40 Surprising Movie Details You Probably Never Noticed

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In "A Grand Day Out" (1989), The Creators Had Wallace Say "Wensleydale" Because It Made His Face Look Nice And Toothy. They Did Not Realize The Factory Where Wensleydale Cheese Is Made Was About To Declare Bankruptcy. This Film's Success Brought The Factory Back From The Brink

In "A Grand Day Out" (1989), The Creators Had Wallace Say "Wensleydale" Because It Made His Face Look Nice And Toothy. They Did Not Realize The Factory Where Wensleydale Cheese Is Made Was About To Declare Bankruptcy. This Film's Success Brought The Factory Back From The Brink

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40 Surprising Movie Details You Probably Never Noticed

In "A Grand Day Out" (1989), The Creators Had Wallace Say "Wensleydale" Because It Made His Face Look Nice And Toothy. They Did Not Realize The Factory Where Wensleydale Cheese Is Made Was About To Declare Bankruptcy. This Film's Success Brought The Factory Back From The Brink

After Steven Spielberg Screened Schindler's List (1993) For John Williams To Compose The Score, Williams Was So Moved He Had To Walk Outside For Several Minutes. Upon Returning Williams Said That The Movie Needed A Better Composer Than Him To Which Spielberg Replied "I Know, But They're All Dead"

In Die Hard (1988), Alan Rickman’s Petrified Expression While Falling Was Completely Genuine. The Stunt Team Instructed Him That They Would Drop Him On The Count Of 3 But Instead Dropped Him At 1

In Thor: The Dark World (2013), Natalie Portman Couldn't Make It To Reshoot The Final Kiss Scene. When Asked To Choose From A Lineup Of Women To Take Her Place. Chris Hemsworth Instead Brought In His Wife , Who Wore Natalie's Clothes And Wig To Shoot The Final Kiss

In "Hercules" (1997) Hades Says "Guys, Relax. It's Only Half-Time" Exactly At The 46-Minute Mark, The Halfway Point Of The 92-Minute Movie

In Big Hero 6 (2014), This Happens

In Up (2009), Dug Is The Only Dog To Successfully Track Down The Tropical Bird Because He Is The Only Hunting Dog (Golden Retriever). All The Others Are Guard Dog Breeds

Titanic - 1997 The Couple Shown In Bed Together Having Accepted Their Fate Is Isador And Ida Straus. They Were The Co Owners Of Macy’s. Ida Refused To Leave His Side When He Refused A Life Boat Spot B/C There Were Still Women And Children On Board. They Were Last Seen Walking Arm And Arm Together

Brad Bird Was In Part Inspired To Make This Movie (The Iron Giant 1999) As A Memorial To His Sister Susan, Who Died At The Hands Of Her Husband By Gun Violence. His Pitch Was This: "What If A Gun Had A Soul And Didn't Want To Be A Gun?"

This Design Of The Back Of This Ambulance In Joker (2019) Looks Familiar

Steven Spielberg Filmed E.t. In Chronological Order In Order To Help The Child Actors And To Capture The Most Real Emotions During The Ending, Since It Would Be The Last Time They’d All Be Together

Kid Notices Something That Most Of Us Wouldn't Have: Up(2009), Cars 2 (2011)

Incredibles (2004) Elastagirl’s Original Suit Was Red And Mr. Incredible’s Suit Was Blue, Their First Child’s Name? Violet

In Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), All The Wide Shots Of Luke Flying Across Tatooine In His Speeder Were Achieved By Placing A Mirror Underneath A Version Of The Prop With A Motor And Wheels

In The Beginning Of Joker (2019) There’s A Familiar Face In The Mirror

In Ant-Man (2015) Actor Garrett Morris Makes A Brief Appearance In A Scene. Morris Was The First Person To Ever Portray Ant-Man In A 1979 Saturday Night Live Skit Called Superhero Party

In Coraline, The “Welcome Home” Cake Features A Double Loop On The O. According To Graphology, A Double Loop On A Lower Case O Means That The Person Who Wrote It Is Lying. There Is Only One Double Loop, Meaning She Is Welcome But She Is Not Home

