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Julia Roberts used a body double for every close-up in 'Pretty Woman'...
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Rocky IV is the only movie in the series not to use the iconic theme song that the franchise has pretty much made synonymous with the sport of boxing... Will be interesting to see if it is still used in 'Creed'...
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Ferngully...
In Spain it was dubbed into Spanish entirely by comedian Ángel Garó, a single-handed feat that earned him entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/trivia?ref_=m_tt_trv_trv
In Spain it was dubbed into Spanish entirely by comedian Ángel Garó, a single-handed feat that earned him entry in the Guinness Book of Records.
http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0104254/trivia?ref_=m_tt_trv_trv
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Not really related, and not film trivia, but the kiss between William Shatner (Captain Kirk) and Nichelle Nicholls (Lt Uhura) was the first interracial kiss broadcast on US television in the episode "Plato's Stepchildren", first broadcast on US television on 22 November 1968.
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There's an urban myth that when The Madness of King George was produced and released in the US, the producers omitted 'III' from the title because they were afraid that confused Americans would want to know what happened to the first two films. In actual fact, the director, Nicholas Hytner, stated that the principal reason why the film was titled "The Madness of King George" (not "The Madness of King George III", like the play) was that this was a film about a king.
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Die Hard was made out of a failed script for Commando 2. The Nakatomi building was the Fox Plaza, recently built (at the time of filming) for Fox Studios.
This one is fairly well known, but Ridley Scott never bothered to forewarn the actors in Alien of the first chest-burster so as to capture their authentic reaction to the death of John Hurt's character by chest-burster. Scott used laser lighting equipment from The Who, who were rehearsing their stage show in the soundstage next to where Scott was filming the scene of exploring the aliens' egg chamber.
The lineup of the career criminals in The Usual Suspects was originally meant to be filmed with the characters being serious, but Del Toro couldn't stop breaking wind during the filming, so his fellow actors couldn't stop laughing during the takes.
Donald Pleasence starred in The Great Escape. He was the only genuine WWII prisoner of war amongst the cast (he was shot down by the Germans in the raid on Agenville and was imprisoned as a POW for 12 months in a Stalug Luft).
Christopher Nolan showed the cast and crew of The Dark Knight eight movies in the first four days of production in order to put them in the mood. The films he showed were (in chronological order): King Kong, Citizen Kane, Cat People, Stalag 17, Black Sunday, A Clockwork Orange, Heat and Batman Begins.
The title for Philip K Dick's novel filmed by Ridley Scott as "Blade Runner" is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Scott licensed the title "Blade Runner" from Alan Nourse, who wrote a novel in 1974 under that title about the supply of black market medical supplies in a dystopian future. Scott negotiated with Dustin Hoffman for months over being cast as Rick Deckard but Hoffman eventually declined the role due to differences in opinion with Scott over their vision for the film. Scott eventually cast Harrison Ford in the role primarily based on his work in Star Wars as well as a strong recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who had just finished working with Ford on Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ford accepted the role of Deckard because he wanted to act in a role with dramatic depth. Other actors considered for the Deckard character include Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds.
However, Scott cast Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty simply on the basis of Hauer's performance in a string of Paul Verhoeven movies that Scott had watched. Hauer did not need to audition for the role.
Edward James Olmos used his diverse ethnic background and personal research to create "Cityspeak". His first words spoken to Deckard at the noodle bar is partly Hungarian and roughly translates to "Horse dick (bullshit)! No way. You are the Blade ... Blade Runner!"
Ford hated the voiceovers, believing that the film worked well enough without them and that there had been a tacit agreement that there wouldn't need to be the voiceover narration. Ford and Scott struggled to get along on set, and in several interviews recorded well after the event, both of them admitted that they clashed frequently on-set.
It took more than 10 years for an official soundtrack of Blade Runner to be released, even though the film soundtrack had been nominated in 1983 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. The New American Orchestra recorded and released an orchestral adaptation in 1982 of the music.
This one is fairly well known, but Ridley Scott never bothered to forewarn the actors in Alien of the first chest-burster so as to capture their authentic reaction to the death of John Hurt's character by chest-burster. Scott used laser lighting equipment from The Who, who were rehearsing their stage show in the soundstage next to where Scott was filming the scene of exploring the aliens' egg chamber.
The lineup of the career criminals in The Usual Suspects was originally meant to be filmed with the characters being serious, but Del Toro couldn't stop breaking wind during the filming, so his fellow actors couldn't stop laughing during the takes.
Donald Pleasence starred in The Great Escape. He was the only genuine WWII prisoner of war amongst the cast (he was shot down by the Germans in the raid on Agenville and was imprisoned as a POW for 12 months in a Stalug Luft).
Christopher Nolan showed the cast and crew of The Dark Knight eight movies in the first four days of production in order to put them in the mood. The films he showed were (in chronological order): King Kong, Citizen Kane, Cat People, Stalag 17, Black Sunday, A Clockwork Orange, Heat and Batman Begins.
