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@ -354,7 +354,8 @@ premonition in the "We Had a Dream" episode of "Medium"
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(originally aired 2007-02-28).
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</li>
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<li>
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In the 1946 "A Matter of Life and Death,"
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In the 1946 movie "A Matter of Life and Death"
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(U.S. title "Stairway to Heaven")
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there is a reference to British Double Summer Time.
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The time does not play a large part in the plot;
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it's just a passing reference to the time when one of the
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@ -363,6 +364,31 @@ The IMDb page is at
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/">
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http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0038733/
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</a>. (Dave Cantor)
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<li>
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The 1953 railway comedy movie "The Titfield Thunderbolt" includes a
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play on words on British Double Summer Time. Valentine's wife wants
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him to leave the pub and asks him, "Do you know what time it is?"
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And he, happy where he is, replies: "Yes, my love. Summer double time."
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IMDB page:
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/">
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http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0046436/
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</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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<li>
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The premise of the 1999 caper movie "Entrapment" involves computers
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in an international banking network being shut down briefly at
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midnight in each time zone to avoid any problems at the transition
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from the year 1999 to 2000 in that zone. (Hmmmm.) If this shutdown
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is extended by 10 seconds, it will create a one-time opportunity for
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a gigantic computerized theft. To achieve this, at one location the
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crooks interfere with the microwave system supplying time signals to
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the computer, advancing the time by 0.1 second each minute over the
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last hour of 1999. (So this movie teaches us that 0.1 x 60 = 10.)
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IMDB page:
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<a href="http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/">
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http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0137494/
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</a>. (Mark Brader, 2009-10-02)
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</li>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<hr>
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