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Watching These Movies Might Feel Different When You Read These 35 Rare Movie Facts Found Online
Ever since the first motion picture film was made in 1888, cinema has captured our minds and our hearts, starting something that brought countless unforgettable stories to our lives.
But some of those stories never reach the final cut, let alone get caught on camera. Since this makes them relatively unknown, they become all the more interesting, and that is precisely why people online love to share these facts, just like in this thread. Scroll down to read what these Redditors said, and if this list proves insufficient, we’ve got plenty more truths and secrets to satisfy your curiosity!
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#1
Lotr fans are known for knowing every single trivia. but i find it weird that not more people know that Gandalf says you shall not pass because the allies motto during ww1 was they shall not pass and Tolkien served during ww1.
Jefferson Selvy 2 years ago
Middle Earth started as stories he would tell fellow soldiers in the trenches.
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William Teach 2 years ago
In the book he actually says "You cannot pass....I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass."
Alexandra 2 years ago
It's a French motto and used to motivate the French while the battle of Verdun was raging.
Alexandru Bucur 2 years ago (edited)
Also used by Romania in November 1916 - August 1917 at the three Battles of Oituz as „Pe aici nu se trece” ("They shall not pass through here"), and in September 1917, at the Battle of Mărășești as „Nici pe aici nu se trece” ("They shall not pass through here either"). And it's true, they didn't. Shame about the fact the Russians had a little revolution shortly after and pulled out of the war leaving us to try and defend alone against the whole might of the Central Powers...
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Les Thomas 2 years ago
Actually, Ian McKellen admitted he got the line wrong. It should have been, "You cannot pass!"
Michael Largey 2 years ago
I think Gandalf got "You shall not pass" from me. I don't know how many of my students I said it to over the years.
BieneMaya 2 years ago
Openly addmitting to be a bad teacher. Hope you become a better one to make your students learn and pass.
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BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 2 years ago
A patriotic italian song written during wwi says "The strangers shall not pass"
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#2
In ‘Contagion’, the autopsy performed on Gwyneth Paltrow used a prop head that was originally made for the finale of ‘Seven’. The latter decided against showing what was in the box and thus, years later it was repurposed.
In other words, we finally got to see what was in the box.
MrPractical 2 years ago
Wait, they never showed her head in the box in Seven?! Goes to show that leaving it to the imagination can be more effective...
Zander Porbanda 2 years ago
The screenwriter for Se7en worked at blockbuster when it was written.
Zander Porbanda 2 years ago
In Se7en, Brad Pitt lives in Apartment 5. In Dante, the fifth layer of hell is for the wrathful.
#3
Anthony Hopkins was on screen less than 17 minutes in Silence of the Lambs. This did not stop him from winning Best Actor academy award.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
Exactly. He accomplished more in 17 minutes than many do in their entire careers.
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two-sided llama 2 years ago
fun fact: Beatrice Straight won the best supporting actress award in 1977 for her role in Network. she was on screen for five minutes and two seconds
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Beatrice Straight won Best Supporting Actress in 1976 for her role in the movie "Network" and she didn't even have 6 minutes of screen time. But she certainly made the most of it. From memory (been a while since I saw it) it was a powerful monologue when her husband revealed his affair to her
Sara Wilson 2 years ago
Apparently his wife had to move out while he was filming. He got so into the character 24/7 and was creeping her out too much
Madam Puddyfoot 2 years ago
Dame Judi Dench in Shakespeare in Love was only on screen for 8 min and also won an Oscar.
#4
Anthony Hopkins is an incredible mimic. Throughout his career, he’s looped (post production sound re-recording) many well known co stars who were unavailable for re-recording sessions. He’s never taken credit for this.
El Cucuy 2 years ago
He's also quite the pianist. One of his original compositions was used in The Wolfman (he played it in the movie too).
Hannah Hudson-Lee 2 years ago
And according to a friend of mine who has a friend in common with him, he likes to use his mimic skills to liven up parties or give guests a little fun-fright. He even crept up behind her and went F-f-f-f-f once at a Halloween bash.
Freya (she/they/he) 2 years ago (edited)
Anthony Hopkins is legendary. He also is autistic, receiving his diagnosis when he was 77 years old.
Tux Cat Momma 2 years ago
Sir Anthony Hopkins, I just love him in any movie he's been in, maybe not the movie (looking at you Transformers), but definitely loved him!
Rebecca Derr 2 years ago
That is so awesome. So many voice actors go on unrecognized. It's time that this changes.
#5
The crew agreed to do the shower scene in Starship Troopers so long as the director was also naked. And he was
BrownTabby 2 years ago
TIL the inspiration for Air New Zealand’s comedically nude ad, where their last decent CEO also appeared nude.
