30 Bits of Movie Trivia to Turn and Shush in the Theater Every Few Minutes

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30 Bits of Movie Trivia to Turn and Shush in the Theater Every Few Minutes
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You know those people who won’t shut up during a movie? With every new actor that pops up, they’re like, “Oh, that’s that guy from that show!” Or: “Did you know those prosthetics had him in the makeup chair for five hours every morning?” 

Ugh! Just hold it in and tell us after the movie, please!

Actually, now that we think about it, we’re a little worried that teaching you all these movie tidbits will turn you into one of those people. For your friends’ sake, lock these up till the post-movie ride home.

Indiana Jones

George Lucas wanted Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom to take place in a haunted house. But Steven Spielberg declined because he had just finished working on Poltergeist, and wasn't interested in doing that again. CRACKED.COM

Star Wars

STAR WARS: A NEW HOPE GEORGE LUCAS INITIALLY PLANNED TO END THE ICONIC LEIA RESCUE SCENE WITH LUKE PUNCHING LEIA IN THE FACE TO KNOCK HER OUT. FORTUNATELY, LUCAS HAD THE SENSE TO CUT THAT PART OUT IN THE SECOND DRAFT. CRACKED.COM

Deadpool

DEADPOOL SCREENWRITERS RHETT REESE AND PAUL WERNICK ORIGINALLY PLANNED FOR A LONG-WINDED GUN FIGHT AT THE CLIMAX, BUT THE STUDIO DECIDED TO CUT THE BUDGET. THAT'S HOW WE GET THAT MEMORABLE 'DEADPOOL FORGETS HIS GUNS' SCENE. CRACKED.COM

The Empire Strikes Back

In The Empire Strikes Back, footage of Luke wandering the plains of Hoth was shot from a hotel's back door. It was so cold outside that cameras wouldn't work, and tape recorders instantly froze up. So the crew were restricted to shooting from the rear entrance of their hotel - Mark Hamill staggered in the snow 12 feet away. CRACKED.COM

Hail, Caesar

Channing Tatum learned to tap dance for Hail, Caesar! Despite his role in Step Up, he had to train for three months to perform the six-minute dance sequence in this film. CRACKED.COM

Shaun of the Dead

30 Bits of Movie Trivia to Turn and Shush in the Theater Every Few Minutes

Logan

CRACKED COM Movie: Logan Inspiration: Little Miss Sunshine 68 When director James Mangold originally pitched his idea to the studio, he told them: I want to make Little Miss Sunshine with Logan, Charles Xavier, and Х-23. Trap these superheroes in a van on a highway in the year 2029 and see what happens. Which explains a lot.

The Dark Knight

CRACKED COM Movie: The Dark Knight Inspiration: The art of Francis Bacon Christopher Nolan based the Joker's makeup on Bacon's work: I wound up taking a book of Bacon paintings and showing them a lot of the different distortions and the way the paint would run together and the colors would mix. That debunks the whole some kid did it theory.

The Social Network

Andrew Garfield just decided to do that little dance when he went up to Jesse Eisenberg at the party in The Social Network. When David Fincher saw that, he thought this guy's going to be a movie star. CRACKED.COM

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

It was Kieran Culkin's idea to throw keys at Scott's head in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Which means Michael Cera's reaction in the shot is probably genuine. CRACKED.COM

Rain Man

Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman ad-libbed their reactions to the fart in the phone booth in Rain Man. Hoffman actually farted, and they just reacted in-character and kept going. CRACKED.COM

Dumb and Dumber

Jim Carrey came up with the Big gulps? line in Dumb and Dumber on the spot. 100 77 The two guys standing there weren't even in the movie --they were just watching the shoot. Carrey just decided to start talking to them, and everyone rolled with it. CRACKED.COM

Jaws

The Jaws scene of Hooper in the shark cage featured a 4'9 stunt double and a shrunken cage. They did that to make the sharks look even bigger than they were. CRACKED.COM

Predator

Arnie's cigar wasn't really lit at the start of Predator. Somehow, they couldn't get it to light up, so they gave up and added the glow as a visual effect. CRACKED.COM

The Wolf of Wall Street

A lion tamer walked the lion in The Wolf of Wall Street. They filmed the scene with the lion being walked through an empty office by the trainer, then took out the trainer and added all the people. CRACKED.COM

