27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Thursday, December 18th

Facts that deserve a moment on the silver screen... but your phone screen will do.
27 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Thursday, December 18th
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Some movies just deserve to be seen on the big screen more than others. It could be because of some Oscar-winning performance that moves people to tears or because the special effects are so captivating that you simply have to see it on a 30-foot tall screen instead of your phone screen. Some films have sound design that can only be appreciated when heard through the crisp surround sound of movie theater speakers.

These 27 movie facts are a bit like these types of films – they truly deserve to be seen on the big screen. But we totally understand if your local theater won't let you cast them onto their silver screen. So, your phone will do. 

Tony Vallelonga

Tony Vallelonga (from The Green Book) was in The Godfather. Vallelonga (played by Viggo Mortensen in The Green Book) met Francis Ford Coppola and casting director Louis DiGiaimo at the nightclub Copacabana, and they put him in the movie as an uncredited wedding guest.

Source: Bustle

One-Point Perspective

Stanley Kubrick drew on his passion for photography to compose his shots. One of his signature compositions is the ne-point perspective, where the vie

Stanley Kubrick

STANLEY KUBRICK BERATED SHELLEY DUVALL TO CAPTURE HER REACTIONS IN THE SHINING. director's AMASTERPIECE The demanding OFMODERN HORROR method for perfe

Christopher Nolan

BATMAN BEGINS A After Bruce Wayne falls into freezing water, Ra's al Ghul gives him this piece of advice: Rub your chest and the arms will take care

Casper the Friendly Ghost

CGI LEAD CHARACTER 1995 CRACKED.COM Casper the Friendly Ghost from 1995's Casper was the first movie to feature a CGI lead character. It was a box-office hit, grossing $287.9 million against a $55 million budget and was created with the help of 150 people at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic (ILM).

I used to have a crush on this little CGI ghost.

Pinocchio

Disney behind the scenes Pinocchio They made real, working clocks. It was to prove to Walt Disney the beautiful, animated ones made logical sense. CRACKED.COM

This Is the End

Sony really didn't like the idea of actors playing themselves in THIS IS THE END. So Seth Rogen lied and assured Sony they would shoot the movie in a

Warner Bros.

CRACKED WARNER BROS. WAS FOUNDED AS THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE WAS ENDING. The empire existed from the 14th century until the Republic of Turkey was establish

So, is Warner Bros. THAT old or is the Ottoman Empire just fairly recent?

Alice in Wonderland

Walt Disney originally shelved Alice in Wonderland in 1933 because Paramount released their own Alice adaption first. e Dtf ALICE Work on the movie fi

Selma

CRACKED.COM Selma The movie couldn't use MLK's actual speeches. Director Ava DuVernay had to rewrite Dr. King's speeches, as someone else had the rights.

The fact that speeches can be owned by anyone other than their author is crazy.

Source: iHeart

It’s a Wonderful Life

A new type of artificial snow was created for the film. Due to the industry standard fake snowflakes being too loud and causing problems with sound mi

That doesn't sound good for the lungs.

Gizmodo

The Lightsaber

The lightsaber sound is the result of a gadget being broken. Star Wars sound designer Ben Burtt was carrying a tape recorder with a broken mic cable.

Star Wars

STAR THE FORCE AWAKENS In the scene where Han Solo WARS notices that a Rathtar is near, the sound made from the Rathtar's movement is the exact same s

Han Solo visions of an alternate dimension in that moment. 

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