The title for Philip K Dick's novel filmed by Ridley Scott as "Blade Runner" is "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?". Scott licensed the title "Blade Runner" from Alan Nourse, who wrote a novel in 1974 under that title about the supply of black market medical supplies in a dystopian future. Scott negotiated with Dustin Hoffman for months over being cast as Rick Deckard but Hoffman eventually declined the role due to differences in opinion with Scott over their vision for the film. Scott eventually cast Harrison Ford in the role primarily based on his work in Star Wars as well as a strong recommendation from Steven Spielberg, who had just finished working with Ford on Raiders of the Lost Ark. Ford accepted the role of Deckard because he wanted to act in a role with dramatic depth. Other actors considered for the Deckard character include Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds.
However, Scott cast Rutger Hauer as Roy Batty simply on the basis of Hauer's performance in a string of Paul Verhoeven movies that Scott had watched. Hauer did not need to audition for the role.
Edward James Olmos used his diverse ethnic background and personal research to create "Cityspeak". His first words spoken to Deckard at the noodle bar is partly Hungarian and roughly translates to "Horse dick (bullshit)! No way. You are the Blade ... Blade Runner!"
Ford hated the voiceovers, believing that the film worked well enough without them and that there had been a tacit agreement that there wouldn't need to be the voiceover narration. Ford and Scott struggled to get along on set, and in several interviews recorded well after the event, both of them admitted that they clashed frequently on-set.
It took more than 10 years for an official soundtrack of Blade Runner to be released, even though the film soundtrack had been nominated in 1983 for a BAFTA and a Golden Globe as best original score. The New American Orchestra recorded and released an orchestral adaptation in 1982 of the music.
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Nicole Kidman agreed to star in the film "Australia" without reading the script. Kidman persuaded Jackman to sign up to the movie at a Super Bowl party, telling Jackman that he didn't need to see a script because Luhrmann was directing the film. Heath Ledger had originally been cast in the movie, but eventually left in order to play the Joker in The Dark Knight. The original budget for the film (before marketing, etc) was $100 million. It blew out to $150 million primarily due to Luhrmann spending nine months filming.
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David Lynch wanted to cast Molly Ringwald as Sandy in Blue Velvet, but the script was sent to Molly's mother, who was so revolted by it that she didn't pass it on to her daughter. Lynch went on to cast Laura Dern in the role, who started a long-standing working relationship with Lynch.
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Ridley Scott didn't want Louise kissing Thelma at the end, but Susan Sarandon kissed Geena Davis without telling Scott. Since it was the last shot on the last day of filming, Scott was forced to use the shot.
Harlan Ellison, known in most circles as they guy who sued over using his ideas in the Terminator, also sued over In Time starring Justin Timberlake due to similarities with his story 'Repent Harlequin! Said the Ticktockman'. He was given an advance screening and later dropped the case, not due to the movie being dissimilar, but Ellison felt the film was so mediocre it didn't deserve the attention a court case would bring.
John Carpenter intended the Halloween series to be a series of separate spooky story, not related to Michael Myers. This is why Halloween 3 is so different. However, after it performed poorly, Myers was brought back in.
After Freddy vs Jason, the sequel idea floating around was Freddy vs Jason Vs Ash. It was later adapted as a comic.
John Carpenter intended the Halloween series to be a series of separate spooky story, not related to Michael Myers. This is why Halloween 3 is so different. However, after it performed poorly, Myers was brought back in.
After Freddy vs Jason, the sequel idea floating around was Freddy vs Jason Vs Ash. It was later adapted as a comic.
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Watch the asteroid field scene in The Empire Strikes Back closely this Saturday. The FX crew from Industrial Light & Magic included random objects in the field, including a potato and a shoe.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave an Oscar nomination to a person who doesn't exist when it nominated Roderick Jaynes for Best Editor in relation to Fargo. Jaynes is a pseudonym used by the Coen brothers (they used the same pseudonym in relation to No Country for Old Men).
All of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, except John Rhys-Davies, got a tattoo of the Elvish rune for 'Nine'. Viggo Mortensen's tattoo is apparently visible in Eastern Promises.
Buster Keaton fractured his neck during a stunt in Sherlock Jr, but the fracture was not diagnosed for a decade.
Those familiar with the Evil Dead series will know of Ash's Oldsmobile Delta 88, which plays a prominent role in all three movies. The vehicle actually belongs to Sam Raimi, who uses the car in all of his films.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave an Oscar nomination to a person who doesn't exist when it nominated Roderick Jaynes for Best Editor in relation to Fargo. Jaynes is a pseudonym used by the Coen brothers (they used the same pseudonym in relation to No Country for Old Men).
All of the members of the Fellowship of the Ring, except John Rhys-Davies, got a tattoo of the Elvish rune for 'Nine'. Viggo Mortensen's tattoo is apparently visible in Eastern Promises.
Buster Keaton fractured his neck during a stunt in Sherlock Jr, but the fracture was not diagnosed for a decade.
Those familiar with the Evil Dead series will know of Ash's Oldsmobile Delta 88, which plays a prominent role in all three movies. The vehicle actually belongs to Sam Raimi, who uses the car in all of his films.
