Kubrick, Stanley Easter Egg - CRM 114

I've heard that all Kubrick films have "CRM 114" in them or a variation of it. in A Clockwork orange, it is "Serum 114" in Dr. Strangelove it is the name of the radio security device on the bomber. I don't know the others.

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In Eyes Wide Shut the license plate for the taxi that tom cruse takes to the masked party is CRM 114
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Bill writes:
In 2001: The serial number of the spaceship Discovery is CRM 114; In Clockwork: The Durango's license plate is CRM-114; In Eyes Wide Shut: The morgue is room 14, in C-wing, 1st floor or C-Rm 114;
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charliehodge writes:
CRM 114 is not the license plate of Cruise's taxi to the "orgy."
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jonnyf writes:
In addition to your comments, I have noticed that the film Back to the Future contains a reference to CRM-114. It is seen at the start of the film where 'McFly' hooks-up to the amplifier, CRM-114 can be seen on a label underneath the switch key. Is this a tribute to Kubrick's Films?
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In the movie, the Durango's license plate actually reads "DAV 4850", just to clear that up.
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naregt writes:
CRM stands for "Critical Rehearsal Moment." It's a term Kubrick often used on the sets of his films to describe key scenes to his actors.
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Spanko writes:
can people please stop putting info that they are unsure of on these pages, its really annoying.
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Spanko writes:
so what does the 114 stand for?
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djkyew writes:
This is not present in one of Kubrick's earliest works "The Killing" circa 1956
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ce310a writes:
In the film Executive Decision a message is received on an F14 Tomcat over a CRM-115.
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...and the registry for the Discovery, as clearly stated in the film, is XD-1, not CRM-114.
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Picco writes:
Anyone notice that this has striking resemblence to Lucas' THX 1138? Both are references from earlier films. Though not related in anyway (as far as I know) still kinda interesting.
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scorpiontoes writes:
In A Clockwork Orange, Alex is given an injection of Experimental Serum 114 (Kubrick zooms in on the bottle containing the serum). A play on CRM 114.
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puirt-a-beul writes:
Not sure what Stanley Kubrick decided the phrase CRM-114 meant to him, or why he started using it in *many of* his movies (not all), but it began with Dr Strangelove, so you won't see it in earlier movies like "The Killing". The name "CRM 114" (without the hyphen) for the message scrambling device on-board the bomber in "Dr Strangelove" is what the device was called in Peter Bryant's original novel "Red Alert", the book on which Kubrick's movie was based.
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njaneardude writes:
In the movie 'Fun with Dick and Jane' with Jim Carey, CRM114 is the name of a form to transfer money to an overseas bank.
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MIB3 has "CRM 114" in two places: On the outside wall of the lunar maximum security prison (beginning of film), and also on the rear access door of the Apollo launch site forward observation bunker (end of film). A Sonnenfeld tip-of-the-hat to his favorite film, Dr. Strangelove.
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