In Finding Nemo (2003), Gill Is A Moorish Idol. This Species Is Known To Not Handle Captivity Well, So Him Being The One Who Constantly Comes Up With Escape Plans Makes Sense

Disney's "Lilo & Stitch" (2002) Used Watercolor Backgrounds, Exclusively. The Studio Had Some Financial Failures And Was Doing Ambitious Things Elsewhere, So They Left The Filmmakers To Their Own Devices, Off At The Florida Studio. The Only Other Watercolor Films Are Dumbo And Snow White

Toothless Animation For This Scene In "How To Train Your Dragon" Was Modelled On One Of The Animators Cat With Tape Stuck To It's Tail

In Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban, Professor Lupin Sleeps Through Most Of The Train Ride To Hogwarts. The Date Is The 1st Of September, 1993. There Really Was A Full Moon The Previous Night; He Was Exhausted Because He'd Transformed The Night Before

In Man Of Steel (2013), Henry Cavill (Superman) Was Asked To Shave His Chest For The Collapsing Oil Rig Scene, However He Refused Saying That Superman Had Chest Hair, Citing The Famous "Death Of Superman" Graphic Novel As A Reference

In The Incredibles 2, The Painting In Helen’s Hotel Room Is An Illustration Of Her Seperation From The Family

The Poster For The Movie Legend (2015) Mocked One Of Its Negative Reviews By Hiding The Two Star Review Between The Kray Twins Heads

In Lord Of The Rings You Can See That Gandalf Carries His Pipe In His Staff

In The Truman Show, We See Truman Taking High Dose Vitamin D At Breakfast Time. This Is To Counteract The Deficiency He Would Have Becouse There Is No Real Sunlight In The Constructed World He Inhabits

It. Pennywise Secretly Watched His Victims Throughout The Whole Film. Sometimes, He Appears In The Most Unexpected Places. Neither The Characters Nor The Viewers Notice This

In Avatar (2009), The Evil Imperialists' Room Is Shaped Like An American Flag

In "The Return Of The King (2003)", During The Epic Scene Of The Rohirrim Charge Peter Jackson Requested That Only Extras Who Have Read The Novel And Could Recite The Scene, To Be Placed In The Front Lines As They Are Aware Of The Importance Of This Moment. It's How He Ended Up With This Epic Rider

In Tangled(2010) Mother Gothel Says “I Love You The Most” , While Kissing Rapunzel's Hair Instead Of Her Forehead

In Inside Out, The Pizza Toppings Were Changed From Broccolis To Bell Peppers In Japan, Since Kids In Japan Don’t Like Bell Peppers. Pixar Localised The Joke

Joker. Every Clock In This Film Is Set To 11:11. Fans Have Many Theories About This. One Of Them Says That The Clock Doesn’t Move Because Everything Is Happening In Arthur’s Head

In Interstellar On The Water Planet, The Soundtrack In The Background Has A Prominent Ticking Noise. These Ticks Happen Every 1.25 Seconds. Each Tick You Hear Is A Whole Day Passing On Earth

In Lotr The Fellowship Of The Ring (2001), After Boromir's Death Aragorn Puts On His Bracers As A Way To Honor Him. He'll Wear Them For The Rest Of The Trilogy

Mulan (1998) Only Has Musical Numbers For The First Half, Until The Characters Find The Destroyed Village. From There On Songs Were Avoided Because The Tone Was Meant To Be Darker

Bill Murray Falling Over On His Way Out Of The Restaurant In Scrooged (1988) Was Not Scripted. He Slipped On The Water He Just Threw On The Waiter

In The Opening Scene Of Wall-E (2008) There Are Wind Turbines And Nuclear Plants Built On Top Of Trash Mounds To Imply That Mankind Didn't Convert To Clean Energy Until It Was Too Late

Giant Ring Used For Close-UPS In ‘Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring’ (2001)

In Avengers: Endgame When Captain America Is Going Off To Return The Stones, The Rest Are Expecting Him To Return. Bucky Says His Goodbye Knowing Steve Is Not Returning To His Timeline, A Testament To Their Friendship!

