Sunshine Movie Facts, Easter Eggs and hidden details
14 of the most interesting Sunshine 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 Sunshine movie message.
Stormy Daniels is on the cover of the porno mag Steve Carrell buys for grandpa at the gas station.
The final shot of the film is repeated 3 times, signifying everything that's taken place in the film will happen again in an eternally recurring process.
Costume details in Sunshine
During the gas station scene when Frank's former student confronts him before leaving with Larry Sugarman, Larry's license plate says "LOSTTIME" which symbolizes Frank's fruitless journey to becoming the #1 Proust scholar
Sunshine movie hidden details
Titles of the books aren't visible in the bookstore scene because Joel can't remember all of those details.
Joel claims that he is incapable of making eye contact with a woman that he doesn't know. However when meeting Clementine again after having his memory of her erased he makes eyes contact showing that his memory of her wasn't completely gone.
The shot of Dwayne realizing that he can't be a pilot cruelly depicts the vast blue sky that he craves yet he is grounded in agony.
Joel regrets calling to erase his memories and tries to cancel the procedure. This is because, for the most part, he's already forgotten most of the negative memories.
: an image of Icarus (from Greek mythology - the boy who flew too close to the sun) is displayed on the heat shield as it's being destroyed
Pays tribute to another Jim Carrey "love story:" The Cable Guy (1996)
Sunshine (2007) When the crew of Icarus 2 first board the seemingly abandoned Icarus 1, they find, to their delight, that it's greenhouse is overgrown. No one thinks to question that plants need CO2 to thrive, foreshadowing Icarus 1s' unexpected passenger
Titles and dust jackets of the books are visible on the books at the beginning of this scene. But as the scene progresses the machine is wiping away this memory, so the titles are actively vanishing as the memory disintegrates.
Single frame photos. (More info in comments.)
When Mace goes to kill Trey you see that two knives are already missing. One that Trey used to kill himself, and one taken by Pinbacker who was hiding in the ship. Mace also told Trey "don't kill yourself over it" when he made the miscalculation in the beginning.
When Dwayne says he will find a way to fly he is framed in such a way that it looks like he is flying.
