Joe Dante/Fun Facts

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< Joe Dante
  • Joe Dante's wife, Sylvia, portrays one of the nuns at the concert in Arkush's Rock 'n' Roll High School, which Joe co-wrote and directed five scenes while Allan Arkush was ill.
  • Joe's home garage is frequently mentioned in DVD audio commentaries as holding many of the props from his various films, such as the Peltzer Peeler Juicer from Gremlins, and was also where the mock-pornographic scene in The Howling was shot.
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