Magnolia Easter Eggs

Ok when you are watching this movie and Tom Cruise comes out on screen to sell his product, they flash a phone number by the screen briefly telling you to call now and order. Well being the dork that I am I wrote the number down and called and to my surprise... more

Look for the numbers 8 and 2 throughout the movie (cables on the roof of the scene with the jumper, "82 degrees and partly cloudy" etc.

Exodus 8:2 is about the threat of a plague of frogs.

In the scene where the quiz kid is revising for the show on of the books on the table is 'Learned Pigs and Fireproof Women'.
Strange title but why is this an easter egg?
The book is by Ricky Jay.

Still no closer?

Well, alright then. Ricky Jay... more

When Tom Cruise's character is about to start his 'Seduce & Destroy' seminar, he uses the Straus piece "Thus Spake Zarathustra" for his entrance.

That piece, of course, is most readily identified with the movie '2001: A Space Odyssey' by Stanley Kubrick,... more