35 Pieces of Movie Trivia That Spilled Disgustingly Out of the Elevator When We Were Already Late for Work

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35 Pieces of Movie Trivia That Spilled Disgustingly Out of the Elevator When We Were Already Late for Work

Normally, an employee strolling into the office covered in a complete mess is a cause for concern. Not around here. We pop out of those elevator doors dripping with sloppy random movie facts and get a solid head nod from the bosses. 

Well, not all of us. One guy fell in a particularly sludgy puddle on the way in. It was pretty nasty. 

Just hang tight while we shake these off like a wet dog.

Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs

Israelis don't relate to meatballs the way Americans do, so when Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs was translated into Hebrew it was changed to It's Raining Falafel. ОШХ 7W 70X75 AUTIF حدو 3D TA'n LICENS DI GRACKED.COM

Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Seeing meteors made Steven Spielberg want to film a movie about good-guy aliens. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND When Spielberg was 6 or 7, his dad woke him up one night and took him to watch a meteor shower. When he saw it, he said, If I ever get a chance to make a science fiction movie, I want those guys to come in peace. Years later, he made Close Encounters of the Third Kind. CRACKED.COM

Zodiac

The Zodiac killer in David Fincher's 2007 film ZO DIAC was played by 3 different actors based on CRACKED.COM actual descriptions from eye witness testimony. The use of the different actors helped emphasize a sense of mystery about the never identified killer as well as reinforce the film's ambiguous ending.

Han Solo

Glynn Turman was almost cast as Han Solo. CRACKED.COM George Lucas was going to give the iconic role to the relatively unknown actor, but the decision ultimately fell through. Lucas didn't think audiences would accept an interracial relationship between the African American actor and Carrie Fisher. Turman has since then declared that Harrison Ford has my career!

The ion of the Christ

CRACKED.COM While doing the Sermon on the Mount scene in The ion Of The Christ, Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning.

The Princess Bride

CRACKED.COM The people mentioned by Inigo Montoya and the Man in Black during their sword fight in The Princess Bride are actual Renaissance-era fencing masters.

2001: A Space Odyssey

CRACKED.COM In the first drafts of 2001: A Space Odyssey HAL was named ATHENA and had a female voice.

Wolverine

CRACKED COM HUGH JACKMAN HAS HAD LOTS OF INJURIES FROM PLAYING WOLVERINE OVER THE YEARS. He's mangled his junk, mangled his right ear, stabbed himself in his upper left thigh, stabbed himself next to his left eye and in 2013 he almost broke his neck when a stunt went wrong.

Cars 2

In international releases of Cars 2, Jeff Gorvette is replaced in one scene by a unique car representing that country. Max Schnell Carla Veloso Brazil Raoul ÇaRoule CRACKED.COM

J.J. Abrams

J.J. Abrams apologized for overusing lens flares in the Star Trek movies. Abrams says that he started using flares as a way to show how bright and energetic the future is, and that only after ruining a couple of scenes in the second Star Trek film, he finally realized he had a problem. I think itting you're an addict is the first step towards recovery, said Abrams. CRACKED.COM

Mary Poppins

I does wot I loikes an' I loikes wot I do American-as-apple-pie Dick Van Dyke butchered an English accent in 1964's Mary Poppins. 50 years later, Van Dyke apologized for performing the most atrocious Cockney accent in the history of cinema. CRACKED.COM

The Lorax

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Back to the Future

Bob Gale came across his father's University City High yearbook and wondered if he and his father would have been friends if they had attended school at the same time. That's how he got the inspiration to write the all-time classic BACK TO FUTURE THE - GUTATIME CRACKED.COM

Lady and the Tramp

eww! walt Disney didn't like the iconic il I are scene of the romantic dinner in The Lady and the Tramp (1955) Не thought that two dogs eating pasta would be a disaster without any kind of tenderness involved. But Frank Thomas, the cartoonist in charge of the film, created a scene so perfect that Disney couldn't resist the charm. CRACKED.COM

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35 Pieces of Movie Trivia That Spilled Disgustingly Out of the Elevator When We Were Already Late for Work

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

TERMINATOR 2 JUDGMENT DAY Robert Patrick got the part of the T-1000 because Billy Idol, who was James Cameron's first choice, had recently broken his leg in a motorcycle accident, and would not be physically up to the demands of the role. CRACKED.COM

