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38 Random Bits of Movie Trivia for the Advanced Film Dweeb

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38 Random Bits of Movie Trivia for the Advanced Film Dweeb

June 11, 2024

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CRACKED.COM WALK THE LINE Joaquin Phoenix almost didn't sing in the movie. While he did vocal training, it wasn't certain if he would sing himself or be dubbed over by a professional singer. A week before shooting, he performed a live show in Memphis that removed all doubt. — Source

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ZOOTOPIA Kristen Bell got a role because she loves sloths. The production gave Bell a bit part as a sloth after seeing her on The Ellen Show discussing how her husband, Dax Shepard, surprised her with a live sloth at her birthday party. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE WRESTLER The live audience got a different ending. Shooting the movie at an actual wrestling show, the fans in attendance got to see Randy The Ram Robinson pin the Ayatollah rather than the movie's ambiguous cut to black once Randy leapt from the top rope. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM BLACK HAWK DOWN It was the first war movie after 9/11. Oddly, it was also the last war movie released before the start of the War on Terror.

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WILLOW The original title was Munchins. George Lucas wanted to make the movie with Ron Howard directing and a title inspired by The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but obviously changes were made. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM THE PIANIST It was a co-production with the UK, Poland, Germany, and France. Given the multiple settings of the story, and how World War II andThe Holocaust impacted those nations, it was important for the four countries to weigh in and invest.

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CRACKED.COM TANK GIRL The movie is responsible for the Spice Girls. Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, and Emma Bunton first met at the London auditions for the title character of the movie and struck up a friendship that ultimately led to the formation of the Girl Power pop group. — Source

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FINDING NEMO You had me at 'fish.' That's what Pixar's chief creative officer said to writer/director Andrew Stanton to give him the green light to start working on the movie. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM BATMAN (1989) Joe Dante and Ivan Reitman were considered as directors. Before Tim Burton was tapped to direct, several other big directors at the time were considered, including Gremlins' Dante and Ghostbusters' Reitman. — Source

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LA LA LAND The dance scene at the Hollywood Hills was shot in an hour. Well, technically it was two 30-minute shots on different days, so the cinematographer could get the action during the magic hour when the sky looks softer. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Dave Bautista needed to hit the sauna to get the makeup off each day. It took three hours for makeup artists to apply the body paint and tattoos onto Bautista's body, but the only way for him to get rid of it all was to sweat it off in a sauna. — Source

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THE NICE GUYS The movie was set in Los Angeles, but filmed in Atlanta. While many productions are shot in Atlanta, it's still a weird location choice for a movie that's set in 1970's L.A. CRACKED.COM — Source

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SMALL SOLDIERS There are few Gremlins Easter eggs in the movie. Since the movie was directed by Gremlins director Joe Dante, there were a few hidden gems like a Gremlin's skull on Alan's desk, a Gizmo toy behind the dumpster of the toy store, and David Cross' computer password being Gizmo. CRACKED.COM

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CRACKED.COM KNIVES OUT Joseph Gordon-Levitt has a hidden cameo. JGL's voice is heard during the program Marta's sister is watching in the kitchen, saying We have the nanny cam footage. — Source

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CRACKED.COM TRAINSPOTTING Ewan McGregor lost 26 pounds for the role. McGregor grilled everything and stopped drinking beer in order to shed weight to look like a heroin addict. — Source

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CRACKED.COM JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH 180 puppet characters were made for the film. Making the creatures required two years of work by 130 people. — Source

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CRACKED COM Edan Cafe Or ESP MAN ARE KIND THEY LIVE The homeless camp was real. For realism (and to save money), director John Carpenter shot scenes at an actual camp for the unhoused, and paid actual unhoused people that lived there as extras. — Source

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CRACKED.COM MOTHRA This was the only time Mothra was a villain. In other Toho films, Mothra is a protectorof humans under and of Earth in general, but in the first film she takes revenge on Japan for taking away her tiny heralds. — Source