In Home Alone (1990) When They Counted The People For The Trip They Say There's 17 People In Total. An Odd Number Between Two Vans Means They Will Be Split 8/9. Since Kevin Was Missing Both Vans Had 8 People Instead, Making Each Group Assume They Were On The 8-People Van, Not Suspecting A Thing

Raul Julia's Final Role Was The Villainous M. Bison In "Street Fighter" (1994), Which He Filmed While Dying From Stomach Cancer. He Took The Role Because His Children Loved The Franchise And He Wanted To Star In A Film They Could Enjoy

In The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers (2002), In The Battle Of Helm’s Deep, One Of The Rohan Soldiers Only Has One Eye. This Was Real, Not Cgi. Peter Jackson Let The Extra, Wayne Phillips, Show Off His Condition

For Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves (1991) Alan Rickman Was So Unhappy With The 'Terrible' Script That He Had Friends Help Him Rewrite His Scenes To Give Him Better Lines. He Won A Bafta For His Performance

In The Pursuit Of Happyness (2006), Will Smith Walked Past The Real Chris Gardner, The Man He Played And The Movie Was Based On

Sid, From Ice Age, Makes A Cameo Appeareance In The Movie Robots (2005)

In ‘Zootopia’ (2016) There’s A Brief Shot Of A Conspiracy Wall And One Of Pictures Is Of A Sad Keanu Wolf

In The 2012 Stop-Motion Animated Film Paranorman The Popular High School Quarterback, When Asked Out By The Typical Popular Girl, Reveals He’s Gay Making Him The First Queer Character In A Children’s Animated Movie

In The LEGO Movie (2014) Benny The Spaceman Has A Broken Helmet. This Used To Happen To The Original LEGO Pieces. Picture Of My 80s Spaceman To The Right

In The Lord Of The Rings, The Filmmakers Used A Special Lighting Rig For Galadriel So That Her Eyes Appear To Reflect The Starlight. This Is Because Galadriel Is The Last Elf In Middle-Earth To Have Seen The Light Of The Trees Of Valinor

In Baby Driver (2017) This Bank Robbery Scene Was Supposed To Include The Michael Myers From Halloween (1978) But The Studio Couldn’t Get The Rights. Edger Write Reaches Out To Mike Myers And Asked If They Could Use His Likeness For The Masks. He Thought It Would Be Funny And Said Yes

In “The Goonies” (1985) Director Richard Donner Wanted An Authentic Reaction From The Kids When They Saw Willie's Ship For The First Time, So They Didn't Get To See It Until It Was Time To Shoot. The Scene Had To Be Reshot Due To The Cast Swearing As Part Of Their Reaction

Forrest Gump Never Blinks While Playing Ping Pong, As He Was Told The Trick Was “To Keep Your Eye On The Ball.”

In 2017’s Thor: Ragnarok, Thor And Hulk Argue. When Thor Apologizes, Instead Of Calling Himself “Hulk”, Hulk Says “I Just Get So Angry All The Time,” Showing How Thor’s Friendship Brings Out Hulk’s Human Side. This Is The Only Time Hulk Says “I” In The Mcu

In Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), During The Parade, People Seen Dancing Including The Construction Worker And The Window Washer Had Nothing To Do With The Film. They Were Simply Dancing To The Music Being Played, And John Hughes Found It So Humorous That He Told The Camera Operators To Record It

For Forrest Gump (1994), Tom Hanks’s Brother Jim Hanks Doubled For Him For The Sequence Where Forrest Jogs Across America. As Jim Put It: “Tom Had Other Doubles, But They Couldn’t Do The Run,” He Says, Referring To Gump’s Stiff, Geeky Stride. “That’s A Stupid Hanks Thing.”

In Harry Potter And The Half Blood Prince (2009). Cormac Mclaggen Is The Only One Of The Gryffindor Fans Not Clapping And Cheering For Ron Weasley, As He Lost His Place On The Team To Ron In The Quidditch Tryouts

In Interstellar (2014) The Black Hole Was So Scientifically Accurate It Took Approx 100 Hours To Render Each Frame In The Physics And Vfx Engine. Meaning Every Second You See Took Approx 100 Days To Render The Final Copy

In Spider_man: Into The Spider-Verse, When Miles Morales Electrocutes Peter B. Parker, It Illuminates His Nervous System Instead Of The Usual Cartoon Trope Of His Skeleton. Being Much More Scientifically Accurate