Jefferson Selvy 2 years ago
Hate this director, hate this movie. The only things it shares with the novels are some of the names. How he wasn't cancelled after whitewashing the lead role (Casper Van Dein as Juan Rico) from a Filipino to a white boy is beyond me
#6
In Edward Scissorhands, the version shown to critics and reviewers contained a scene that got cut from the final theatrical version. The scene was during the opening when the grandmother starts telling her story to the little girl. Essentially, it made it clear that everything we are seeing in Edward’s story is not as it actually occurred, but rather we’re peering inside the little girl’s imagination, seeing how she’s interpreting what her grandmother is telling her. This brings whole new meaning to things like the way the houses are painted, how all the dads leave for work at exactly the same time, and the quirkiness of how everyone behaves. Once you know that this scene exists, you see the movie in a very different way. Much of what we think of a “Tim Burton weirdness” is actually childlike imagination once you know.
So, go watch it again. It’s not a whole new movie, but it feels and comes across in a whole new way.
Sarah Suelzle 2 years ago
I've only ever seen it with cut scene added back. I still appreciate knowing this though and it makes a lot of sense.
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
I hate when movies are edited so very badly. To me the movie shouldn't even be shown if the essence is stripped from the script! One of my pet peeves!
Christina B 2 years ago
I love this post and now want to go back and watch it again....makes so much sense
#7
Robert Eungland, Freddie Kreuger...originally auditioned to be Luke Skywalker... but didnt get the role. He told his roommate Mark Hamil to go try out instead.
Monica Sargent 2 years ago
I dated a friend of Robert Eunland's for a while. Hard to say who was weirder
#8
In Fight Club, Marla's original line after having sex with Tyler was "I want to have your abortion". The studio deemed this WAAY too offensive, and demanded it be changed. The producer agreed to change it only after the studio agreed that whatever he changed it to, they would have no say in it.
He changed it to "I haven't been f****d like that since grade school"
Jennifer Mathison 2 years ago
“Grade school” is a different age group, depending where you’re from.
Jossh Nine 2 years ago
Yup. EBC didn't know it meant elementary school when they shot that scene.
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Sathe Wesker 2 years ago
One of my all time favourite movies and I have always known and loved this fact!!
#9
In Wayne’s World, when Wayne plays Stairway to Heaven and the store clerk points to a sign that says No Stairway to Heaven, the audience is led to believe the clerks banned the song because they were tired of hearing it. However, the actual song was supposed to be featured in the movie but Led Zeppelin’s PR people pulled the plug at the last minute. So when Wayne says “no stairway, denied”. That’s what he means.
Der Kommissar 2 years ago
Guitar Center calls it the forbidden riff. Also applies to " Smoke on the Water :"
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
"And then go down to the docks and hire a troll and tell him to stand in the corner and if anyone comes in and tries to play 'Pathway to Paradise' he's to pull their head off." "Shouldn't they get a warning first?" "That will BE the warning."
Captain Awesome 2 years ago
Wayne doesn't play Stairway to Heaven at all. It's just a random lead break.
#10
The original choice for Buzz Lightyear in Toy Story was Billy Crystal. He turned it down and went on to say it was one of the biggest mistakes of his career. When the opportunity to voice Mike in Monsters Inc came up he jumped at it, as he didn’t want to make the same mistake twice.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Don't get me wrong; I've loved Billy as an actor since his days on "Soap" (yes, I'm that old). But I don't think he could have played it as straight as Tim, and that would have been a shame. I agree, it worked out for the best.
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Steven Stachar 2 years ago
Someone should convince them to redo the best scene of each other's characters and see how it feels.
#11
It is a widely discussed easter egg in Toy Story 3 that at the beginning of the film, there is a garbage man who wears the same t-shirt that Sid wore in the first movie. Many online outlets were quick to point this out, theorizing that this might actually be Sid now grown up. What all of these outlets failed to realize is that while they were distracted by the credits sequences, Sid was actually listed in the credits. So yes, it is Sid. Hard confirm. You are not a sleuth for noticing this.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
I find it funny they always tried to make out like he was destined to be a failure as a human, but I’ve met garbage truck drivers in aus, sub contractors earn so much money and the regular drivers arnt bad off pay wise either.
David 2 years ago (edited)
in my city they do pretty well, first 6 months 40k, 6mo-1.5yrs 44k, etc on a scale that after 5.5 years they earn nearly 84k. All of this is plus benefits and not including overtime pay, or snow day pay, etc. So after that base pay in a bad snow year they a person working 5.5 years can earn nearly 100k. No degree required. It is phsically hard and smelly though. And a great pension plan. (Actual Union Contract https://www.nyc.gov/assets/olr/downloads/pdf/collectivebargaining/sanitation-workers-01-20-2019%20-12-27-2022.pdf)
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Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
It's so heartwarming to know that despite coming from such a dysfunctional family Sid not only got himself a good job but is also clearly a very happy guy, singing and dancing while he's on the job without a care in the world. It's a nice message too that a "bad kid" can become a functional and happy adult.
Skullface VonHornhelm 2 years ago
That skull is the logo for a skateboard company called Zero. He probably just likes the brand and has owned many in different sizes over the years. 💀
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In Titanic, the lake in Wisconsin where Jack says he fell through the ice didn't exist yet. When Jack told Rose about how cold the water in the North Atlantic was, he mentioned himself falling through the ice in Lake Wissota, Wisconsin. Titanic sank in 1912, and Lake Wissota wasn't created until 1917.
geezeronthehill 2 years ago
Grew up swimming in that lake. The name was a business decision to combine the names of Minnesota and Wisconsin. The waters are stained with tannin from the peatbogs of northern Wisconsin. Very dark and spooky six feet down with a snorkeling rig.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Everyone who knows any Titanic trivia knows this. I dare say it's the most legendary script mistake in history. Even prompted the Jack-is-a-time-traveller notion.
