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Prime Suspect US

Season 1 Episode 1

At a crime scene there were 2 detectives examining.

Detective 1: She fought hard (describing how the victim fought back)

Detective 2: Hard like Manny Pacquiao

 

The Presidio (Stars Sean Connery)

While investigating a murder inside the presidio. There were several reference about the philippines particularly Clark Air Base. When the movie was made US Bases like Subic and Clark are still present. Clark was used as a transhipment point for diamond smuggling. The diamonds were hidden inside water containers coming from Clark.

 

Taps

George C. Scott, Tom Cruise, Timothy Hutton, and Sean Penn

During a ceremony inside Bunker Hill Military Academy, George C. Scott's character mentioned "in the jungles of the Philippines" while narrating where its alumni have serve.

 

Weeds Season 7

The brother in law of Nancy Botwin can the husband of the one he was f#&king. The fellow answered "Mabuhay" and switch back to English. The fellow is caucasian.

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Secret Reunion - Korean Movie

A detective were looking for a head of a syndicate hiding in a construction firm where illegal workers can be found. Among the worker that are found there are filipino.

 

Thirst - Korean Movie

A filipina bride of one of the the koreans. She was eventually killed in the movie.

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Act of Valor 2012

 

Terrorist killed the American ambassador in Manila International School. Terrorist used a multi-cab selling Sorbetes (ice cream)which actually contains a bomb. In the book this was Indonesia. The scene was also shot iny Ceylon.

 

In one scene 2 members of the SEAL team who are on overwatch, describes several terrorist praying to the direction of Mecca. "Those are definitely Filipinos". In the book they were supposed to be filipinos

 

The filipino's were supposed to carry a vest made of plastic explosives with ceramic ball bearing.

 

Towards the end of the movie in the big firefight, the chief protagonist talk to one of the filipina before she use the explosive vest.

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In the TV series "ER", Leah Salonga was rushed to the hospital the night before Christmas (I think) and her family was waiting outside. She told the attending physician (after they diagnosed her with a life-threatening illness) to hide the truth from her family so as not to spoil the Christmas spirit.

 

The made-for-TV movie "Green Eyes" (http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/20876/Green-Eyes/overview), which is about a black GI who went back to Vietnam to look for the child that was born to him by a Vietnamese. The movie was shot in the Philippines and the boy that he found was portrayed by a Filipino. In one scene where they approached a checkpoint, the boy spoke to the soldiers in Tagalog, saying "ito ang tatay ko" (referring to the GI).

 

The animated series, "Generator Rex" (Season 1, Episode 7 - "Leader of the Pack" - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1673048/). The scene was at the United Nations headquarters in New York, and the Philippine flag was clearly visible (although other flags were also present, but one wouldn't miss the

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In the latest episode of Southland

Season 5 episode 4 - Under the Big Top

Officer John Cooper with his partner responded to a traffic accident. A man rammed into a resto.

When they asked what happened the store owner said it is because of "WHITE LADY".... The partner (Hispanic) didnt understand. Officer Cooper explained that the white lady have been a problem in "filipino town". If something happened and it cant be explained it is cause by the white lady.

 

 

later it was revealed that a kid was selling lemonade with specially additive. A flower that causes hallucination.... i think the flower is also available here in the Philippines.

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