Stanley Kubrick
We have VFX from 2001: A Space Odyssey to thank for Alien and Star Wars, so we kinda have Stanley Kubrick to thank for Cracked.com (even though this website began in 1958, the timeline is confusing). Sure, that's kind of a stretch, but so is Kubrick funding films by hustling chess games. We don't really go to Kubrick for conventional, though, do we? Kubrick was so obsessive, he would do mountains of research for films that never got made—then make sure he never left England. And isn't it just the perfect oddball Kubrick story to cast Rodney Dangerfield—before he was famous. One of a kind, that Stanley guy.
Cate Blanchett Is Secretly In All Of Your Favorite Movies
But if you want to see her you'll spend a long time looking -- which isn't a bad thing.
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5 5 Memorable Movie Scenes Directors Just Stumbled Into
Sometimes accidents make the movie.
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- By Henrik Magnusson
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5 Last Second Changes That Saved Classic Movies From Sucking
Your favorite movies have all been one misstep away from being a RiffTrax feature.
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- By Jordan Breeding, Luke Miller
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6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills
In the days before Indiegogo, some now-famous directors got the money they needed for their breakout films in less conventional ways.
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5 Movie Moments That Were Adorable Behind The Scenes
All of Hollywood's most violent, scary and shocking moments were still created by people -- people who make little inside jokes, goof off at work, and occasionally screw around with puppets.
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9 Silly Photos of Serious Historical Figures Goofing Off
History's most important and serious figures enjoyed getting the camera out to document goofy faces and stupid antics. We're all freaking children, all of us.
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5 Famous Movie Scenes Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment
These directors turned their sets into torture chambers for artistic purposes, and/or because they just hated actors.
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- By Mitch Anderson, Sam Jackson
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5 Iconic Pop Culture Moments Improvised at the Last Second
It turns out that some movies and shows that became enduring classics were dangerously close to being terrible, and we probably wouldn't be talking about them today if a few folks hadn't switched gears on the fly.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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7 Outrageous Hoaxes That Actually Worked
Since society has had several thousand years of practice at recognizing con artists, you'd think we'd get pretty good at spotting them. But you'd be wrong. For a scam to succeed, it doesn't take any kind of special genius. Or even average genius.
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- By Dwayne Hoover, Dustin Koski
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6 Pop Culture Mysteries That Were Solved by Fans
We bring you the answers to questions that remarkably few people were asking.
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5 Absurd (But Mind-Blowing) Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories
It's hard enough to make a good movie or TV show, but apparently some of the stuff you watch or listen to also contains secret hidden messages that only close examination will reveal. Or, at least, that's what countless conspiracy theorists around the internet would have us believe.
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