25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Friday, December 19th

Fascinating film facts for meddlesome movie maniacs.
25 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Friday, December 19th
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Some people watch a whole 2 hour movie, engage with the plot, connect with the characters, and are genuinely invested for its entire run time, but once the credits roll, they never think about it again. Sure, they might log it on Letterboxd or remember to recommend it to a coworker for the 48 hours its still fresh on their mind, but otherwise, they simply movie on with their lives. Other people see a movie they like, and they have to find out everything about it like some sleuthing, meddling kids. If you fit into the latter category, you may find a sense of calm amidst these BTS movie facts. 

Quentin Tarantino in 'Desperado'

QUENTIN TARANTINO + ROBERT RODRIGUEZ DESPERADO TARANTINO'S CAMEO WAS SUPPOSED TO BE STEVE BUSCEMI. Rodriguez gave Tarantino the part when he showed interest. Tarantino's other big contribution to the Mariachi Trilogy is the title Once Upon a Time in Mexico (he seems to like once upon a time). CRACKED.COM

Source: IMDb

Alfred Hitchcock and James Bond

AIfred Hitchcock could have directed the first James Bond movie. Bond creator lan Fleming suggested Hitchcock, and they sent him the idea for a movie

He proved he could do it well without a big name attached to it. 

Source: Variety

Office Space

TGI Fridays quietly discontinued its flair policy because of Office-Space. 1 CRACKED.COM One of Mike Judge's assistant directors once asked a Fridays waiter why they stopped wearing flair, and was told they removed it because of that movie Office Space.

Ghostbusters

Ghostbusters got its name almost accidentally. Columbia couldn't get the rights to the name from Universal, since there was an old TV show called The Ghost Busters. By chance, an exec involved with the movie left Columbia during production and became head of Universal, and he let Columbia use the name. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Super Mario Bros.

Tom Hanks almost starred in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. The live action Super Mario movie was an unmitigated disaster, but it could have been way different. Tom Hanks was cast in the lead role, but coming off of a string of box office bombs, the role of Mario went instead to Bob Hoskins. Arnold Schwarzenegger was looked at for the corporate lizard-person Bowser, but he turned it down. CRACKED.COM

Once Upon A Time in Hollywood

Tarantino kept the script in a safe. 2 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD CRACKED.COM After being burned by a big leak of The Hateful Eight script, he decided to keep this one locked away. Only Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Margot Robbie got to read the full script, and Tarantino watched them read it the whole time.

DJ Snake and Lil Jon

DJ Snake & Lil Jon's Turn Down for What music video influenced Captain America: Civil War. The lighting style and the overall look of the scene in Bucky's apartment were partly based on that video. CRACKED.COM

Turns out you can find inspiration in just about anything. 

Spider-Man 2

SPIDER-MAN 2 CRACKED.COM For Spidey's fight scene with Doctor Octopus on top of a moving train, Richard Moskal, director of the Chicago Film Office, says the film used the Chicago L train to replicate New York with a fictitious sense of geography.

Sound of Metal

Easter Eggs YOUTH OF Sound of Metal Ruben's emotional journey is charted by the band shirts he wears. RUDIMENTARY PENI CRACKED.COM

Doors on the starship Enterprise

The sound of the doors opening on the starship Enterprise is a toilet flushing. CRACKED.COM Michael Coleman of the SoundWorks Collection explains, You don't just go to a library and pull up an Enterprise door sound. Someone has to create it.

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Ferris Bueller

John Hughes frantically wrote the screenplay for Ferris Bueller's Day Off in one week. In 1985, a writers' strike was about to hit Hollywood. Upon hea

Michael J. Fox

CRACKED.COM Marty MCFly just wasn't funny. Back to the Future started production with Eric Stoltz as Marty. But Stoltz' comedic energy was just not there. Michael Fox replaced him after five weeks, and the whole movie was shot again from scratch.

Why was he cast at all if he couldn't deliver the comedy?

Reservoir Dogs

Harvey Keitel found the funding for RESERVOIR DOGS for a then- unknown Quentin Tarantino. Keitel was so impressed with the script that he signed on as a co-producer and paid for the New York casting sessions. CRACKED.COM

Dr. No

In the original script for Dr. No, Academy Award-winning screenwriter Wolf Mankowitz made the titular villain a monkey. The producer Albert R. Broccol

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