27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Monday, December 15, 2025

You don't need to buy a ticket to enjoy these movie facts.
27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Monday, December 15, 2025

No one's really going to see stuff at the movie theater these days. This is, in part, because of how expensive it is. I mean, sixteen bucks for a ticket? And that's not even including popcorn, a drink, or candy. Going to the movies used to be a pretty cheap way to spend some time with your friends or family, but now it's a whole wallet-flattening event. And fewer people are choosing to attend movies on their opening weekend; if you're going to spend movie theater prices, you have to make sure that the film has a good score on Rotten Tomatoes first!

But you don't need a ticket to scroll through these facts; you don't need a Netflix subscription either, just an open and curious mind for BTS movie trivia. 

Steven Spielberg

Steven Spielberg Dien CRACKED.cO COM Spielberg tried to break into the restaurant industry in the 90s when he started a very clever chain called Dive!

Martin Scorsese’s Mom

Martin Scorsese put his mom in Goodfellas. She played the mom of Joe Pesci's character. Mrs. Scorsese also made the spaghetti and meatballs served in

Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson loves Wellingtono The New Zealand capital served as his base in his mission to film all things Tolkien. It's more like Mordor, than The

Practical Magic

April on hulu Practical April 1 Magic A real witch cursed the film after being hired as a consultant and not being paid what she wanted. When she began talking in tongues, the producers relented. CRACKED.COM

Source: Vulture

Seaon Connery and Harrison Ford

Despite playing his dad, Sean Connery was only 12 years older than Harrison Ford. CRACKED.COM Thanks to excellent makeup and wardrobe, the barely-over-a-decade age gap isn't made obvious.

Makeup, wardrobe, acting, and well, genetics. 

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300

300 GERARD BUTLER'S STUNT DOUBLE PLAYED HIS FATHER. During flashbacks to King Leonidas' childhood, Butler's stuntman Tim Conolly played Leonidas's father, which helped the family resemblance. CRACKED.COM

Very wholesome side gig.

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Romeo + Juliet

ROMEO + JULIET The rebellion between the older and younger generations were portrayed through wardrobe. The senior Montagues and Capulets were styled to a 1960s/1970 Yves St. Laurent /Jackie O. look,a a style that the younger The Capulets characters reject. young displayed their rejection through Dolce & Gabbana's sleek, black,

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Pulp Fiction

CRACKED.COM Linda Chen edited the Pulp Fiction script for Quentin Tarantino. It was Chen's (unpaid) job to turn Tarantino's mass of error-riddled notebooks into an actual, readable screenplay, a process which took 3 months. Chen also worked as a live-in editor and script consultant for a - - RUS - CAL JACK MICHOLSON FRYE Chinatown writer Robert Towne. DUNAWAY CHINATOWN

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

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Fight Club

Easter Eggs of Oscar-winning movies Fight Club 2000 Sound Editing do (nominated) COFFEE There's a Starbucks cup in nearly every scene. CRACKED.COM

Maybe the Starbucks cuo in Game of Thrones was just an homage to Fight Club.

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The Gyllenhaals

The Gyllenhaals dec lile CRACKED.COM Siblings Maggie and Jake were born into Hollywood. Their mom is an oscar- nominated screenwriter and producer. Their dad is a director.

Some nepo babies do deserve their fame. 

Source: GQ

The Sound of Music

THE ACTOR: Christopher Plummer THE ROLE: Baron von Trapp in The Sound of Music WHY HE Plummer's most famous HATED IT: role makes him cringe. It was s

Cher

Cher called her 2010 movie Burlesque horrible. RLESQI Terrible director! Really terrible director. And really terrible script. ! remember him saying

This is shocking no one, I think. 

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