| Meaning | Title |
|---|
| From the number of Spartan warriors who fought a doomed stand at Thermopylae | |
| From a principle in chaos theory that tiny fluctuations in air pressure could, in theory, cause a typhoon thousands of miles away | |
| Originally called 1984 1/2, this dystopian film ultimately took its title from a song played over the opening credits | |
| The film's working title was 'In a Northwesterly Direction.' The current title was a placeholder, but the screenwriter and director never found anything better | |
| A phrase more often used in the UK to mean everything (e.g. 'the whole hog') here it refers to full frontal nudity | |
| Refers to the theoretical possibility that, during a meltdown, nuclear material could melt all the way through the earth to the other side | |
| In the aftermath of the failed WWII Operation Market Garden, a general opines, 'I always felt we tried to go _________________' | |
| The title only appears as graffiti very late into this Vietnam War film: 'Our motto: _______________' | |
| Named for the magi of biblical fame, despite the fact that the film has four main characters | |
| Never mentioned in the movie, this Coen brothers comedy's title is an allusion to Preston Sturges' film 'Sullivan's Travels' | |
| This actioner takes its name from a US Supreme Court case which stated Congress could limit free speech if it presented a ________________________ to America | |
| It's the location of the film's final act, but metaphorically refers to a place where there is no morality and bad things occur | |
| From a nursery rhyme mentioned in the book. Also, relevantly, the bird in question is often used as a synonym for 'crazy' | |
| This becomes the main character's Lakota name after his Indian friends see him frolicking with his canine pal | |
| Comes from a note Jack the Ripper sent to the police, which he began with this two-word phrase | |
| Comes from the English translation of 'Orbis non sufficit,' the Bond family motto | |
| From the third line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme | |
| An old Irish saying, 'May you be in heaven a full half-hour _____________________' applies to the evildoers in this film | |
| From the proverbial '________ in the room,' since school shootings are a problem no one will discuss | |
| From the poem Eloisa to Abelard by Alexander Pope, in which forgetfulness became the heroine's only comfort. | |
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