The Pacifier

From the Director of Bringing Down the House THE SPANISH TITLE FOR THE PACIFIER TRANSLATES TO A SUPER HARD KANGAROO. Disney vin DIESEL is the PACIFIER - GRAGKED.COM WELCOME TO THE INFANTRY. somero - - ms

Jackie Chan

Jackie Chan is famous for his on-set injuries while doing his own stunts. ARMOUR of GOD 2 OPERATION CONDOR One such injury on the set of Armour of God II required him to get brain surgery, and left him with a metal plate inside his head. CRACKED.COM

Roar

ON THE SET OF ROAR, A FILM ABOUT A FAMILY LIVING WITH LIONS, A 14 YEAR OLD MELANIE GRIFFITH WAS MAULED SO BADLY THAT SHE REQUIRED FACIAL CRACKED.COM RECONSTRUCTION AND ALMOST LOST AN EYE.

Gone with the Wind

Censor Joe Breen almost had the most famous line in GONE WITH THE WIND replaced with such alternatives as: Frankly, my dear, I don't give a whoop! Thankfully director David Selznick successfully contended that the dramatic use of the word 'damn' was at worst a common vulgarism, not a curse or oath that required censoring. CRACKED.COM

Ed Wood

The relationship between Ed Wood and Bela Lugosi CRACKED.COM in Tim Burton's was a reflection of Burton's own relationship with Vincent Price.

Nicolas Cage

The role that made Viggo Mortensen's career, Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, almost went to Nicolas Cage. CRACKED.COM

The Lord of the Rings

According to Hollywood ing, the 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy was a financial loss. Despite earning $3 billion on a budget of $100 mil- lion, the Peter Jackson movies made horren- dous losses and no prof- it at all, according to New Line Cinema. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Pocahontas

The villain in Disney's 'Pocahontas' was inspired by a real person that met a gruesome end. Governor John Rat- cliffe was flayed and burned alive by Native Americans after they lured him to their vil- lage by promising to trade with him. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger has said I'll be back in other movies besides the Terminator franchise. Eleven other movies, to be exact. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey is the first actor to have three films reach number one at the box office in the same year. It was during 1994. The films were The Mask, Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, & Dumb and Dumber. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indy's pilot in Raiders of the Lost Ark was a real-life pilot. Не was hired to fly the filmmakers around while they were shooting in Hawaii and to scout out possible new shooting locations, and eventually they asked him if he wanted to be in the movie. CRACKED.COM

Poltergeist

Poltergeist The ghost roars like a certain ARS DE famous lion. This movie replaced the decades-old roar of the MGM lion with a higher-fidelity recording- and the same effect was used for the door ghost. CRACKED.COM

The Raptor’s Voice in Jurassic Park

Sound designer Gary Rydstrom asked a friend to contribute to the raptor's voice in Jurassic Park. His friend showed up at the studio, and Rydstrom asked You make any weird sounds? The friend did make a sound with his throat, and Rydstrom spliced it with the sounds of African cranes, tortoises, horses to make the velociraptor's call. CRACKED.COM

Minority Report

Minority Report PRE Weather in CITY F PM Cameron Diaz is riding the train. Not only that, but director Cameron Crowe is sitting right next to her. Was it Cameron day on that train, or what? CRACKED.COM

The Mosquito in Jurassic Park

The mosquito in Jurassic Park actually doesn't suck blood. That species, Toxorhynchites rutilus, is the only species that doesn't. CRACKED.COM

Jaws

Jaws PETER BENCHLEY JAWS A Novel The book's author has a cameo. The reporter who utters the amazing line a cloud in the shape of a killer shark is Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel the movie is based on. CRACKED COM

Rin Tin Tin

Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd, almost won the first Oscar for best actor. The Academy be- lieved that this new idea of handing out these Oscars could possibly be damaged by the first Best Actor being a dog. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Burt Reynolds

While shooting 'Deliverance! Burt Reynolds insisted on doing a stunt himself instead of a dummy. During the stunt, he got injured and his clothes came off. Waking up in hospital, he asked the di- rector what it looked like, who said, It looked like a dummy falling over a waterfall. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

King Kong

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects Bear projection: 1930s A staple in filmmaking Literally filming someone in front of a projector, it was first tried by Norman 0. Dawn in 1913, but standardized with a special screen for 1933's King Kong. Fox won a Technical Achievement Oscar for its use in the 1934 film Liliom. CRACKED

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