#13
The couple kissing in Hook as Peter and Tinkerbell fly over them are George Lucas snd Carrie Fisher.
laura lee 2 years ago
https://fandomwire.com/im-an-alcoholic-because-george-lucas-ruined-my-life-carrie-fisher-blasted-sadist-star-wars-creator-for-traumatizing-her-at-the-young-age-of-19/
JP Purves 2 years ago
She said this at an awards program with Lucas in attendance. She went on to praise his talent and called him an artist. Typical razor sharp Carrie Fisher humor.
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#14
Elle Woods has a different hairstyle in every scene in Legally Blonde
Smiley MG 2 years ago
Of course she does... Uh...hello... She is the Queen of ispiration for ambitious and fashionable young ladies... Hairstyling goes with the outfil... She was actively flaunting her style choices...
Cee 2 years ago
I’m pretty sure she had a wig on in the graduation scene but I can’t remember why
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#15
John Candy was paid less than $500 to appear as Gus Polinski in Home Alone.
martymcmatrix 2 years ago
Not everyone can walk the tightrope between tragedy and comedy like John Candy did.
OnlyFranks 2 years ago
Chris Farley always reminded me of him. Both gone, way too soon. 😪
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Margrete Sonnenberg 2 years ago
To add to that fact he was allowed to make his own lines and stuff. And they did his scene in one go.
Daniel Atkins 2 years ago
I believe they had only one day to film with him too.
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Jojo on the Gogo 2 years ago
The Polka King of the midwest, with hits such as "Polka, Polka, Polka!"
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 years ago
I think there is an online conspiracy theory that his character is actually The Devil. He is introduced after Kevin's mom says "If it costed me everything I own, if I had to sell my soul to The Devil himself, I am going to get home to my son".
Jeff White 2 years ago
In terms of dollars for impact of performance, this has to be the winner
#16
When Iron Man mentions shawarmas at the end of Avengers, he didn't know they were filming, and neither did he when he offered Banner blueberries at one point.
Sa Ruuu 2 years ago
I read that RDJ purposefully hid snacks around the set to use during scenes.
Ria C. 2 years ago
Yup apparently anytime he was eating during the Iron Man movies it was a hidden snack.
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#17
In Pixar's Coco, the boy who was going to play Miguel hit puberty, changing his voice. The people in charge replaced him with someone younger. The original boy got a cameo where he is the guy working the stage asking him if he's ready to go on.
Midoribird Aoi 2 years ago
This is why kids are so often voiced by adult women, who can mimic the voice of a preteen boy without this kind of worry...if they do it well, that is.
HangryHangryHippo 2 years ago
Exactly! Long life to Nancy Cartwright! (Bart's voice)
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#18
In _Fight Club_, in the scene where Ed and Brad wreck in the car, Ed crawls out of the driver's side, an early clue that he is Tyler. the part that few know is that there was an argument about it. Production thought it was a continuity error. Fincher was like 'nah' and didn't explain.
Skullface VonHornhelm 2 years ago
There's also another scene where Ed received a call from Tyler on a payphone. The phone had a sticker on it saying that it can not receive incoming calls.
Data1001 2 years ago
Doesn't the sticker actually say something like "No Incoming Calls"? Because that's very different. I've seen that in phone booths before, and it doesn't mean that the phone cannot receive calls, just that they do not want you to use it for incoming calls. In fact, I think phone booth phones have to be able to receive calls, because sometimes the operator needs to be able to ring you back on occasion (such as putting a call through that might take too much time if they left the line open).
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Sara 2 years ago
There is a big twist at the end of the movie that the two characters are actually the same person, he's insane. So the production people thought the one guy getting out of the other side of the car was an error but it was really a clue.
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Sathe Wesker 2 years ago
Nah, this is one of the only scenes where it diverges completely away from the book. I’m too drunk for references… maybe an edit tomorrow.
#19
The original Halloween (1978) took place in Illinois in October. However, it was filmed in California in the springtime. To make it more believable, they had bags of dead autumn leaves shipped in.
There was a person whose job it was to scatter the leaves around the set, then bag them back up and move them to the next filming location.
Some guy 2 years ago
They wanted Anthony Hopkins to scatter them, but he turned it down . . . later said it was the biggest mistake of his career.
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Stephen Lyford 2 years ago
The town of Haddonfield, Illinois in the movie is named after my hometown of Haddonfield, NJ, because one of the screenwriters grew up there.
Manny 2 years ago
In one of the beginning scenes when Jamie Lee Curtis is walking across the street you'll see a Palm tree in the distance.
Some guy 2 years ago
I think again when they're turning the corner to the hardware store.
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Quiet, people! The guy's creepy -- nothing else matters!
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Every single scene in Home Alone contains something red and green in it.
