29 Random Bits of Movie Trivia Rasped to Us in a Quavering Moan by the Anthropomorphic Trees in Our Haunted Wood

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29 Random Bits of Movie Trivia Rasped to Us in a Quavering Moan by the Anthropomorphic Trees in Our Haunted Wood
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We never know where good movie facts are gonna come from. We’ll be toiling away at our desks or out in the field and a good one will just pop into our heads out of nowhere. Some are a little harder to find, but we have quotas to fill, so track them down we must.

These ones really creeped us out. They’re not particularly creepy facts or anything, but they came to us on a whispering wind in the cold, dark forest. 

What were we doing out there? Well, when a batch is this good, we’d go pretty much anywhere to find them.

Romeo + Juliet

Producers realized 13 was too young to let Natalie Portman kiss Leo DiCaprio. ROMEO +- JULIET WILLTA SHAEESOTART'S ROMEOTJULIET CRACKEDCO The most mes

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

In the novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Chief Bromden is a legitimate danger to society. He believes that society is controlled by an inhuman

The Lord of the Rings

Peter Jackson fought with the studio over the budget of The Lord of the Rings. One time, he refused to even take a call from the studio when they threatened to sue him, saying he won't interrupt his day with a phone call like that. CRACKED.COM

Goodfellas

A lot of the extras were actual gangsters. GoodFellas Behind the Scenes It was hard to put the real-life wiseguys on the payroll, though- they didn't exactly have Social Security numbers, so they just made them up on the spot when asked. CRACKED.COM

The Conversation

Here's 2 Coke The Conversation Francis Ford Coppola wanted to do the movie before The Godfather. Coppola's company American Zoetrope was on financial thin ice, so he did The Godfather for the paycheck. It paid off and due to The Godfather's success, Paramount bankrolled of The Conversation. CRACKED.COM

Plan 9 from Outer Space

Plan 9 From Outer Space was actually financed by a Baptist church. The legendarily schlocky 50s sci-fi movie was an attempt by the Baptist Church of Beverly Hills to make money to fund religious movies. It failed. CRACKED.COM

Super Mario Bros.

Tom Hanks almost starred in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie. The live action Super Mario movie was an unmitigated disaster, but it could have been way different. Tom Hanks was cast in the lead role, but coming off of a string of box office bombs, the role of Mario went instead to Bob Hoskins. Arnold Schwarzenegger was looked at for the corporate lizard-person Bowser, but he turned it down. CRACKED.COM

The Natural

29 Random Bits of Movie Trivia Rasped to Us in a Quavering Moan by the Anthropomorphic Trees in Our Haunted Wood

A Clockwork Orange

A Clockwork Orange A CLOCKWORK ORAnGE ANTHONY BURGESS - grast - - Thes - CRACKED.COM Author Anthony Burgess thinks Stanley Kubrick's fundamental misunderstanding of the story ruined his creative integrity. Не said Kubrick's sexy, violent interpretation will pursue me till I die.

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Iron Man

Things that mysteriously disappeared The original Iron Man suit Iron Man's 2008 red-and-gold costume was announced to have been stolen in 2018. Valued around $325,000, the suit was being kept in a prop storage warehouse in Los Angeles. We kinda want to high-five the culprits, but also, dick move, guys. CRACKED.COM

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Looper

Helena Bonham Carter

Fight CIUb director David Fincher originally wanted Janeane Garofalo to play Marla Singer, but she turned him down because she was uncomfortable with

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