Sing Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
40 of the most interesting Sing 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 Sing movie message.
In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same.
Genre | Animation, Comedy, Family, Musical |
Director | Garth Jennings |
Stars | Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson |
IMDB score | 7.1 |
Sing Movie Trivia
Taron Egerton played a gorilla that performs an Elton John song. Egerton was also in Kingsman: The Golden Circle (2017), a film starring Elton John. In Rocketman (2019), Egerton actually plays Elton John.
During Gene Kelly's iconic titular performance, he was sick with a 103 ?F (39 ?C) fever. The water used in the scene caused Kelly's wool suit to shrink during filming.
A billboard at the movie studio featured in ?Three Amigos! (1986) is advertising the film "Dueling Cavalier", this is the original name of the film that is reworked into a talkie in "Singin' in the Rain" (1952)
When Tom barges into the ladies room, one of the women is actually Albert Finney in drag. Finney played the Mob Boss character Leo in the same film.
Sing Movie Easter Eggs
Holland March (Ryan Gosling) and Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) toast " To the birds" referencing a plot point from the movie, but also is a subtle nod to both their last names being birds.
- The Tortoise and the Hare can be seen racing up the stairway in the opening scene, a nod to the Aesop fable.
Explorer Lionel Frost has references in his drawer to "Boxtrolls" (2014), "Kubo and the Two Strings" (2016), and "ParaNorman" (2012)
The ejecting pilots escape pod lands her in front of Anaheim Electronics, a nod to the company that invents/produces Gundams in the Gundam universe.
The first time Robbie sings to Julia, he mentions he'd been listening to The Cure a lot. At the end of the movie, Grow Old with You uses a very similar chord progression to Boys Don't Cry (A - Bm - C#m - D)
Ash wears Becky's sunglasses in her rock debut
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Accuracy details in Sing
- When Van Helsing arrives in Paris in 1888 the Eiffel Tower is still being built.
Lina Lamont instructs the band to play in A flat, but they actually play in E flat
Costume details in Sing
Hannibals mask is representative of a Oni mask. An oni is a demon in Japanese culture and usually eats people from different villages similar to Hannibal Lecter
Sing Movie Foreshadowing
Robbie Hart's original wedding cake features a topper with a blonde bride whose hair is bobbed, but his fianc?, Linda, is a long-haired brunette.