Go check for yourself if you don’t believe me
Stephanie Did It 2 years ago
Just watched it again and after thinking how 80s the home's decor was, I also realized that I really loved the color scheme and decor.
Rima Jabr 2 years ago
As someone who lived in a house with a very red colour scheme in the 1980’s you do not want that all around you. Red carpet red and gold curtains even matching red beanbags just no. I hate red now
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Keley Babs 2 years ago
The set designers intentionally decorated the house to be red and green
#21
The ship built for the Titanic set was 90% the size of the real thing.
James Cameron spent more time with the real Titanic than those who sailed on her.
steven mayes 2 years ago
I read yesterday that Cameron only employed extras 5 foot 8 inches or shorter to make the sets look larger
shankShaw deReemer 2 years ago
It has something specific to do with the height of the ship, right?
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Real trivia, white star (the cruise line) stopped paying the crew as soon as she started sinking. They even charged the families of dead crewmen the costs of the uniforms they drowned in.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 years ago
Size and budget constraints. They used the largest water tank in the world at Baja Studios, Mexico, and even there a full-scale replica did not fit. The large set got dismantled and sold from scrap (it was steel), but many smaller models and props are for display all over the world.
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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 years ago
Also, it was only built one side. For the departure sequence, they had to mirror the image, so all signs and lettering had to inverted as well. However, many extras forgot: if you see the movie, most of them are waving good byes with their "left" hand.
Daniela Lavanza 2 years ago
He used a submarine to inspect the shipwreck several times if I’m not mistaken. The story of this boat always interested him much and inspired the movie.
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#22
Who Framed Rodger Rabbit
Judge Doom (played by Christopher Lloyd) never blinks once the entire movie. I won’t say why for the sake of spoilers.
I could talk at length about the crazy techniques and control rigs they developed to create what was the best ever integration of live action and animation, but that’s my favorite fact.
Shelli Aderman 2 years ago
Spillers? For a movie that came out 35 years ago? I think you’re good. 🤣
JP Purves 2 years ago
Creeped me out a bit too, and I was an adult when I first saw it.
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JayWantsACat 2 years ago
But Judge Doom wears sunglasses for most of the film so you don't even see his eyes until the reveal. And then it's animated so while it's a neat character choice it's not like the actor himself didn't blink the whole time. I guess he could've and we just cant see but this tidbit isn't some big reveal or trivia that changes the way you view the film.
ShadySlytherin 2 years ago
Have you never seen this movie and you think the whole thing is animated?
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Daaaaaaaaaaa 2 years ago
THIS is an excellent film. Great story, aesthetically beautiful, scary and hilarious too.
#23
Cary Elwes broke his toe on a 4 wheeler during filming The Princess Bride. He was worried Rob Reiner might fire him so he kept it a secret. He worked the scenes before the Fire Swamp to make his character kind of nonchalant but really he couldn't put much weight on his foot.
Bookworm 2 years ago
He talks about this at length in his behind-the-scenes book As You Wish. It was Andre's four wheeler that they'd given him to help with his mobility issues, which he encouraged Cary to try out. On the long shot when Westly and Buttercup are running towards the Fire Swamp, you can see Cary lurching around ridiculously.
Hannah Hudson-Lee 2 years ago
To be fair, Westley had just been pushed so hard off Stannage Edge that he landed 8 miles away in Cave Dale. So a limp fits the narrative. (This is the problem when you live near film locations.)
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#24
In Casablanca with Humphry Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, there is a farewell scene with the two stars kissing inside an airplane hangar. The hanger has a plane outside (Lockheed Electra 12A) with a bunch of people working around it.
The production was not allowed to film at an airport after dark for security reasons, so they used a sound stage with a small cardboard cutout airplane and forced perspective. The strange part is to give perspective of distance, they used little people for the workers.
Cyril Sneer 2 years ago
I wouldn't describe it as A scene, but rather THE scene. The one with "We'll always have Paris" and "Here's looking at you kid". One of the most iconic scenes in Hollywood history.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
don't forget..."the problems of two people don't add up to a hill of beans in this world" or "this is the start of beautiful friendship" or "maybe you won't regret it today . . . but you will someday soon and for the rest of your life"...it's perfection!
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Most of the cast of The Sound of Music, particularly Christopher Plummer, thought the movie was corny as hell. Not that they don’t appreciate its legacy or impact - it’s just objectively a ridiculously saccharine, albeit classic, film. Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer were so overcome by the corn fest that is the song “Something Good” that they couldn’t get through a take without laughing and giggling. The decision was made to obscure their faces slightly, which is why the scene we see today is in silhouette.
Jumping Jellyfishes 2 years ago
Julie and Christopher would jokingly call it, "The Sound of Mucus". The reason they couldn't stop giggling during the scene for "Something Good" is because there was a sound emitting from one of the lights that sounded like farting. The director solved the problem by filming their shadowed profiles instead
Anony Mouse 2 years ago
That scene doesn’t exist. Rolf was just a messenger boy, and not a nazi at that point. Give it a try sometime.