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The iconic line "You talkin' to me" in Taxi Driver was improvised from a single line in the screenplay which reads "Bickle speaks to himself in the mirror".
Donald Kaufman was nominated alongside his brother Charlie Kaufman for writing Adaptation.. This is the only time an Oscar nominee was completely fictitious and not a pseudonym for someone.
The reason De Niro said this line a few times is because Scorsese was lying on the floor near De Niro's feet, wearing headphones, mouthing to De Niro "say it again" out of earshot. Scorsese was worried the street noise from bustling New York was ruining the take.
When Kirk Baltz (the guy who has his ear cut off in Reservoir Dogs) had been preparing for that famous scene with Michael Madsen, Baltz suggested that Madsen should drive around LA with himself trapped in the boot, which was what his character had to endure. Madsen duly obliged. He threw the car around the highway, executed terrifying high speed u-turns and even stopped off for a burger on his way to the location ~ leaving Baltz in the hot, airless trunk as he took his time.
"He looked real pissed off", Madsen said when he finally let his fellow actor, bruised and covered in sweat, out of the boot. "When I told Quentin he laughed for a week."
"He looked real pissed off", Madsen said when he finally let his fellow actor, bruised and covered in sweat, out of the boot. "When I told Quentin he laughed for a week."
After watching Vampire's Kiss, Mel Brooks phoned the film's director Robert Bierman and asked for the address of the props man who Brooks believed had so brilliantly faked the scene where Nicolas Cage had eaten a live cockroach. Bierman had to assure Brooks that Cage had in fact eaten a real cockroach.
There were actually two takes of this scene. In the first take Cage chewed the roach, and after the shot spat what was left out and took a shot of 100 per cent vodka. During the second take, the cockroach didn't move very much, so Cage flicked it with his finger to try to get some life out of it.
Cage later told a journalist, "I couldn't really taste it, but psychologically it was murder ~ I couldn't eat anything for three days. I had difficulty sleeping."
There were actually two takes of this scene. In the first take Cage chewed the roach, and after the shot spat what was left out and took a shot of 100 per cent vodka. During the second take, the cockroach didn't move very much, so Cage flicked it with his finger to try to get some life out of it.
Cage later told a journalist, "I couldn't really taste it, but psychologically it was murder ~ I couldn't eat anything for three days. I had difficulty sleeping."
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Thanks for the pat on the back.
You've created a thread where there is so much scope for stories and anecdotes. There are so many different personalities in the film industry and various genres of film to talk about. Plus the making of films has an interesting progression, from the silent era to today's use of CGI. It's just a matter of using your judgement to post film facts you hope others will find interesting.
You've created a thread where there is so much scope for stories and anecdotes. There are so many different personalities in the film industry and various genres of film to talk about. Plus the making of films has an interesting progression, from the silent era to today's use of CGI. It's just a matter of using your judgement to post film facts you hope others will find interesting.
Superman (1978)
Brando gets paid 3.7 million dollars for two weeks work. Brando's wages made headlines at the time, being reported as the highest amount (per day) ever paid a performer. For this money Brando refused to memorize most of his lines in advance. In the scene where he puts infant Kal-El into the escape pod, he was actually reading his lines from the "diaper" of the baby.
Apocalypse now (1979)
Brando gets paid 2 million dollars(1 million in advance) to play Kurtz. Rocks up like a big fat slob which infuriates Coppola since Kurtz is supposed to be thin, gaunt and cadaver like from living in the jungle. Coppola does some hasty re-jigging that they re-write kurtz has having become fat, bloated with excess, natives pampering him type . (kinda ruins the allusion tho. But what are ya gonna do)
Brando has no intentions of learning his lines and insisted on improvisation.
Brando. Million dollar Boss.
Brando gets paid 3.7 million dollars for two weeks work. Brando's wages made headlines at the time, being reported as the highest amount (per day) ever paid a performer. For this money Brando refused to memorize most of his lines in advance. In the scene where he puts infant Kal-El into the escape pod, he was actually reading his lines from the "diaper" of the baby.
Apocalypse now (1979)
Brando gets paid 2 million dollars(1 million in advance) to play Kurtz. Rocks up like a big fat slob which infuriates Coppola since Kurtz is supposed to be thin, gaunt and cadaver like from living in the jungle. Coppola does some hasty re-jigging that they re-write kurtz has having become fat, bloated with excess, natives pampering him type . (kinda ruins the allusion tho. But what are ya gonna do)
Brando has no intentions of learning his lines and insisted on improvisation.
Brando. Million dollar Boss.
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I'm still a little sad that Sir Alex Guinness apparently never liked being Obi-wan and only acted in Star Wars for financial security. But it is what it is, he was still a professional.
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Before filming started on The Crucible, Daniel Day Lewis lived in the film set's replica village without electricity or running water and built his character's house with 17th-century tools.
Apperently he really gets into his characters and never deviates while on set
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-...ay-Lewis-has-done-to-prepare-for-a-movie-role
Apperently he really gets into his characters and never deviates while on set
https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-...ay-Lewis-has-done-to-prepare-for-a-movie-role
