31 Movie Facts That Will Get Back Together When the Angels Win the Pennant

Hopefully these don’t need a miracle to get into your brain
31 Movie Facts That Will Get Back Together When the Angels Win the Pennant

You’re catching these movie facts at a rough time in their journey. It’s that transitional “all is lost” moment between the second and third acts, but you’re just going to have to trust that they’ll make up. 

They usually do, but like a really good movie, this list will have you seriously doubting that they will. You’ll just have to scroll to the very bottom to find out!

Carrie

The original poster for Carrie (1976) gave away the prom scene. IF YOU'VE GOT A TASTE FOR TERROR... TAKE CARRIE TO THE PROM. SPOILER ? ALERT! CARRIE anovel da girl witha frightening power STEPHEN KING If you compare the book cover with the movie poster, you can clearly see the prom scene spoiler. And sure, the novel came out two years prior, but Carrie only became a hit after the movie was released. CRACKED.COM

The Misfits

Clark Gable THE MISFITS CRACKED.COM The last straw for Gable, in a notoriously frought production, was when his stunt double was thrice kicked in the head by a horse. Не walked off set, but came back when the director convinced him the quality of the script justified a few heads getting stallion stomped.

Silence of the Lambs

Hannibal Lecter was partly inspired by Anthony Hopkins' drama school teacher. His movement teacher Christopher Fettes had a cutting voice, and he would slice you to pieces. His analysis of what you were doing was so precise. So he made Lecter act the same way in Silence of the Lambs. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Winnie the Pooh

The USSR had its own, more hardass version of Winnie the Pooh. In the shameless ripoff Vinni Pukh, from 1969, comrade Pukh has a voice that sounds like a Soviet officer's, unlike the gentle tones of the Western original. СОЮЗМУЛЬТОМАЬМ ПРЕДСТАВЛЯЕТ: ВПЕРВЫЕ- ЛЕГЕНДАРНЫЕ МУЛЬТФИЛЬМЫ В КНИГАХ! ВИННИ- ПУХ И ДЕНЬ ЗАБОТ СКАЗКУ A.MHAHA The whole cartoon, and especially the crude backgrounds, looks like it was drawn by exhausted gulag prisoners at gunpoint. CRACKED.COM

Wonder Woman

WONDER WOMAN General Erich Ludendorff actually existed. While the thing involving the Greek god of war wasn't real (probably), Ludendorff was actually a general in the German army during World War I. Unlike the movie version, the real Ludendorff resigned and fled to Sweden. CRACKED.COM

Don’t Look Up

Leonardo DiCaprio spent two days making a 16-minute scene in Don't Look Up. DiCaprio and the movie's other stars spent that time on the movie's opening scene, which was basically pure improv, and it was great, but it had to get cut down for the release. CRACKED.COM

The Batman

Rorschach Journal Who watches the Watchmen? Probably The Batman director Matt Reeves, given the use of a Rorschach- esque narration in the film. Maybe it's foreshadowing for the inevitable Justice League versus Watchmen... CRACKED.COM

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

writers on screen Forgetting sarah Marshall Jason segel Segel wrote the film based on his own real-life issues with break-ups, stardom, and a Dracula musical he couldn't really crack. CRACKED.COM

Dragonball: Evolution

DRAGONBALL: BE EVOLUTION CRACKED.COM Anime as a whole has acquainted hordes of Western audiences with Japanese culture, and Goku of Dragon Ball Z is one of the most popular. In 2009's Dragonball: Evolution, 20th Century Fox upset fans worldwide by casting white, Canadian actor Justin Chatwin.

Scream

SCREAM ПАПА URUN and the SANTA ROSA DOUBLETREE HOTEL SHEREE GREEN and the SONOMA COUNTY FILM COMMISSION FILM FINANCES, INC. THE SONOMA COMMUNITY CENTER MARCO, KARIN AND NICHOLAS AT CA'BIANCA LES PERRY NO THANKS WHATSOEVER TO THE SANTA ROSA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD A high school revoked permission to film at the last second, and Wes Craven called them out big time in the credits. CRACKED.COM

The Devil’s Own

Brad Pitt THE DEVIL'S OWN CRACKED.COM Pitt called it the most irresponsible bit of filmmaking, if you can even call it that, that I've ever seen after a studio head reportedly forced through the doomed film with a dismissive attitude: We're making it. I don't care what you have. Shoot something.

The Lord of the Rings

CRACKED.COM The Lord of the Rings DENETHOR is supposed to be a great ruler. Tolkien describes Denethon as a noble, wise, and righteous leader, slowly driven to madness and despair. In Peter Jackson's movie, though, he's just an ineffectual a-hole with no table manners.