In Rampage (2018), When Dwayne The Rock Johnson's Character Signs "It's Me", He Uses The American Sign Language Symbol For "Rock"

If You Watch The Film With Headphones Or Properly Placed Surround Sound Speakers, Every Time We See Baby In Baby Driver (2017) Wearing Only One Of His Headphones, You’ll Hear The Song He Is Listening To Through That Ear Only

In “Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban,” Buckbeak Poops

Liar Liar, During The Scene Right After Jim Crashes The Ladder Cart I Notice Fire Marshall Bill Is In The Background! Jim Carey Cameoed His Own Movie

In Independence Day (1996) They Filmed Will Smith Dragging The Alien Across The Salt Flats Of Utah. Will Smith Improvised The "And What The Hell Is That Smell?" Nobody Warned Him Of The Horrible Smell That Sometimes Comes Of The Great Salt Lake Due To Billions Of Dead Brine Shrimp Each Year

In Saving Private Ryan (1998), Jackson Has A Bruise On His Thumb That Was A Common Injury During Wwii From Soldiers' Thumbs Getting Caught In The Loading Mechanism Of M1 Garands

In “The Green Mile” They Used Creative Camera Angles And Tricks Gives The Illusion Of Michael Clark Duncan’s Height. He’s Actually Only An Inch Taller Than David Morse (Left)

In ''the 40 Year Old Virgin''(2005), Steve Carell's Chest Hair Was Actually Ripped Out In The Scene. The Actor Had Told Director Judd Apatow Just Before Shooting The Scene: ''it Has To Be Real. It Won't Be As Funny If It's Mocked Up Or It's Special Effect.'' The Scene Had To Be Done In One Shot

In This Scene Of Jojo Rabbit (2019), "Heil Hitler" Is Said 31 Times In One Minute! According To Writer/Director Taika Waititi, He Wanted A Funny Moment, But Also Wanted To Illustrate How Ridiculous Nazi Protocols Were

The College Student In The Incredible Hulk (2008) Is Also Peter Parker’s Teacher In Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

In Fargo (1996), Carl Says “30 Minutes, Jerry We Wrap This Thing Up” When There Are Exactly 30 Minutes Of The Movie Remaining

In Monty Python And The Holy Grail The Chain Mail Was Actually Knitted Yarn. I Have Seen This Movie About 30 Times And Just Noticed This Detail Yesterday. Not Sure If It Was Super Obvious To Everyone Else....

John Wick (2014) Is Only Called John Wick Because Of Keanu Reeves

The Screenwriter For Back To The Future Part II (1989) Said The Older, Creepier, Millionaire-Hotel-Mogul Version Of Biff Tannen Was Inspired By Donald Trump

In Men In Black, The Edgar Suit Decomposes As The Movie Goes On

For Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban (2004), Alfonso Cuarón Asked The Kids Playing The Hogwarts Students To Wear Their Uniforms As They Would If Their Parents Weren't Around. This Is In Sharp Contrast To The First Two Films; Were They Wore Their Uniforms In A Very Orderly Fashion

In Deadpool 2, One Of The Rednecks Talking About Toilet Paper Is Actually Matt Damon In Four Hours Worth Of Prosthetic Makeup

In The Avengers, Robert Downey Jr. Always Hid Snacks Around The Set For When He Got Hungry. One Day He Randomly Offered Chris Evans Blueberries In The Middle Of A Scene, And They Kept It In

Miyazaki Adds To All His Films, Including “Spirited Away” (2002), Quiet Little Scenes Of Inaction, Called ‘Ma’, Where The Character Just Glances Into The Horizon And Reflects, As A Way To Have A Breathing Room Amid Constant Action

So In Wizard Of Oz (1939) When They’re Sent To Kill The Witch Of The West, Scarecrow Straight Up Brings A Gun

The Wolf Of Wall Street Features A Brief Shot Filmed On An iPhone. Scorsese Needed A Shot Of The "Fasten Your Seat Belt" Sign For The Aeroplane Scene. Robert Legato, The Effects Supervisor, Took A Video Of One During A Flight On His iPhone And Showed Scorsese Who Said "Great. Let's Just Use That."