31 Bits of Behind-the-Scenes Movie Trivia That Cannot Afford to Go Into O.T.

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31 Bits of Behind-the-Scenes Movie Trivia That Cannot Afford to Go Into O.T.

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Gattaca

Gattaca NASA voted it as the most plausible sci-fi movie. In 2011, NASA picked the movie as the best and most likely to happen science fiction film. Which is quite chiilling. CRACKED.COM

From Justin to Kelly

Kelly Clarkson and Justin Guarini had a fling while filming From Justin to Kelly Clarkson admitted she briefly dated her American Idol runner-up. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

13 Assassins

Samurai movies 2010 13 Assassins The movie is a remake of a 1963 classic, featuring twelve samurai and a hunter trying to kill a murderous clan leader. Hyper violence directed by Takashi Miike. CRACKED.COM

Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction wouldn't have gotten made without Danny DeVito. His production company Jersey Films bought the Pulp Fiction script from Tarantino. DeVito was the person who then shopped the script around, and eventually brought it to Miramax, which made the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Spartacus

76,000 people CRACKED.COM The sound crew from Spartacus went to a Michigan State Spartans game, directing over 76,000 people to scream and cheer to use in the movie's soundtrack.

Gone in 60 Seconds

CRACKED.COM Gone in 60 Seconds was first made in 1974. The original is the work of Н.В. Toby Halicki, a car- Cadi obsessed maverick with no previous moviemaking you CAN LOCK YOUR CM - .. MANTS IT... IT'S experience. Не died while GONE IN 60 SECONDS making a sequel in 1989.

John Hammond

CRACKED.COM R Jurassic Park JOHN HAMMOND was originally a greedy, unsympathetic jerk. Children gaping in awe at dinosaurs? На! The only reason Hammond creates the park in Michael Crichton's novel is getting tons of money, and cares about nothing except that.

The Mask

June on HBOMAX June 1 The Mask The big prosthetic teeth were only supposed to be visual, but Jim Carrey liked the look so much that he learned how to speak his lines while wearing them. CRACKED.COM

The Legend of Bagger Vance

will smith Movies The Legend of Bagger vance Will Smith plays Krishna. The film (and book it's based on) is from Bhagavad Gita, the Hindu sacred text, about Arjuna (R. Junuh, the golfer) and Bhagavan (Bagger Vance). CRACKED.COM

The Wizard of Oz

The Cowardly Lion costume sold for over $3 million The Wizard of Oz costume (which featured real lion skin) was found in a MGM warehouse and fetched a pretty penny in 2014. CRACKED.COM

Wild Wild West

Notes From Execs WILD WILD WEST Director Barry Sonnenfeld said studio execs wanted to lower the budget if the characters were too complex, and asked to remove the subtleties (such as they are). Actual quote: Could you take out the nuances? CRACKED

Watchmen

We almost got a Watchmen movie in the '90s. Terry Gilliam was supposed to direct, and they wanted Schwarzenegger for Doctor Manhattan, while David Bowie wanted to play Rorschach. But it turned out to be too expensive, and anyway, Gilliam later decided Watchmen was too big for one movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Dune

The Easter egg Jason Momoa snuck into Dune for his son. For his climactic fight in the movie, Momoa included moves from the native Filipino martial art, Kali. Не specifically chose these moves because his kid practices Kali, too, and said it was his way of signalling to his son. CRACKED.COM

The Secret of Nimh

THE SECRET The movie made NIMH one character mistake. CRACKED.COM Sullivan, the sidekick rat who turns on Jenner and gets killed for it, is never mentioned by name in the film. The creators only realized their mistake after the movie was released.

The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson decided Stuart Townsend was too young. THE LORD OF THE RINGS CRACKED.COM Townsend was robbed of playing Aragorn, months into training for the part, when Jackson decided he wanted Viggo Mortenson instead.

Ratatouille

Remy's recipe in Ratatouille is real. OFF OLIONA LOVE It was created by a chef and takes 3 1/2 hours to prepare. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Batman

Adam West tried for years to keep on playing Batman. West didn't quietly hang the batboots when his show ended in the '60s. Until the late '80s, he kept pitching increasingly deranged projects where he got to play the Caped Crusader. Не was bitterly disappointed when Michael Keaton was cast instead of him for the 1989 movie. CRACKED.COM

A Series of Unfortunate Events

There's an STD reference in A Series of Unfortunate Events. When asked where he studied herpetology*, Count Olaf replies: I don't know anything about mouth sores. *The study of amphibians and reptiles. CRACKED.COM

A Star Is Born

A Star Is Born pays homage to its predecessors through a song (kind of). Early on, Lady Gaga hums Somewhere Over the Rainbow, which was sung by Judy Garland - who had Gaga's role in the 1954 version. CRACKED.COM

The Birds

Illegal filmmaking Alfred Hitchcock terrorized actors and birds) on The Birds. Hitchcock pelted actress Tippi Hedren with live birds (injuring and killing the birds), and force-fed whisky to seagulls to get them to stay still for longer. Hedren was hospitalized, and he ruined her career when she refused his sexual advances. CRACKED

Alien

CRACKED.COM Alien eggs were made to look less genital to avoid Catholic backlash. H.R. Giger had designed the top of the eggs in Alien to look like a vulva. But the producers thought that that wouldn't fly in Catholic countries, so Giger modified the opening (so now it looked like a cross instead).

Tigger

The voice of Tigger from Winnie the Pooh was an inventor that created many patents still in use today. GRACKED.COM Paul Winchell was one of the original inventors of an artificial heart, an automo- bile that runs on battery power, a method for breeding tilapia, and many other inventions.

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

The costume designer for Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice designed the SpaceX space suits. CRACKED.COM Elon Musk commissioned Jose Fernandez, and said he wanted the suits to look badass and heroic. Fer- nandez didn't know what SpaceX was at the time, and thought it was for a film.

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 was almost a direct-to-video release... SAY ROUNDUP TV STINKY PETE ...but Disney saw the potential ($$$) and it made almost $500 million at the box office. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Pixar

Pixar accidentally deleted Toy Story 2 in the middle of production... ...luckily the supervising director had a back-up on her home computer. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Jurassic Park

31 Bits of Behind-the-Scenes Movie Trivia That Cannot Afford to Go Into O.T.

Jaws

The Jaws shark was named after Spielberg's lawyer. The crew called him Bruce, after Bruce Ramer. CRACKED.COM

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan Two surrendering soldiers speak Czech, not German. Please don't shoot me! I am not German, I am Czech, one of them pleads. This is true to life, as many Eastern Europeans were forced to fight on the German side during World War II. CRACKED.COM

R2-D2

Close Encounters of the Third Kind R2-D2 is briefly seen (upside down) on the alien ship. Do the aliens come from a galaxy far, far away? Do they use astromech droids? So many questions! CRACKED.COM

Raiders of the Lost Ark

They had to remove 350 TV antennas to shoot Raiders of the Lost Ark. The antennas were around the houses around Sallah's home, and taking them down took one day. CRACKED.COM

Movie Ratings

Movie ratings are decided by about a dozen parents in Los Angeles. There are usually about 10 to 13 parents on the board, usually with kids aged 5 to 15, and they live in Los An- geles while on the board. They see a movie at the same time and then vote privately. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

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