18 Now-You-Know Movie Facts To Kill 10 Minutes

Ah, the cinema. You get your ticket and get in line for overpriced popcorn and flat-ish soda. Sit in the seat and enjoy the dark along with the air conditioning. You’re prepared to sit back, relax, and take in a story. A story told through imagery, dialogue, camera framing, and music. You’ll laugh, cry, and/or fall asleep.

But there is one thing that the movie theaters also provide before starting the trailers. It is the weird, fun movie trivia. Don’t you like winning the movie trivia? It’s a nice and fun distraction while you wait. Plus, much of the time, that lovely Maria Menounos is there to give you the questions and answers. She’s just nice, isn’t she?

Well, if you want to win the trivia before the movie, you’ll have to stock up on some movie facts. We’re here to help with that. Here are 18 facts that may or may not help you at the next movie quiz, or you’ll just enjoy reading to kill 10 minutes of your time.

18 The Big Lebowski

CRACKED.COM The Big Lebowski The Coens think the movie is just OK. The brothers don't share the popular enthusiasm for the Dude, or how much he might or might not abide. That movie has more of an enduring fascination for other people than it does for us, Joel Coen bluntly said in a 2009 interview. — Source: Cinemablend

17 Happy Gilmore

CRACKED.COM Happy Gilmore Bob Barker demanded to do the fight scenes. Barker agreed to do the movie on two conditions-he had to win the fight, and he would do the fighting himself instead of a double. Не wanted to show off some combat training he learned from his neighbor, Chuck Norris. — Source: Golfweek

16 Django Unchained

CRACKED.COM Django Unchained Will Smith turned down the lead role. Smith turned down Tarantino's offer to play Django because he couldn't connect with violence being the answer. We don't really need to finish the joke, do we? — Source: *Newsweek*

15 Knives Out

Knives Out Chris Evans had to eat a lot of cookies. The scene where Evans' character indulges in Belgium cookies with milk took all day to shoot-with Evans eating the cookies in every take. According to director Rian Johnson, those feel like your throat is coated in butter. CRACKED.COM — according to director Rian Johnson, “feel(s) like your throat is coated in butter.”

14 Dude, Where's My Car?

CRACKED.COM Dude, Where's My Car? Brent Spiner thinks his cameo might be his best work ever. The Star Trek actor regrets having his name removed from the credits, as that short cameo may be my finest effort. Не also thinks the movie represents its time better than almost any film. — Source: The A.V. Club

13 Jackass Forever

CRACKED.COM Jackass Forever Johnny Knoxville suffered brain damage. While the Jackass crew tend to bounce back from injuries (somehow), Knoxville wasn't so lucky during the bullfight in the movie, sustaining significant brain damage. — Source: The Howard Stern Show/YouTube

12 Deadpool

GRACKED.COM Deadpool Ryan Reynolds paid for the writers himself. For whatever reason, Fox didn't want to pay for the writers to be on set to tweak the dialogue, as is usual practice. Knowing how beneficial they'd be, Reynolds paid for them out of his own pocket. — Source: Yardbarker

11 The Simpsons Movie

CRACKED.COM The Simpsons Movie Over 320 characters make cameo appearances. The film dug deep into the show's multi-decade run to not only feature as many side characters as possible, but give 98 of them speaking roles! — Source: Screen Rant

10 Eraserhead

Eraserhead David Lynch dissected a cat. Before shooting the movie, Lynch thought he needed to examine a dead cat's membranes, hair, and skin. For, uh, texture references. Sure, David. CRACKED.COM — Source: The Criterion Collection

9 The Wrestler

ohw CRACKED.COM stlin CO hwrestlin g.co The Wrestler Axl Rose donated a song for the movie. The Guns N' Roses singer is friends with Mickey Rourke, so he allowed the film to use Sweet Child O' Mine for free. It can be heard as Randy The Ram Robinson's entrance theme for his final match. — Source: The Sportster

8 Labyrinth

GRACKED.COM Labyrinth It took four people to operate Hoggle. While actress Shari Weiser did all of Hoggle's body movement, three other puppeteers had to operate all of the facial movements. There were 18 motors operating in the dwarf's face. — Source: Inquisitr

7 Mean Girls

CRACKED.COM Mean Girls Amy Poehler taught Kevin Gnapoor how to rap. According to director Mark Waters, Poehler coached actor Rajiv Surendra on how to rap for the talent show scene, even contributing to the choreography. — Source: Vulture

6 Driving Miss Daisy

CRACKED.COM Driving Miss Daisy Hans Zimmer played all the instruments in the soundtrack. Going against the grain, Zimmer didn't hire an orchestra, but recorded himself playing all the parts on the synthesizer and mixed it himself. — Source: Eighties Kids

5 Collateral

CRACKED.COM Collateral The movie was intended for Russell Crowe and Adam Sandler. Michael Mann originally had Sandler in mind for the cab driver and Crowe for the assassin, but didn't care for how the story was going. Не began rewriting the script when Tom Cruise agreed to be in the movie. — Source: IndieWire

4 Horton Hears a Who

CRACKED.COM Horton Hears a Who Horton was named after Dr. Seuss' college friend. Seuss thought of naming the elephant Bosco, Osmer, and Humphrey, before settling on the name of his friend Horton Conrad, from Dartmouth College. — Source: Mental Floss

3 Clerks

CRACKED.COM Justic Clerks TF Kevin Smith maxed out ten credit cards to make the movie. Being an independent filmmaker can be risky-at least for Smith. who funded his movie with credit cards, family donations, and selling his comic book collection. Fortunately, it apparently paid off. — Source: View Askew Productions

2 Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues Will Ferrell did his own ice skating. Ferrell apparently got his training out of the way when shooting Blades of Glory, so he was ready to strap on the skates himself for those scenes. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

1 Batman Returns

CRACKED.COM Batman Returns The Penguin and Catwoman were almost treasure hunters. In an early draft of the script, both the Cat and the 'Guin teamed up to hunt for hidden treasure in Gotham. Now we'll never know if the best whip-cracking treasure hunter is Indiana Jones or Selina Kyle. — Source: Screen Rant

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