31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That You Think Your Kids Are Old Enough For But Quickly Realize They Aren’t

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31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That You Think Your Kids Are Old Enough For But Quickly Realize They Aren’t
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Okay, so there might be a PG-13 word or two in here, but is that really going to get in the way of your child learning highly interesting movie tidbits?

Movie ratings are obviously going to lean to the conservative side, but when facts are involved, beefing up a kid’s brain should be paramount. You want kids who can’t chat BTS movie facts with you? We think not.

The Last Jedi

Rian Johnson briefly considered bringing Lando Calrissian back for The Last Jedi. The director revealed he contemplated different ways to include the fan- favorite Rebel hero, possibly even as the codebreaker on Canto Bight. But he ultimately decided to leave his return up to J.J. Abrams in Episode IX. CRACKED.COM

Water for Elephants

Robert Pattinson is deathly afraid of horses. GRACKED.COM Pattinson said being knocked down by a full grown stallion in Water For Elephants was terrify- ing, but he felt so at ease with an actual pachyderm on set that he climbed in her mouth.

My Beautiful Laundrette

Forgotten Rom-Coms 1985 My Beautiful Laundrette Stephen Frears' best rom-com would be High Fidelity, if it weren't for this capital-C Classic from the UK. A young Pakistani man becomes the manager of a crumbling laundromat and begins an affair with a rebellious street punk who works there, played by Daniel Day-Lewis (which means Day-Lewis has been doing awesome films since forever). CRACKED.COM

Deliverance

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

Aldous Snow

The character of ALDOUS SNOW was initially going to be a POSH BRITISH AUTHOR. But when Russell Brand walked in for his audition, Segel immediately knew he had to change the character and make him more like a rock star. BEHIND THE SCENES | FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL CRACKED.COM

Early Sword Fights

Historical Firsts in The World of Stunts The first realistic 1920 sword fighting In 1920's The Mark of Zorro, Douglas Fairbanks brought in a fencing master, creating the first realistic on-screen swordplay. Prior to this, films had primitive whacking, but this opened doors for the countless swashbuckling films to come. CRACKED

Casino Royale

CASINO ROYALE Vesper Martini The James Bond movie Casino Royale made the Vesper Martini famous. It's a combination of Gordon's Gin, vodka, Lillet Blanc, and a splash of Angostura Bitters. CRACKED

Jaws

Steven Spielberg did Jaws because the original director flunked basic sea biology. Director Dick Richards was fired because he kept calling the shark a whale during planning meetings. Let this be a lesson, kids: Don't sleep through class, and you may one day change movies forever. CRACKED.COM

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Scary Movies Based on Texarkana Moonlight Murders The Town That Dreaded Sundown The film ends with the killer attending a showing of the film you're watching. Because they seemingly want to tempt fate, the real Texarkana shows the movie every year as part of a Halloween festival. CRACKED.COM

Ready Player One

Spielberg didn't know his production team snuck a gremlin into Ready Player One. The director didn't want any of his previous movies to be featured as easter eggs in Ready Player One, but his crew felt it needed to be done. While a couple of these attempts were spotted and subsequently cut by Spielberg, a gremlin involved in the final battle managed to slip past him. CRACKED.COM

Post-Credit Scene Origins

Muppets started the trend of post-credits scenes. 1979's The Muppets Movie kickstarted the trend in the '80s, which Ferris Bueller's Day Off was a part of f-- and Ferris inspired the post-credits scenes in the MCU. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Movie Locations

James E. Potter Elementary School (established 1873) in Bodega, California was condemned in December 1961, just three months before it was used for frightening scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds The property was purchased in 1966 and painstakingly restored. It is now a private home. CRACKED.COM

The Terminator

Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't tough enough for the German dub of fTerminator. Schwarzenegger wasn't al- lowed to voice himself be- cause the producers thought that his Austrian accent wasn't tough enough for the Terminator. He's never dubbed himself in all of his movies since. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

The Omen

THE CAST AND CREW OF THE OMEN NARROWLY ESCAPED MULTIPLE PLANE DISASTERS. YOUARE ONE DAY CLOSER TO THE END OF THE WORLD. OMEN Actor Gregory Peck, writer David Seltzer, and producer Mace Neufeld all flew in separate planes struck by lightning throughout production. Peck would later elude plane death once more when a flight he had just cancelled crashed, killing all those aboard. CRACKED.COM

The First Curse Word Recorded on Film

CRACKED VULGARITY HISTORY The first audible curse words in film The 1929 Paramount film Glorifying the American Girl has the first curse words in cinema history. They say damn six times, and jackass twice.

