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540 Repo Man (1984)




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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.

540 Repo Man (1984)

- Many of the characters are named after beers.
- All purchasable items are labeled generically: ``Food'', ``Beer'', etc.
This came about after the producers failed to attract any offers of payment
for product placement.
- All cars (plus the police motorcycle) have Christmas tree air fresheners.
- The Repo Man's code is a parody of 'Issac Asimov' (qv)'s ``Laws of
Robotics''. The man who drives around with the dead aliens in his car
resembles Asimov.
- 'William S. Burroughs' (qv)/"Naked Lunch (1992)" (qv) allusions: ``Paging Dr
Benway'' in the hospital and mentioning Bill Lee.
- Otto's co-worker (Kevin) at the supermarket sings the jingle for 7-Up just
before Mr. Humphries fires them. Later at Mr. Humphries' house, Kevin can
be seen in the background, adjusting a TV set that's playing a 7-Up
commercial.
- Bud gives irate car owner a business card and tells him to call his boss
``I.G. Fabin''. This was the German company that produced poison gas during
World War II.
- Miller talks about the cosmic unconsciousness: ``You'll be thinking about
a plate of shrimp, and all of a sudden someone will say plate, or shrimp,
or plate of shrimp.'' Later, the two Latinos who've stolen the ``Asimov''
car park outside a diner which features a huge sign in one of its windows
reading: PLATE O' SHRIMP $2.95.
- When Otto says his name is ``Otto'', Oly says ``Otto parts?''. Later in the
film Otto turns a corner with a sign saying ``Auto Parts''.
- Graffiti behind the punks dancing in the alley says ``Circle Jerks'', which
is the name of the band which appears later in the film.
- Lite gives Otto a book called ``Diuretics'' to ``help change your life''.
This is a reference to 'L. Ron Hubbard' (qv)'s ``Dianetics''.
- When the entourage enters Bud's hospital room looking for him, the preacher
on the television can be heard saying ``He has risen!''
- The movie was made by ``edge city productions'' - edge city is a recurring
theme in 'Tom Wolfe' (qv)'s ``Electric Kool-Ade Acid Test''. The
destination placard on the bus that Otto takes back to his folks' house
reads ``Edge City''.

 

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