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#26
In the first Shrek movie Lord Farquaad is removing all the fairy tale creatures from the swamp. He wants Shreks home too. In the old DVD extras they explain it’s because he wants to build a theme park there. It’s not explained at all in the movie.
PeepPeep the duck 2 years ago
We’re so used to movies where the king just takes it for the hell of it that I guess I never questioned it
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
In Shrek 2, the governor decides Lord Farquaad is morally repugnant, and taxes Farquaard's kingdom.
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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 2 years ago
I thought it was because the fairy tale creatures didn't fit in his perfect little world.
Nikkie Nothing 2 years ago
When Shrek was originally released on DVD and possibly still VHS at the time when the fairy tale creatures invade his swamp and the seven dwarves show up with Snow White, Shrek yells at them "Dead Broad off the table"!! In later releases of the movie it was changed to "Dead Girl of the table" because the word 'broad' was deemed too offensive.
#27
In Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, when the Candyman starts singing the Candyman Can song there is a scene where he lifts the counter to walk out and the counter smacks this little girl in the head.
two-sided llama 2 years ago
this started his spree of murder later leaving to his own movie Candyman (1992)
MissMePhoenix 2 years ago
I went back and watched this clip like 15 times, it looks more like she pulls her head back just in time. He may have clipped her chin a tiny little bit maybe, but he didn't smack her in the head tho lol
Ronnie Beaton 2 years ago
Author Roald Dahl wanted Spike Milligan to play W***y Wonka, but he was overruled by studio executives who felt that Gene Wilder was the more bankable name.
Claudio Toshio 2 years ago
I remembered that in the first Fast and Furious, in the scene when Brian O'Conner drives Dominic Toretto home after the first race and the run from the police, Mia brings him to her room and she hits the dresser with her elbow.
#28
Annie (1982, Carol Burnett and, a propos to this tale, Albert Finney) The scene where we first meet Daddy Warbucks (Albert Finney), he's looking at the Mona Lisa and tells the servants to "Take her away!" Then he changes his mind saying, "She has an interesting smile. I could get used to that smile. Hang her in the bathroom!" The joke here is that the first owner after Leonardo died was King Francis I of France, who had her hanging in his bathing room.
Jefferson Selvy 2 years ago
Finney was a hell of an actor. His Poirot in the "Murder on the Orient Express" is great as well. Only surpassed by David Suchet
#29
When filming the rooftop scene in The Departed, a giant inflatable Arthur the Aardvark on top of a nearby children's museum would have dominated the background of many of the shots. The museum graciously agreed to temporarily deflate and remove Arthur.
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
For anyone interested, this movie is currently available for free viewing on TUBI.
Sue User 2 years ago
TUBI is underated as a streaming app. Sure its got commercials. But the other services are " lowering " prices and you are paying for commercials.
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Kayleigh haigh 2 years ago
He looks more like an aardvark in original books but in cartoon looks more like hamster
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Speaking of Arthur, I always loved the fact was that the moral of the first book, Arthur's nose, was that Arthur should accept himself the way he is, long nose and all. From then on, Arthur lacks the one anatomical feature that presents any reason at all to suspect that Arthur is an aardvark.
#30
In The Neverending Story, the horse (Artax) didn’t die- however, Noah Hathaway almost drowned during the famous scene where the horse sinks in the swamp. The horse was standing on a platform that sunk into the mud, and Hathaway’s shoe got caught in the mechanism and started to drag him under.
JP Purves 2 years ago
Took my goddaughter to see it when she was five. When the horse sunk in the muck she became hysterical. Took some time to calm her and then, of course, Artax reappears later.
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Jennifer Mathison 2 years ago
I saw TNS on stage. Artax was a talking puppet. In the fire swamp, he told Atreyu to turn around and not look at him. When Atreyu had his back turned, Artax just walked off stage. I think it was to represent him sinking in the swamp, but honestly, it looked like he just noped out of there
Verena 2 years ago
Usually horses are not killed for the purpose of a movie. There might be unfortunate accidents, and letting them stumble for Western movies is not very kind, but does anybody really think a dead horse was actually killed on purpose in front of the camera?
Catlady6000 2 years ago
A live horse might have been killed. Not sure about killing a dead one though. ;)
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#31
Carrie Fisher said that one time Alec Guinness gave Mark Hamill £10 to leave him alone. 😂
JL 2 years ago
Of course not, we just learned Alec didn't want Mark near him.
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Danielle 2 years ago
There's a famous letter Alec Guinness wrote to a friend about how much he was not enjoying Star Wars in which he says: must off to studio and work with your fellow countrymen Mark Hamill and Tennyson (that can't be right) Ford — Ellison (? — No!*) — well, a rangy, languid young man who is probably intelligent and amusing. But Oh, God, God, they make me feel ninety — and treat me as if I was 106.
Teachzebra 2 years ago
Alec Guinness did not necessarily hate Star Wars per se. He just hated the fact that it would be the only thing he would ever be known for despite a lifetime of being one of the most respected actors in theater history and several notable movies. The fact that he would become one of the wealthiest actors of all time because he was wise enough to ask for a share of the profits certainly made it a lot easier to love the movie.
