Things we learned at the movies in 2003
Spellbound
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Who says movies are just entertainment? This year we learned a lot at the theater, and not just from documentaries.

How to spell the words 'succedaneum,' 'cephalalgia,' and 'prospicience' (Spellbound)
Turtles can live for 150 years (Finding Nemo)
How to play the guitar riff for 'Smoke on the Water' (School of Rock)
Hollywood Blvd. is an unsafe place to shop (The Italian Job, Hollywood Homicide, T3)
It's OK for a congressional bill to be printed on pink, scented paper (Legally Blonde 2)
Tom Sawyer was once a Secret Service agent (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen)
It takes 25 words to say 'with intensity' in Japanese (Lost in Translation)
David Beckham is the most famous athlete in the world – except in America (Bend It Like Beckham)
If the center of the Earth stops rotating, the Colosseum in Rome is toast (The Core)
When it comes to endurance and marathons, Lance Armstrong ain't got nothing on the average sparrow (Winged Migration)
The real four food groups are candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup (Elf)
And girls learned How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days