30 Random Bits of Movie Trivia to Share With the Concession Guy

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30 Random Bits of Movie Trivia to Share With the Concession Guy
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Don’t get too used to all this talking, because it might very well turn into a ton of walking. It’s great talking, don’t get us wrong. Whoever wrote this random fact dialogue knew what they were doing. The perfect blend of comedy and drama baked into these little tidbits will have you on the edge of your seats. 

We hear that the final few facts have a lot more shoot-em-up action, which obviously can be cool, too. We’re just hoping and praying that they don’t sacrifice that sweet banter. Fact studios are always trying to mess with a good thing!

Home Alone 3

SCARLETT JOHANSSON EXIT CRACKED COM As an 11 year old, Johansson played Alex Pruitt's older sister, Molly, in Home Alone 3. Her daughter loved the first two Home Alone movies, so they put on #3, and she later told People Magazine, I said, 'Who's that person?' She was like, 'You?!'

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30 Random Bits of Movie Trivia to Share With the Concession Guy

The Wizard of Oz

CRACKED.COM In The wizard of OZ, Toto made more money than the Munchkins. Hollywood has never been fair, but it's mind-boggling that the actors portraying the Munchkins were paid $50 per week, while Toto and his trainers got $125 per week.

Baby Driver

CRACKED COM Edgar Wright's original script ending for BABY DRIVER heavily implied that the post-prison reunion of Baby and Debora was actually a dream

Raw

SOME of THE GROSS VET SCENES IN RAW WERE REAL. The horse collapsing really happened as the filmmakers got permission to film one of the animals being sedated, and the hand up the cow's ass was also very real (and done under veterinary supervision). CRACKED.COM

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

THE 40-YEAR-OLD VIRGIN OVER A MILLION FEET OF FILM WAS SHOT FOR THE MOVIE. Director Judd Apatow likes to record hours of improvisation, which can use up a lot of film. According to Paul Rudd, cast and crew were trated to champagne once they hit the million mark. CRACKED.COM

The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption inspired a dance program at a Filipino jail. CPS CPO PORC ... In the movie, Andy Dufresne plays an aria to inmates over the loudspeaker - which gave Byron F. Garcia, security advisor at a prison in Cebu, the Philippines, the idea to play Queen's Another One Bites the Dust for inmates. They danced, and a dance program soon became a regular part of prison life there. Inmates even performed for the public. CRACKED.COM

Peter O’Toole

Peter O'Toole influenced how people in the Middle East saddled their camels. CRACKED.COM During filming Lawrence of Arabia, O'Toole added foam rubber to his camel saddle to increase comfort. This eventually spread, and O'Toole was called the Father of Rubber.

The Goonies

STRANGER THINGS INSPIRATIONS THE GOONIES Richard Donner's flick was influenced by Errol Flynn's movies. The pirate ship was modeled after the one in 1940's The Seahawk, and the music makes heavy use of Max Steiner's score for 1948's Adventures of Don Juan. CRACKED.COM

Zack Snyder’s Justice League

ZACK SNYDER IS IN ZACK SNYDER'S JUSTICE LEAGUE. Come is We're OPEN GRACKED GOM The director can be spotted inside the coffee shop Lois Lane is exiting. The location is the actual coffee shop Snyder frequented while storyboarding the film.

Viva Rock Vegas

KRISTEN STEWART: THE FLINTSTONES IN VIVA ROCK VEGAS 2000 LODE GRACKED.COM Stewart's first role, as Ring Toss Girl, doesn't even show her face. The implication of this scene is that human subspecies, like Homo erectus and the Denisovans, are subjugated by the dominant Homo sapiens.

Guardians of the Galaxy

Movies That switched Directors Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3 James Gunn James Gunn Gunn was removed for decades-old offensive jokes - but every director Marvel Studios met with refused to take the film, insisting it was Gunn's. And so it was. CRACKED.COM

Angels and Demons

CRACKED.COM In Angels and Demons (2009), the bad guys attempt to use antimatter, stored in vials, to destroy the Vatican. While the effect of antimatter is accurately shown in the film, scientists said that the real-life production of the amount of antimatter used in the plot would take billions of years.

Stranger Than Fiction

Meta Movies Stranger Than Fiction Will Ferrell could actually hear the narration. Rather than having someone off-camera feeding him the lines he was supposed to react to, Ferrell was fitted with an earpiece so he could hear the actual narration recorded by Emma Thompson. CRACKED.COM

Toy Story 2

Tom Hanks and Tim Allen wept at Jessie's backstory scene... ...when they first watched Toy Story 2, even though they both knew the whole script. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Empire Strikes Back

CRACKED.COM Lando was originally a clone. In an early screenplay for The Empire Strikes Back, Lando Calrissian was called Lando Kadar, and came from a family that reproduced through cloning.