Suicide Squad

Director David Ayer MYTH only had two weeks to write the script for Suicide Squad. Дадару L FoCong REALITY Ayer says the rumor is garbage. Not sure if admitting it does him any favors. CRACKED.COM

Ray Liotta

Ray Liotta wasn't actually Italian. CRACKED.COM The actor, best known for his roles as an Ital- ian gangster, is actual- ly of Scottish origin. Не was adopted as an infant by an Italian couple.

The Fifth Element

The opera song from 'The Fifth Element' was composed to be impossible to actually sing. CRACKED.COM When opera singer Inva Muls came for the part, she sang 85% of what thought was tech- nically impossible, the rest being assembled in the studio.

Shrek

Stephen Spielberg acquired the 'Shrek' rights in order to make a movie in the early '90s. CRACKED.COM Spielberg acquired the rights in 1991, planning to make it into a 2D animated movie star- ring Dan Akroyd as Shrek and Chris Rock as Donkey.

Frozen

Animation code from Frozen was used to solve a 63 year old, erm, 'cold' case. CRACKED.COM The Dyatlov Pass incident left nine Russian hikers dead in 1959. Engineers recently relied on animation codes in Frozen to prove a long- standing theory that an ava- lanche resulted in the deaths of the nine hikers.

Catwoman

Batman Returns BE CATWOMAN CRACKED.COM Tim Burton originally tapped Annette Bening for the role, but she had to drop the highly physical role when she found out she was pregnant. Michelle Pfeiffer stepped into the iconic role.

Harry Potter

Helena Bonham Carter accidentally ruptured Neville Longbottom's eardrum. CRACKED.COM While filming Harry Pot- ter and the Order of the Phoenix, she accidental- ly perforated Matthew Lewis' eardrum when she stuck her wand into his ear canal.

Singin’ in the Rain

The rain in Singin' in the Rain wasn't milk. It was just really good lighting and filming -- they lit it from behind, making sure you couldn't see all the lighting equipment in the shopfronts' windows. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Captain America

Marvel Stars from t John Krasinski was almost Captain America. Jim from The Office almost ended up as Captain America before Chris Evans took the role. Rumor has it that John Krasinski has recently been cast as The Fantastic Four's Reed Richards instead. CRACKED.COM

Stephen Colbert

STEPHEN COLBERT IS A TOLKIEN EXPERT. OLDEN According to Peter Jackson, Colbert is the biggest Tolkien geek he's ever met. Не bested a Tolkien expert who worked for The Lord of the Rings movies in trivia, was gifted Aragom's sword by Viggo Mortensen, and even cameoed in The Hobbit. CRACKED.COM

Ghostbusters

CRACKED.COM SPENISLES Ghostbusters was based on 1940s movies. According to Dan Aykroyd, the idea was to make an old-style ghost comedy, like Bob Hope's The Ghost Breakers, or Abbott and Costello movies. A heavy influence was the Bowery Boys' Spook Busters, which was about exterminators hired to remove a ghost from a mansion.

Million Dollar Mystery

Hollywood tragedies that brought change MIZONA RZARD U.S.ARMT Million Dollar Mystery A failed motorbike stunt After stuntman Dar Robinson died while filming Million Dollar Mystery in 1987, it became a requirement for ambulances to be on movie sets to make sure everyone was safe. CRACKED

Rick Moranis

They asked Rick Moranis to show up in the Ghostbusters reboot, but he said no. The 2016 one, that is and when asked to explain why, he said, I hope it's terrific. But it just makes no sense to me. Why would I do just one day of shooting on something I did 30 years ago? CRACKED.COM

Zelda

CRACKED.COM Video game movies we were denied Live action Zelda series The reason behind the series not going forward? People heard about it, and it spooked Nintendo.

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

Pumbaa

31 Movie Facts That Will Get Back Together When the Angels Win the Pennant

Jurassic World

Jimmy Buffett, the Margaritaville singer, briefly appears in Jurassic World. Y NAT As dinosaurs run wild through the resort and people flee, Buffett tries to save two margaritas. Jurassic World producer Frank Marshall often gives Buffett, his longtime friend and collaborator, cameo roles in his movies-t this was Buffett's third cameo in a Marshall movie. CRACKED.COM

Dumb and Dumber

SEA BASS IS AN NHL HALL-OF- FAMER CRACKED.COM As Rhode Islanders, the Farrellys were huge Boston Bruins fans, and gave NHLer Cam Neely the role of Sea Bass in their debut film. Neely tallied 694 points in 726 NHL games, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, but he might always be known as Sea Bass.

Thor: Ragnarok

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