Philippine/filipino References In A Foreign Movie

[kasmot_11]

Surviving Evil (2009) A horror flick set in the Phillipines about "aswangs". Stars Billy Zane, Joel Torre...

 

see link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0804539/

Edited March 27, 2010 by kasmot_11

[maniaclara]

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

- in one episode, Chandler said something about Filipino children working 10 cents an hour or something to that effect...

[jorge1]

In Kick-Ass, Nicolas Cage character (Big Daddy), gave a balisong as birthday gift to his daughter (Hit Girl) and when Nick asked her if she knows what she is, she answered it's Filipino.

[friedkamote]

Star Wars Return of the Jedi - The Ewoks language has some tagalog words in them (i.e. When one of the ewoks got blasted from AT-AT laser fire another ewok drops/kneels/hugs the dead ewok and says "patay")

 

 

Apocalypse Now - the movie was shot in the Philippines

[puretuts]

The Wire - season regarding the docks.

 

The police were investigating the death of 30 eastern European women found in one of the container vans. Some of the crew of the ship were allegedly pinoy according to the investigating officer.

[puretuts]

One episode of the last season of LAW AND ORDER.

 

The detectives were looking for a special child in one of the hospital, the male detective told his female colleague "that filipino nurse told me that ....." telling them where the kid is.

 

 

Big Bang Theory:

 

One geek pretending to be an addict, blames his condition from being molested in the Philippines. In one of the US military camps.

[asmodeus]

Top Chef Season 4

 

 

 

 

One of the contestant named DALE TALDE originated from the Philippines ...... In one episode of the quickfire challenge, he made his version of the filipino dessert HALO-HALO.

 

Edited June 5, 2010 by asmodeus

[DemonAsmodeus]

Top Chef Season 5

 

LEAH COHEN

Though she did not cook any filipino inspired dish, in one of the interview clips, she did say that her mother is from the Philippines.

 

 

EUGENE VILLATORA

He says he is from Hawaii ... in one quickfire episode, he made his version of our local dessert TURON. Since the challenge prohibits them from using sugar, he used cinnamon.

[yananono]

I was watching an episode of the 80's vigilante series "The Equalizer" and observed that there was one scene where the Equalizer was in New York's Chinatown, and he walked past a chinese restaurant that had a neon sign in its front window that said "MAYROON KAMING PAGKAING PILIPINO".

[Piper_Martin]

in Big Fish -In the scene where Ewan is falling down onto the Korean stage, there is a man holding a dummy. If you listen to him, he's not speaking Korean, he's in fact speaking Tagalog

[Itto Ogami]

in Big Fish -In the scene where Ewan is falling down onto the Korean stage, there is a man holding a dummy. If you listen to him, he's not speaking Korean, he's in fact speaking Tagalog

 

at first, i wasn't sure because the ventriloquist was mumbling.

thanks for the confirmation.

[Immortal666]

I just watched an episode from season 4 of Dexter. When Dexter was telling his victim, "I bought you tickets to a boat. Eventually you'll find yourself in the Philippines. No extradition treaty."

[puretuts]

DROP DEAD DIVA

Season 1 Episode 1

 

Guardian Angel gave Jane a Jar of Ballot. "Its good with toast." Before leaving "Can interest you with some Baluuuut".

[LabaJa]

Grown Ups (2010)

there's a scene where the wife of Rob Schneider told him that he's a filipino midget.

[phaulgas]

naked weapon, Philippines was listed as one of the Asian country that the China Doll has an operation