Jesha 2 years ago
To be fair, that's pretty on point for needing Mark Hamill to go play outside sometimes. He used to routinely cockblock Carrie and Harrison by not being able to read a room. Haven't you ever had an uncle go 'here go to the store and get yourself something' to get you out of their business?
#32
The theme song from Mission Impossible spells out MI in Morse code in repeat.
Stefaan De Clerck 2 years ago
"Theme from Mission: Impossible" is the theme tune of the TV series Mission: Impossible (1966–1973). The theme was written and composed by Argentine composer Lalo Schifrin and has since gone on to appear in several other works of the Mission: Impossible franchise, including the 1988 TV series, the film series, and the video game series. The theme is written in a 5/4 time signature, which Schifrin has jokingly explained as being "for people who have five legs". The Morse code for M.I. is two dashes followed by two dots ▄▄▄ ▄▄▄ ▄ ▄ ; if a dot is one beat and a dash is one and a half beats, then this gives a bar of five beats, exactly matching the theme's underlying rhythm. It has been suggested that Schifrin consciously used the Morse code as a starting point for his composition, but this cannot be verified.
Let’s roll 2 years ago
Thanks for the breakdown, I genuinely needed that and I appreciate your explanation and the theme tune even more 👍
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
And the "bu-bu-bu-bump bu-bu-bu-bump" of Doctor Who's theme song turned out to be the heartbeat of the Doctor, who has two hearts.
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 2 years ago
The main theme of the "Inspector Morse" tv series is actually the name Morse in Morse code reproduced in music. A beautiful music, btw
Ruivo 2 years ago
Using the cadence of the shows name as a "seed" is actually more common than we realise, even Doctor Who did it. Composers do it either in case someone wants to add lyrics later on, or just for the sake of inspiration. Here's a video with an extensive breakdown of this happening in many theme shows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTUdzhKuSsU
#33
For *My Cousin Vinny*, the director did research at actual criminal trials in the South, and that's where they got those gems like "Hiy-einous crime" and "all our little ol' ancestors." (source: DVD commentary)
Eastendbird 2 years ago
The director, Jonathan Lynn, has a law degree from Cambridge University. He was determined the film would be as legally accurate as possible.
ConstantlyJon 2 years ago
Legal Eagle did a reaction to this (back when he did reactions instead of just talking about trump) and he was blown away by how legally accurate it was.
Load More Replies... Mary Kelly 2 years ago
it's listed as one of the top ten films for young lawyers to see by the aba...and the accuracy is the reason..procedures are right, good opening, good cross...
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
Speaking of accuracy in the film, firstly, I think the accents were exaggerated for cinematic affect. I've lived in the South all my life and only very, very uneducated or wholly impaired, unintelligent people (like we tend to have in every state in the Union) may, ONLY may talk like the Southern throng in the movie. And if we're talking Southern legal justice you'll never convince me that "home cookin" and questionable, judicial stunts don't happen in small rural courtrooms in every state in the USA. Mr. Lynn should make another movie using Western Justice and The Mob with investigations into rural western courtrooms, or The Pacific Northwest courtrooms or Illinois courtrooms, well, you get my point. I guess I'm just another tired Southerner who feels being dumped on regular Lu for entertainment is no fun.
Patricia Smith 2 years ago
That's REGULARLY for entertainment is no fun. Thanks for listening.
#34
"E.T." and "Poltergeist" were developed from the same story about alien abductions.
Steven Spielberg wrote a story treatment called "Watch the Skies" and had John Sayles flesh it out as a draft called "Night Skies." Spielberg later decided to shift it in a more heartwarming direction, resulting in "E.T.", so he tapped Tobe Hooper to film the original version, but Hooper replaced aliens with the paranormal and it became "Poltergeist."
Bookworm 2 years ago
Apparently lots of similar movies actually do come from the same original script; I've seen speculation that Megamind and Despicable Me did.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
And then some movies just share common myths. Watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi back to back.
Load More Replies... Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 years ago
Also, E.T. was part of the reason John Carpenter's "The Thing" was a flop, as a warming heartblockbuster about a nice alien contrasted with it.
Mary Kelly 2 years ago
v. interesting how three different people can look at the same script and have three different visions of the plot
#35
The movie Dead Zone and Christmas Story were being filmed only a couple miles away from each other at the same time. Both productions were waiting for snow so they could film. It was an usually snowless winter. Finally late in the season there was a significant snowfall. The scene where Sheriff Bannerman arrives at Johnny’s house is being filmed at the exact moment of the tongue to the flag pole scene.
Skullface VonHornhelm 2 years ago
Most of the snow in A Christmas Story was actually instant mashed potatoes.
#36
In The Professional when Gary Oldman responds EVERYYYONNEEE, he was just supposed to say it quietly like a quick "yeah, everyone," but just started screaming like that instead.
Here's Gary Oldman talking about it in an interview
#37
In Aliens, after the first encounter with the aliens, as the Marines are retreating, there is a scene where they get in the troop carrier, and as they are getting ready to leave, an alien tries to get in. Hicks picks his shotgun off the deck, jams it in the alien's mouth, yells "Eat this" and blows it away. that whole scene was shot backwards because the actor, Michael Biehn, couldn't perform the move properly, so it was shot backwards, played in reverse, and then sound dubbed over it.
