Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for As Good As It Gets.

Award Notes
As Good As It Gets (1997) was nominated for a total of seven Oscars, including Best Picture. This role earned Jack Nicholson his 11th Oscar nomination - his first since A Few Good Men (1993).

Nicholson and Hunt both won Oscars for these performances. It was Nicholson's 3rd and Hunt's 1st.

The movie won an American Lung Association of LA County award for its anti-smoking message.

Kinnear got an Oscar nomination for As Good As It Gets.

Hunt was in the middle of an Emmy-winning streak: 4 in a row for Mad About You from 1996 to 1999.

As Good As It Gets was nominated for AFI's "Top 100 Funniest Movies" list.

As of 2013, Director James L. Brooks has won 3 Oscars and 20 Emmys.

As Good As It Gets won the Golden Globe for Best Picture - Comedy/Musical.

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Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for 300.

Anthology Note
300: Rise of an Empire (2013) is the sequel, starring Lena Headey and Rodrigo Santoro.

Award Note
300 won Saturn Awards for Best Director and Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film.

Biography Notes
Director Zack Snyder started work on 300 before he even made his first movie, Dawn of the Dead (2004).

Lena Headey and Dominic West were friends before this movie. Headey jokes, "He's insane, so that helps."

British actor Dominic West is a Roman General in Centurion (2010).

Gerard Butler went on to star in Coriolanus (2011) and Olympus Has Fallen (2013).

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Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for The Scorpion King.

Anthology Notes
The Scorpion King (2002) is a prequel to The Mummy Returns. It's set 5,000 years earlier. The movie tells the origin story of the Scorpion King -- a character in The Mummy Returns.

The movie spawned two straight-to-DVD sequels with different actors playing Mathayus.

Award Notes
The Rock was nominated for Favorite Male Butt Kicker at the Kids' Choice Awards for this movie.

The Scorpion King was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film.

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Next week, AMC's Golden Note Sweepstakes is giving you even more opportunities to win $500 in cash. When you watch AMC's Story Notes versions of your favorite movies, you'll also be invited to enter the Golden Note sweepstakes. Just look out for that night's code word, head over to amcgoldennote.com, fill out the sweepstakes entry form then hope for the best. (No purchase necessary.) Tune in Mon., May 20 for The Scorpion King, Tue., May 21 for 300 and Wed., May 22 for As Good as it Gets for three chances to win. All movies begin at 8/7c. Entry periods end at 6/5c the following morning.

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AMC's Golden Note Sweepstakes continues next week with three opportunities to win some cash. That means Monday through Wednesday, you can watch your favorite movies with real-time trivia during AMC's Story Notes then enter the Golden Note sweepstakes entry form at amcgoldennote.com once you've spotted that night's on-air code word. (No purchase necessary.) Tune in Mon., May 13 for Man on Fire, Tue., May 14 for Gone in Sixty Seconds and Wed., May 15 for The Breakfast Club for your chances at $500. All movies begin at 8/7c. The entry periods end at 6/5c the following morning.

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AMC's Golden Note Sweepstakes continues next week with three opportunities to win cash. Watch your favorite trivia-enhanced movies during Story Notes then look for the special Golden Note code word. Once you've seen it, go to amcgoldennote.com and fill out the sweepstakes entry form. (No purchase necessary.) Tune in Mon., May 6 for The Last Samurai, Tue., May 7 for The Italian Job and Wed., May 8 for Gone in 60 Seconds for a shot at $500 nightly. Movies begin at 8/7c. Entry periods end at 6/5c the following morning.

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Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for Godzilla.

Anthology Notes
Godzilla is the 23rd movie to star the creature since his debut in Gojira (1954).

In the past, Godzilla has been nearly impossible to defeat. He survived being completely submerged in magma in Godzilla vs. Mothra: Battle for Earth (1992).

The only time Godzilla attacks NYC before this movie was in Destroy All Monsters (1968).

This isn't the first time Godzilla has had offspring. Son of Godzilla was released in 1967.

The next movie in the monster franchise was Godzilla 2000, produced in Japan.

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AMC's Golden Note Sweepstakes continues giving chances to win cash. While watching your favorite movies (trivia-enhanced with Story Notes on AMC), look for the Golden Note code word then go to amcgoldennote.com, and fill out the sweepstakes entry form for a shot at $500. (No purchase necessary.) Tune in at 8/7c on Tue., Apr. 30 for Godzilla and again on Wed., May 1 for The Breakfast Club if you want to be a contender. Each entry period ends at 6AM ET the following morning. Don't delay.

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Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for High Crimes.

Award Note
Morgan Freeman was nominated for a BET Award and an Image Award for High Crimes.

Biographical Notes
A year before High Crimes, Amanda Peet seduced Jason Biggs in Saving Silverman (2001).

After High Crimes, Adam Scott worked on Six Feet Under (2002) and The Aviator (2004).

Ashely Judd has been in over a half dozen movies adapted from novels. A Time to Kill (1996), Kiss the Girls (1997) and Eye of the Beholder (1999) were all adaptations.

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Weeknights during prime time on AMC, you can catch Story Notes -- real time trivia and facts about your favorite movies! Below is the online version of the Story Notes for The Devil's Own.

Award Note
Treat Williams has been nominated for three Golden Globes, including one for A Streetcar Named Desire (1984).

Director Alan J. Pakula has been nominated for three Oscars, each in a different category: producing (To Kill a Mockingbird), writing (Sophie's Choice), and directing (All the President's Men).

Biography Notes
As of 2013, Harrison Ford has played six movie cops, from Blade Runner (1982) to Crossing Over (2009).

Both Brad Pitt and Harrison Ford are very good at pool.

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