Spider-Man 3

Sam Raimi admitted that his heart wasn't in it while making Spider-Man 3. While on the Nerdist podcast, Raimi confessed that his movie was awful and my mistake. Не ultimately didn't really believe in all the characters and said: If the director doesn't love something, it's wrong of them to make it when so many other people love it. CRACKED.COM

Joe Russo

JOE RUSSO IS IN SEVERAL OF HIS MCU MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Russo played a doctor in The Winter Soldier, a corpse in Civil War, and one of the survivors attending Captain America's meeting group in Endgame.

American Psycho 2

American Psycho 2 wasn't supposed to be American Psycho 2. When Mila Kunis signed up for a slasher movie, she had no idea it was an American Psycho sequel-because no one did. It wasn't until production kicked off that the producers decided to connect the two films. CRACKED.COM

The Matrix

The Wachowskis initially wanted Will Smith to play Neo in The Matrix. Unable to grasp the concept of the film, Smith turned it down. CRACKED.COM

Arnold Schwarzenegger

CRACKED.COM Arnold Schwarzenegger Не got a Golden Globe early in his career. In 1977, Schwarzenegger played an easy-going bodybuilder in the dramatic comedy Stay Hungry, with Jeff Bridges and Sally Field. Не got a Golden Globe or Best Acting Debut in a Motion Picture (even though it wasn't his first movie).

Jonathan Hyde

Jonathan Hyde was on such a roll, starring in a bunch of 90s gems and delighting us all. But his career nowadays is limited to weird and obscure projects which delight nobody. GRACKED.COM

Furious 7

CRACKED In the pre-digital era, Paul Walker's death would've made finishing Furious 7 a huge pain. Because of digital filmmaking techniques, they were able to use shots of Walker and his brothers standing in for him to make it work. Weta Digital scanned Caleb and Cody Walker's faces and used them as reference points for creating a computer-generated version.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo

METHOD MADNESS THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO ROONEY MARA's many piercings To play Lisbeth Salander, Mara bleached her eyebrows, chopped off her hair and had her eyebrow, lip, nose, and nipples pierced. She also learned martial arts, skateboarding, and motorcycle riding. CRACKED

Morbius

MORBIUS EASTER EGGS A THE A TRAIN The A train is featured prominently on the film's first poster, making it almost seem like the A from Avengers. CRACKED.COM

The Blair Witch Project

The Blair Witch Project $500K-ISH CRACKED.COM Reports on the film's budget range from around $200k to around $800k. Either way, it was a profoundly good investment, bringing in $249 million for telling some actors to run off into the woods and cry into a Go-Pro for a little bit.

The Death Star

IG-88 IS VADER'S BOUNTY HUNTER. THEN НЕ BECOMES THE DEATH STAR. Between Empire and Jedi, he uploads his consciousness to a flash drive that's then plugged into the second Death Star. In the final battle, he plays along with the Imperials, but he ultimately plans to shoot down Imperial ships the moment the Rebels are dealt with, kicking off his droid revolution. CRACKED.COM

Legally Blonde

Videos 12 News Shopping More Tools IN lo 0 seconds org with Logaly Bonde LEGALITY blands Wikipedia DI Americie comedy Des directed by in his feature-length Kitten McCullado Lutz and . Type Mars Budget SM fla Kidong Besed 00 Legally Blonde by Amanda Brown II Clondo 2 Red White Legal) Bonde PET and Legally Blonde 2001 CorredyRamance in 36m romoved from Nottin? legally N n's hair гоз onde? Watch POW Watched 12 The LeGALLY BLONDE une Easter egg hidden on Google For the film's 20th anniversary, Google added a little pink purse next to the name when you search it.

The Naked Gun 33 1/3

In prison, Frank Drebin yells This Chateau le Blanc '68 is supposed to be served slightly chilled. This is room temperature! What do you think we are, animals? THE NAKED GUN 33 1/3 CRACKED This is a reference to Chateau Cheval Blanc - a highly sought-after wine whose vintage bottles sell for over $1,000. 1968 was a particularly poor year for grape-growing, so it implies the company just gave them away to prisons.

Star Wars

No matter who shot first, you probably assumed Greedo was male. Part of the time, he wasn't. Paul Blake played Greedo in the shots that feature both Greedo and Han Solo in the same frame. But for Greedo's close-ups, he was played by Maria De Aragon. The close-up scenes were filmed toward the end of the shoot, with a new mask. Oota goota, Solo? CRACKED.COM http://starwars. wikia com/wiki/Greedo

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