DJay 2 years ago
Seems like the actor kept screwing up jamming the shotgun into the mouth, so they started filming with the shotgun in the Aliens mouth and then played the scene in reverse, yanking it out of the mouth, laying it on the floor etc. Then they play the footage I'm reverse so it looks like he's picking up the shotgun, jamming it in the mouth and pulling the trigger.
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In Domino, a few scenes are filmed at what was Bonnie Springs Old West Town a few miles outside of Vegas. (Bonnie Springs Old West Town closed its doors & the property was sold to a housing developer).
In one scene, someone busts into the hotel room where Kiera Knightley was staying, and a Christmas wreath flies off the door.
I bought that wreath, & the room was my sister's apartment. She lived there, & worked in the shops. Her door never closed well after that. She was pissed that they ruined the wreath, and they knocked some of her other stuff around as well. The film crew never compensated her, either.
My sister passed away several years ago, and I caught *Domino* on TV a couple of months ago. Got a wave of the feels over that.
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 2 years ago
The real Domino Harvey was on set, but refused a cameo. She, however, makes a cameo in the movie Constantine. She is the blond, shor hair demon kissing an angel at Papa Midnight's bar.
#39
Okay local one from me, just for fun. Life of Pi movie promotion posters featured a picture of a wrecked fishing boat. The boat is a Scottish fishing boat called the sovereign, It can still be seen on Fraserburgh beach in Aberdeenshire.
#40
Robert Shaw, Quint, in Jaws, could not stay in Massachusetts while filming Jaws. Had to be flown to Canada daily. Guess he owed the U.S.A. tax money, couldn't take any chances. Oh, and he was sea sick all the time on the Orca.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
He also wrote or improvised much of the dialogue when Quint talks about the "Indianapolis". Shaw was also a successful playwright ("The Man in the Glass Booth")..
Nimues Child 2 years ago
Shaw's son, Ian, has written, produced and is starring in a Broadway comedy based on the Jaws shoot. It's called "The Shark Is Broken"...which it was, of course.
#41
In Jurassic Park, the goat that gets fed to the T-Tex was named Brunden.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 2 years ago
the animatronic rex was called Roberta. because of all the rain, the hydraulics often malfunctioned and started themselves up, meaning our Rexy would just randomly come to life.
#42
I figure people know all facts about movies but my favorite two -
Silence of the Lambs - In the first scene with Hannibal, he gives Clariece the answer for where Buffalo Bill is. She asks about his drawings on the wall and the only one talks about is the "View from the Belvedere." Buffalo Bill was in Belvedere Ohio.
Jurassic Park - When Newman slips in the mud after getting his Jeep stuck. There is a slide whistle sound effect. [I can't unhear.]
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Although the character's actual name is Nedry, I guess Wayne Knight will always be Newman to us regardless of what he is in
The Other Guest 2 years ago
Of course I had to go watch the clip. How did I never notice that before???
#43
Before casting Martin Lawrence and Will Smith to be the two cops in “Bad Boys,” producers were trying to make it work with SNL’s Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. The script was originally named “Bulletproof Hearts.”
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Ever watch John Lovitz in High School High?
Load More Replies... Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
I wish they didn't go with the name "Bad Boys", because that was the name of a good earlier film with Sean Penn.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Martin Lawrence: Why does everyone presume I got Jon Lovitz' part?
Ozymandias73 2 years ago
The scene they have pictured here is one of my favorites. I can see this happening irl where some dude comes to the door and the father an friend "interrogate" the already nervous kid coming to pick up the father's daughter.
#44
The design for Bughuul in *Sinister* was based on a piece of artwork that Scott Derrickson randomly found on Google Images. He paid the original artist $50 for the rights to it.
#45
In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, when the two Jones are reunited and Henry Sr. learns his son has his journal, he says: I should have sent it to the Marx Brothers. During World War II, one of the Marx Brothers was suspected of passing informations to the Russians during their shows.
Tabitha 2 years ago (edited)
No, not passing information to the Russians during WWII. Please check your facts before writing lies like this. Groucho Marx was a very left-leaning liberal. Hell, back in the 1930s just about everyone was, ffs. He was also very much anti-HUAC at a time when McCarthy was targeting people in Hollywood (of course, they were way easier targets and generated a lot more publicity for McCarthy—and his way overinflated ego—-than the much harder work of going after real communists and traitors). Additionally, the FBI didn’t really like Groucho’s anti-establishment jokes, some of which were kind of political, and especially for his early support of the Scottsboro Boys (just look it up—-but I warn you, the racism will turn your stomach) in the 1930s, which is when the bureau started keeping a file on him. The bandleader on Groucho’s 1950s TV show, You Bet Your Life, ended up under investigation by HUAC, and was told to name Groucho as a “fellow traveler”, or communist. The HUAC was really good at ruining people’s lives and forcing them to turn in friends to try to make at least some of the accusations go away, though in truth, that never happened, and the HUAC only ended up with more victims. The bandleader had integrity and refused to name Groucho. That’s pretty much the extent of Groucho’s, or any of his brothers’, brushes with the FBI. Nothing to do with WWiI or with passing secrets or information to the Russians—-who, btw, were our allies during WWII, as we had a common enemy. BTW, here are two articles about the whole stupid mess: 1). https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/10/13/groucho-chico-harpo-and-karl/9c7ac70b-5076-4804-bd64-4e35ef5dc34f/ AND 2) https://www.independent.co.uk/news/fbi-chiefs-thought-that-marx-was-a-communist-1200025.html .