Pacific Rim

The four-story jaeger cockpits in Pacific Rim are physical sets, not CGI. CRACKED.COM

Titanic

Celion Dion and James Cameron both hated My Heart Will Go On. Titanic Dion didn't much care for the song in general, and Cameron just didn't think a pop song would fit the epicness of the movie's story. It's not often when you are both wrong and get richer at the same time. CRACKED.COM

Us

CRACKED.COM Us Jordan Peele is terrified of rabbits. A reason why rabbits play a major part in the horror film is Peele's fear of the Peter Cottontails. Не explains this by his childhood exposure to bunny-infused yet horrifying Watership Down and Night of the Lepus.

Empire

CRACKED.COM The Empire Strikes Back George Lucas hated Han Solo's I know. According to director Irvin Kershner, Lucas thought that Harrison Ford's improvised line would cause people to laugh. Preview screenings proved him wrong.

Terminator 2

CRACKED.COM Terminator 2: Judgment Day Arnold Schwarzenegger got $21,429 per word. Arnie was paid $15 million for the movie, and with only 700 words of dialogue, the math checks out. It sure beats his $75,000 paycheck for the first Terminator.

Cinderella

Whitney Houston was originally going to be titular character in Cinderella. The movie took years to finally make, and everyone agreed Whitney, 34, was too old so Whitney made the call to the Moesha star Brandy. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Lost Boys

Joel Schumacher wanted to cast Drew Barrymore and Rosanna Arquette in a sequel to The Lost Boys. It'd be called The Lost Girls, and he wanted to do it because girl vampires on motorcycles would be sexy and funny and something that I'd like to see. But the movie just never made it out of development hell. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Groundhog Day

On Groundhog Day, Bill Murray hired an assistant just to troll everyone. The production team couldn't get a hold of him when they needed to, so they asked him to hire an assistant to make things easier. Не agreed, but hired someone who was deaf and only spoke American sign language (which neither Murray or anyone else on set spoke). NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Hobbit

When The Hobbit came out, fans reported feeling literally sick after viewing it. Apparently the trilogy's 48-per-second frame rate causes nausea. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Clerks

The window shutters in Clerks had to be locked to hide the fact that it was night outside. Quick STOP GROCERIES I ASSURE YOU WERE OPEN! AB6703 THE IMPROVISATION: Kevin Smith only had permission to film at night, and had to keep the windows closed. To explain this, he decided the store's shutter locks would be jammed shut in the movie. THE RESULT: The (now iconic) sign saying, I assure you we're open! CRACKED.COM

The Purge

The Purge's budget went from $8 million to $2.5 million. THE IMPROVISATION: The producer realized the movie shouldn't be that expensive, as it's set in one house. Не even got Ethan Hawke to take no salary (but a profit percentage) and crash on his couch during filming. THE RESULT: A surprise hit that kicked off a hugely popular horror franchise. CRACKED.COM

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The costumes of 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles almost kept it from getting made. - THE IMPROVISATION: The producers couldn't get actors to wear the sweaty, heavy Turtle suits. So they hired much cheaper Hong Kong stuntmen. THE RESULT: A hugely successful TMNT film that's a minor cult classic today. CRACKED.COM

Rocky

Rocky and Adrian's lovely first date owes its magic to the movie running out of money. RE VISITOR THE IMPROVISATION: Rocky's ice rink date scene was supposed to have 300 extras. But the movie burned through cash too fast, so Rocky and Adrian had to be in an empty ice rink. THE RESULT: A surprisingly intimate atmosphere that made for one of the best ever movie first dates. CRACKED.COM

Kenny Baker

You probably know Kenny Baker played R2-D2. But did you know he also played an Ewok? In fact, he was the original choice to play Wicket, Leia's young Ewok friend, but he got sick. The role of Wicket went to Warwick Davis, and Baker wound up playing the Ewok who hijacks a speeder bike. CRACKED.COM http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Kenny_Baker

School of Rock

BEHINO-THE-SCENES FACTS Jack Black scared the heck out of the PARENTS CRACKED.COM The moms were spooked by the rampaging wild man they knew from Orange County and Tenacious D. My mom was just terrified that he was going to be a terrible influence on me, says Jordan-Claire Green. But Black quickly won them over: He was just amazing.

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