A Rat Pack Biopic

COMEDY NERD CRACKED.COM IN AN ALTERNATE UNIVERSE, ADAM SANDLER STARRED IN SCORSESE'S RAT PACK BIOPIC. Sandler was supposed to be Joey Bishop, one of Sinatra's cronies (with John Travolta as Sinatra) - but the movie got put on the back burner when Scorsese went to make Gangs of New York, and never got picked up again.

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31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia That You Think Your Kids Are Old Enough For But Quickly Realize They Aren’t

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus BE TONY CRACKED COM Heath Ledger passed away one month into production, so Terry Gilliam chose to have the character transform into different handsome celebrities throughout the film: Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, and Jude Law.

Mad Max: Fury Road

Coma the Doof Warrior from Mad Max: Fury Road has a truly horrific backstory. He's been blind since birth, and he wears a mask that's actually the skin of his mother's face (who was murdered). CRACKED.COM

Raising Arizona

The Coen Brothers and their movies 5 Raising Arizona Nicolas Cage based his performance on Woody Woodpecker. The Coens' relationship with Cage was not smooth, but they did agree on the cartoon-like quality the film should have. So Cage drew inspiration from Woody Woodpecker, and even managed to mimic his hair, which gets messier and wilder throughout the movie. CRACKED.COM

Safe House

Denzel Washington volunteered to actually be waterboarded for the movie Safe House. For the interrogation scene, Washington was re- ally put through the tor- ture, albeit for a few sec- onds at a time. Co-star Ryan Reynolds called it one of the most disturb- ing things I've ever seen. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Babe

CRACKED IN THE MOVIE BABE, BABE WAS PLAYED BY 48 DIFFERENT PIGS. Filming took three years, and the piglets kept outgrowing the role.

Silent Night, Deadly Night

The ads for the 1984 Christmas slasher movie Silent Night, Deadly Night led to a public campaign to save Santa. DIERS STORY SILENT NIGHT DEADLY NIGHT BROTHERFROMANOTHERPLANET LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL SANTA THE Movie is Design SACRED / 14 Rd Quer حمن OUR Disney the - Product Down - - de - كريم اعبيد - Only SANTA IS 9AT A MURDERER!! - - The outcry against the depiction of a psycho Santa eventually got the movie pulled from theaters entirely. Siskel from At the Movies went as far as claiming that the filmmakers' profits truly are blood money. CRACKED.COM

Remus Lupin

CRACKED.COM The story of how Remus Lupin became a werewolf is even more horrifying than we thought. Lupin was four years old and asleep when the werewolf broke into his room and bit him. It would've killed him if Lupin's dad hadn't arrived.

The Social Network

The Winklevoss Twins THE SOCIAL NETWORK CRACKED.COM Armie Hammer actually plays 1.5 Wiklevi: he filmed every scene with Josh Pence, then recorded Pence's dialogue from inside a 360-degree camera rigging, and his face then digitally replaced Pence's.

Terrifier 2

CRACKED Scary-clown sequel Terrifier 2 features a scene where acid melts off a woman's face. It's one of the grossest things ever. Multiple people puked at screenings, to the point that it was almost disappointing if you went and didn't smell barf.

Alfred Hitchcock

CRACKED.COM Skray Reduco The OBESITY SLAYER Consetional New BEFORE AFTER la Jud Four Months YOU TOO Con be Slender! DAW GLO - - - - - the - - - ALERED HITCHCOCK SAFE Alfred Hitchcock Bost Не had cameos in 40 of his 54 movies. For 1944's Lifeboat, he took advantage of his own ongoing weight loss to appear as both the before and after in the ad for a Reduco, a fictional weight-loss medicine. - CITY

Summer Blockbusters

If you love (or hate) summer blockbusters, you can thank Jaws for it. Before Jaws got released, summer was considered a dead period for movie releases - and Jaws was the first ever summer blockbuster. CRACKED.COM

A Nightmare on Elm Street

A Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy almost had a sickle. Before landing on the iconic man who needs a trim, director Wes Craven thought about giving McDonald's overcooked twin a sickle, because subtlety is for cowards. CRACKED.COM

Mars Attacks

Mars Attacks is secretly Christmas-themed. PROP DAY The skeletons are bright green or bright red because the movie was scheduled to be released for Christmas. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Reservoir Dogs

Mr. Blue in Reservoir Dogs was played by an actual felon. The actor, Edward Bunker, went to prison for robbing banks, forging checks, assault etc. Не also wrote novels and screenplays, and eventually became an actor. CRACKED.COM

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