Extras

Bristol, Connecticut – a city in Hartford County, Connecticut, located 120 miles southwest of Boston, Massachusetts.

Penthouse – a men’s magazine with pornographic pictorials.

Rubber Plant – an indoor tree with large waxy leaves.

Coleus – a tropical plant known for its colorful leaves.

Poinsettia – a plant known for its bright petals.

Acura – the Luxury division of the Honda automotive company launched in the United States in 1986.

Interstate 84 West – an interstate highway that passes through Hartford, Connecticut, on its way to Dunmore, Pennsylvania, near Scranton.

I-80 – an east-west transcontinental freeway running from New Jersey to California.

Silvana Mangano – an Italian movie actress who worked in films from 1946 to 1987.

Sears Catalog – a printed showcase of mail order merchandise from Sears, Roebuck and Company.

Bitter Rice – a 1949 Italian film starring Vittorio Gassman and Silvana Mangano.

The Walker – a multidisciplinary contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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Po Valley – site of the rice paddies in the Italian film Bitter Rice.

Toledo, Ohio – a city on the western side of Lake Erie.

I-90 – an east-west transcontinental freeway running from Boston, Massachusetts, to Seattle, Washington.

Coverall – a loose fitting, one-piece garment covering the entire body except for the head, hands, and feet.

Uptown – one of the oldest movie theaters in the Minneapolis area. It began screening foreign and independent films in 1985.

Mozzarella – a milky curd cheese originating in Italy.

Manchego – a firm compact cheese from the La Mancha region of Spain.

Smith Corona – a manufacturer of typewriters.

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – a novel about a shipwrecked castaway written by Daniel Defoe and published in 1719.

“I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” – words to the song “The Yankee Doodle Boy,” written by George M. Cohan in 1904.