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Movie Goofs Batman Returns Batman tries to stop Catwoman from killing villain Max Schrek and takes off his mask - but just before that, his eye make-up suddenly disappears. It's just as distracting as the name Schrek triggering Smash Mouth to play in our brains. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Avengers: Endgame Right after Ant-Man and the Wasp are trying to fix the quantum tunnel, we see Ant-Man's giant form fighting in the background. How can he be in two places at once? And why is Paul Rudd so adorable? Just legendary cinematic mysteries. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Anaconda As the boat leaves, the shot is reversed, and so we see a waterfall in reverse. This goof is so blatant we just have to assume it was left there to make Anaconda some sort of avant-garde art film about movie making or something. MICAELA-I CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs North by Northwest Clearly the scene where Eva Marie Saint shoots Cary Grant was shot several times, because a kid behind her is having none of it. A few seconds before the gunshot, he covers his ears almost ruining the shot. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs 480 431 432 433 434 49 The Martian 435 43 At the start of the third act, we see Mark Watney's Witney signature from different angles, and they simply don't match. Goof, or proof that The Martian shares the same plot twist as Moon? CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Charlie can't enter the candy store, which means he misses stuffing on candy, the joy of childhood, and the casual violence against children, like when the shop owner hits a girl as lifts the counter. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Teen Wolf adidas A person stands up to celebrate with their fly unzipped. Then they quickly realize it and try to cover it, but поре, it's already movie history (unlike Teen Wolf). CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Rumble in the Bronx In Jackie Chan's first major American success, it seems the entire crew knew so little about gaming consoles that they didn't notice that the Sega game gear the kid is finding so much fun doesn't even have a cartridge. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs American Sniper Bradley Cooper holding a plastic baby doll is the stuff of legends. But we have this theory that it was intentional, that Clint Eastwood was trying to parody the whole imperialism also makes imperialists sad, you know trope. Is it a good theory? No it isn't, but it's better than that baby. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Dead Ringers In this David Cronenberg movie, Jeremy Irons plays two Jeremies Ironses, with skin-crawling results. Sadly, one of the Irons clones fading from existence wasn't an intended part of the creepiness, but only the result of late-1980s compositing VFX. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs The Wizard of OZ When Dorothy has just met the Scarecrow, watch as her hair grows longer and shorter between shots. Listen, we have plenty of magic in our hearts, but only oversights in movie magic can explain that. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs The Fast and the Furious Baddie Johnny Tran is wearing a black shirt - but a fraction of a second later, he changes to a black tank top. Ugh, no wonder this movie never got a sequel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Basic Instinct During the interrogation scene, Sharon Stone is smoking a cigarette which disappears as she's taking off her coat, only to return in the next shot. There are two goofs here: the vanishing cigarette, and anyone noticing a vanishing cigarette during this scene. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Quantum of Solace There are three things to remember about Quantum of Solace: the awful shaky cam car chase, the villain's evil plan just being normal capitalism, and the hilarious extra sweeping the hell out of empty air. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Aladdin: The Return of Jafar Of course, lowered animation costs for straight-to- video sequels mean shortcuts, but we can only imagine the spacetime-bending shortcut Aladdin took to hold on onto that rock after being dragged way past it by the current. Classic Disney magic. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Pretty Woman In the breakfast scene, watch out for Julia Roberts' pastry. It quickly switches from croissant to pancake, and then to an even different pancake. It's truly a movie about a call girl with a heart of gold and matter-transforming quantum powers. CRACKED.COM

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Movie Goofs Independence Day ART DEPT Jeff Goldblum trips and falls over during his drunken rant (we've all been there), and in the process knocks over a bin labeled art dept on the bottom. It this proof the Deep State is made up of theater kids? We're just asking questions! CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Gladiator We still remember when our film professors criticized Gladiator's anachronistic notions of religious spirituality, like nerds. Then we raised our hand and countered with the anachronism of the gas canister, and everybody cheered. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs He's All That In the She's All That remake (ugh), social media influencer (ugh) Padgett (ugh, come on) sings against a poorly composited green screen and her arm just vanishes. No ugh there, that is awesome. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Movie Goofs Die Hard Karl can be seen standing in the background just after having been hanged by John McClane. This means either that the movie title always referred to Karl instead of McClane, or that Die Hard happens in the same universe as The Sixth Sense. CRACKED.COM — Source

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