The results are in (from the May 13-20 survey on the favorite films of the late 90s). But rather than pontificate on what these results say about our modern culture or something equally snoozeworthy, I’ll simply give you the results and a trivia tidbit about each of the category victors.

Movie Trivia:

Office Space – The large statue in front of the Initech company building is a square peg in a round hole

Romeo + Juliet – Leo’s version of the speech at Juliet’s bier moved the supposed-to-be-comatose Claire Danes to tears, nearly ruining the scene

The Usual Suspects –When he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, Kevin Spacey said “Well, whoever Keyzer Soze is, I can tell you he’s gonna get gloriously drunk tonight”

Fargo – Frances McDormand, who won Best Actress for her role, doesn’t appear onscreen until 33 minutes into the film. (Oh, and if you haven’t caught up with the Coen Bros. produced TV show “Fargo”, it’s excellent)

Independence Day – ID4 used more than twice as many miniatures as any movie ever made (and, with advances in computer graphics replacing most miniatures, will likely remain that way)

From Dusk Till Dawn – Special effects technician Robert Kurtzman had Taratino adapt his story into this screenplay in return for providing the ear-slicing scene in Quentin’s “Reservoir Dogs”

Mallrats – That weird face on the tee shirt Jason Lee wears throughout the film is actually the digitally merged faces of the three actors who didn’t get his role of Brodie

Boogie Nights – After seeing the film, Burt Reynolds regretted making it and fired his agent for recommending the role. Reynolds ended up winning a Golden Globe and being nominated for an Academy Award for the performance

Face/Off – In the movie, brothers Castor and Pollux are opposed by Agent Archer. In the astrology cycle, Sagittarius (“the archer”) is directly opposite of Gemini (“the twins”, named for stars Castor & Pollux)

* Bonus tidbit: Enshrined amongst the prestigious Criterion Collection films are the “who let those guys in?” inclusions of “The Rock” and “Armageddon”

Seven – Before Brad Pitt was cast, his role was turned down by a since-regretful Denzel Washington

Clueless – Actress Stacy Dash, who plays Cher’s best friend Dionne, is 9 years older than Alicia Silverstone

The Boondock Saints – The prison that Il Duce (Billy Connelly) is held in (Boston’s real-life Suffolk County Jail) is now the 4-star Liberty Hotel

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – Bill Murray also played Hunter S. Thompson in the 1980 film “Where the Buffalo Roam”

Men in Black – After the film’s release, sales of the Ray-Ban sunglasses featured in the film (the “predator 2” model) more than tripled

The Wedding Singer – The song playing at Robbie’s aborted wedding to Linda is a string quartet arrangement of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’”

The Fifth Element – The hero (Bruce Willis) and villain (Gary Oldman) never meet, or even communicate, in the film

The Craft – Actress Robin Tunney wore an orange-blonde wig for the film because she had shaved her head for the just-wrapped “Empire Records”

American Beauty – The title of the film refers to a breed of roses that, while pretty in appearance, is often prone to rot underneath at the root and branches of the plant

Rushmore – Lead actor Jason Schwartzman came to his audition wearing a prep-school blazer which sported a Rushmore patch he made himself

Fight Club – After the dvd’s copyright warning, a separate warning from Tyler Durdin appears onscreen… for one second

 – Thanks to everyone who voted!