incredible bulk" and the colour of the box is green.
Kurt Russell's "One of them fellas" line is a callback to a similar line from The Thing which he also starred in
The coffee scene in The Hateful Eight (2015)
The titular cat plays a 'Catsio' piano instead of the more common 'Casio' .
After coughing up a hairball, the Cat in the Hat throws the hairball on a bust with the director, Bo Welch's name written under it.
When Forky has his realisation, the music that plays is from the end of Monsters, Inc. (2001)
Costume details in Hat
Mama says "Get My Coat" before leaving the house for the first time in years to get Arnie. The family covers her with a quilt because her coat did not fit anymore.
The Hateful Eight Kurt Russel breaks a one-of-a-kind Martin from the 1870s that was on loan from the Martin Guitar Museum. The reaction from Jennifer Jason Leigh was of genuine surprise.
The guitar Kurt Russel smashes wasn't a prop but an antique Martin (circa 1870) that was lent to the crew from the Martin Guitar Museum. Kurt didn't know it was an antique, so he didn't hesitate to destroy it. The museum has since refused to lend out any instruments.
The father committed suicide on a Friday the 13th in October. Creepy.
The Count has a very on-brand licence plate
Hat movie hidden details
In the chips scene none of the vampires have a reflection on the table
When John Root throws his stew in Daisy's face, you see Joe Gage/Grouch Douglas get up ready to fight in the back, briefly breaking his facade and giving himself away. Nobody notices though. (I'm not tech savvy so sorry for substandard video)
When Chris and O.B. are laying guide lines in the blizzard, music from The Thing's soundtrack is played. The genius in this is that the characters in The Thing also use guide lines to navigate a blizzard throughout the movie.
Jody's line "say adios to your huevos" is a nod to Stiglitz's "say auf wiedersehen to your Nazi balls" in Inglorious Basterds (2009)- both directed by Tarantino
General Smithers briefly looks straight into the camera as if he is calling to the audience for help, and foreshadowing the fact that he is being held hostage.
Major Warren is wearing the exact same outfit, while he's telling the story of killing the General's son, as he is on the day he killed him. This would lead the audience to believe that he clearly is telling a lie to make the General draw his gun first, out of rage.
- An angry Miss Piggy begins beating a oil drum at a construction site and when the camera cuts back to her, the oil drum is severely dented
All of the horseshoes in Minnie's Haberdashery are upside down, symbolizing the bad luck and the impending doom for the second stagecoach.
When John Ruth throw stew to Daisy Domergue's face, John Gage, her gangmate, stand up to protect her. This is a sign to implying that her friends there to rescue her.
When Felicity Shagwell sleeps with Fat Bastard you can see him hiding a baby's bottle after he had earlier been "joking" about having eaten a baby.
Upon returning with a refill of stew, Chris Mannix opts for the farther side of the table this time before provoking Marquis Warren
Daisy prevents John Ruth from being shot in the back by Oswaldo as soon as they arrive at Minnie's Haberdashery
One of the extras is a 19 years old Stanley Kubrick.
Chris Mannix doesn't immediately kill Joe Gage after Warren is de-cocked because he claims to have no gun which further strengthens Chris's claim of being the sheriff of Red Rock because killing an unarmed man isn't something a sheriff would do.
1969 but in MIB 3 he is 6-7 years old on July 16, 1969 (the day K launches the arc net)
The end credits song in Hateful Eight (2015) goes like "there won't be many coming home... maybe ten out of twenty" at the beginning and sees that number decrease to five then none. 20 is the total number of characters in the movie.
'Joe Gage' waits until Warren is standing on the basement hatch before he speaks up.
You can see a face in the snow as the movie fades to black, possibly symbolizing the ghostly forces in the movie.
Chris Mannix was always the first to follow Warren's commands significantly quicker than the other three. Symbolizing his innocence.
. The lottery win guy at the unholy masquerade is the same guy Vladislav tried to hypnotize through the window. Meaning, vladi bribed his way into becoming guest of honor.
Warren decides not to kill Bob in the stable because Bob knew that Minnie rolled her own cigarettes and didn't smoke a pipe. During Chapter 5, we see Minnie offer the guests hand rolled cigarettes
When dividing the room Oswaldo says that the fireplace area should represent Georgia. This pokes fun at Sherman's March to the Sea that happened during the Civil War.
The Cat In The Hat (2003): In the 'Kupcake-Inator' scene The Cat is introduced as being from Cheshire, England. He's a Cheshire Cat. (0:24 in video)
"English Pete" Hicox goes under the alias Oswaldo Meaubry. This is foreshadowing for the fact that he's evil, as the name is an allusion to Oswald Mosley, leader of British fascism
After losing his gun, Joe Gage immediately sits down at the table he knows there is a stashed pistol in.
Every time the movie's theme music is played, it becomes more manic and chaotic, paralleling Dr. Leo Marvin's decaying mental state.
While John and Daisy are arriving, General Smithers intentionally gazes directly at the camera, twice even. Breaking the fourth wall foreshadows that he already knows that the whole situation in the house is 'staged'.
Fabricator Warren claims that Minnie used to have a sign saying "No Mexicans or dogs" that she took down when she started allowing dogs. In a flashback Minnie rather is seen allowing cats and receives Mexican Bob in her Haberdashery just as warmly as the others.
When "Oswaldo Mobray" first greets Daisy, you can see her stifling a laugh at the sight of her friend playing such a posh character with such over-exaggerated reactions.
When Chris Mannix is reading the letter from Abraham Lincoln addressed to Major Marquis out loud in the very last scene, Marquis mouths almost the entire letter as Chris reads it.