Array Index Out of Bounds 2 years ago
Yes. The Ruskies WERE our allies during WWII. F*****g read a history book, you dolts.
Load More Replies... tameson 2 years ago
The Russians were our allies in WWII, but that doesn't mean the US wasn't concerned about people passing secrets to them. Particularly in regard to the atomic program. It was an alliance of necessity, not trust.
Michael Largey 2 years ago
How many atomic secrets do we think Groucho Marx had access to?
Load More Replies... #46
The whole of Eurotrip was filmed in Prague. Even the US scenes.
#47
Baby in Dirty Dancing is supposed to be an ugly girl who Patrick Swayze gave all this attention. The hot, good looking girl was the latina.
One legged Steve 2 years ago
Oh I disagree, Baby was quite hot. Too bad she opted for plastic surgery and ruined her face.
What do you think ?
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
In Godzilla Minus One, the final act gets really blurry and hard to see. This is a reference to the fact that I wasnt expecting to cry during a Godzilla film (I stole this joke from a reddit screenshot btw)
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago (edited)
But also, in Godzilla vs Kong, when Kong shoves his axe in Godzilla's mouth, its a reference to King Kong shoving a tree in Godzillas mouth in the 1962 film, King Kong vs Godzilla. Godzilla and Kong also occasionally use their 1962 roars in the movie. TBH, all monsterverse films (Godzilla 2014, Godzilla Kotm, GvK, and likely GxK) are so full of references it seems like they might actually just be copying minor plot details. Also several references to Godzilla (1954) are made in Godzilla Minus One but I dont wanna spoil. I will say that one scene (you'll know which one when u watch it) is inspired by Jaws and it is so awesome :3
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Cassie 2 years ago
In The Big Lebowsky bathtub scene, the intruders have a ferret, but The Dude calls it a marmot in that scene and in the scene where he and the guys are discussing it later. The script originally called for a marmot, but in filming, the marmot was deemed too large for the scene, so they switched it with a ferret, but did not adjust the script to reflect the change.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
10 - 20 (depending on the source) of the small boats we see on screen in "Dunkirk" were actually part of the real Operation Dynamo back in 1940
Sky Render 2 years ago
One of my favorite weird film trivia bits comes from a cheesy 1990s Hulk Hogan move called Mr. Nanny. In one scene where Hulk's riding down the road on his motorcycle, you can see some guy throwing a dog into a river in the background. This was a random background event not intended to be in the film at all by the director, they just left it in when editing the movie because it was easier than re-shooting that sequence.
BarkingBunny 2 years ago
These shows are part of why I haven't watched much tv/cable at all since early 2019. I gave up!
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago
In Godzilla Minus One, the final act gets really blurry and hard to see. This is a reference to the fact that I wasnt expecting to cry during a Godzilla film (I stole this joke from a reddit screenshot btw)
Sooploosh MacSchnibble 2 years ago (edited)
But also, in Godzilla vs Kong, when Kong shoves his axe in Godzilla's mouth, its a reference to King Kong shoving a tree in Godzillas mouth in the 1962 film, King Kong vs Godzilla. Godzilla and Kong also occasionally use their 1962 roars in the movie. TBH, all monsterverse films (Godzilla 2014, Godzilla Kotm, GvK, and likely GxK) are so full of references it seems like they might actually just be copying minor plot details. Also several references to Godzilla (1954) are made in Godzilla Minus One but I dont wanna spoil. I will say that one scene (you'll know which one when u watch it) is inspired by Jaws and it is so awesome :3
Load More Replies... Cassie 2 years ago
In The Big Lebowsky bathtub scene, the intruders have a ferret, but The Dude calls it a marmot in that scene and in the scene where he and the guys are discussing it later. The script originally called for a marmot, but in filming, the marmot was deemed too large for the scene, so they switched it with a ferret, but did not adjust the script to reflect the change.
TotallyNOTAFox 2 years ago
10 - 20 (depending on the source) of the small boats we see on screen in "Dunkirk" were actually part of the real Operation Dynamo back in 1940
Sky Render 2 years ago
One of my favorite weird film trivia bits comes from a cheesy 1990s Hulk Hogan move called Mr. Nanny. In one scene where Hulk's riding down the road on his motorcycle, you can see some guy throwing a dog into a river in the background. This was a random background event not intended to be in the film at all by the director, they just left it in when editing the movie because it was easier than re-shooting that sequence.
BarkingBunny 2 years ago
These shows are part of why I haven't watched much tv/cable at all since early 2019. I gave up!
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