27 Rival Bits of Movie Trivia Engaged in a High-Stakes Game of Dodgeball in Our Brains

If you can dodge a fact, you can dodge a ball!
27 Rival Bits of Movie Trivia Engaged in a High-Stakes Game of Dodgeball in Our Brains
Add Cracked to Google

This training montage is gonna have to be quick because there’s a movie fact-wielding group of ruffians on their way right now! They think they’re so big and tough and full of movie knowledge, but you know what? They’re no match for our movie tidbit expertise! 

Hopefully this little pep talk got you movie-loving nerds ready for battle! You’ve got the knowledge, but do you have the gumption?

Alien3

Alien3 (1992) The Runner Xenomorph was both man and puppet. The Dog Alien was brought to life combining a man in a suit (Tom Woodruff Jr.) and a rod puppet filmed with a bluescreen. CRACKED.COM

Psycho

CRACKED.COM The first American film to show a toilet flushing on screen was Psycho.

The Theory of Everything

In The Theory of Everything, the term black hole is repeatedly used --in scenes set in 1963 -- four years too early. - KOH - adidas E P - DE for has les The concept itself had already emerged, but was usually called a singularity until the term black hole was popularized by visionary physicist John А. Wheeler, at a 1967 conference in New York. CRACKED.COM

Jaws

A middle-schooler exonerated a captain after watching Jaws. Hunter Scott set out to investigate the sinking of the USS Indianapolis after hearing Quint's gruesome tale about it in Jaws. Не eventually came to the conclusion that Captain Charles McVay, who had been court-martialed for losing the ship, was actually innocent. His evidence was so overwhelming that he testified before Congress, clearing McVay's name. CRACKED.COM

Dr. Strangelove

Dr. Strangelove was a darkly funny political satire. But it was almost a found-footage film by aliens. An early draft of the script had an opening sequence establishing that the movie was produced by a furry, hydra-headed alien. And the narrator states, The bizarre and often amusing pages which make up this odd story were discovered at the bottom of a deep crevice in the Great Northern Desert by members of our Earth Probe, Nimbus-II. CRACKED.COM http://scifiscripts.com/scripts/strangelove.xt

Napoleon Dynamite

Starring in Napolean Dynamite will only earn you $1,000 Jon Heder initially only made $1000 for the titular role (but obviously made more once it became a box office hit). CRACKED.COM

Event Horizon

Deleted scenes from 1997's Event Horizon were found in a salt mine in Transylvania. CRACKED.COM The scenes were thought to be lost forever, but even after being recovered the director still thought they weren't worthy to be included in the Special Edition.

Prince of Persia

PRINCE OF PERSIA CRACKED.COM In 2010, Disney cast Jake Gyllenhaal as the Prince of Persia, and it didn't initially cause much controversy. Now seen as one of the decade's worst examples of whitewashing, Gyllenhaal has since stated, I learned a lot from that, and am now more thoughtful about the roles I pick.

Harry Potter

Dolores Umbridge is a sadistic Harry Potter character. She's a parody of a real person. The character is based on a real teacher that J.K. Rowling didn't get along with. She says that the teacher's style reminded her of a three-year-old, and that the dislike was mutual. So she immortalized her as one of the most hated characters in her book series. CRACKED.COM http://www.stylist.co.uk/books/j-k-rowling-reveals-the-real-life-inspiration- behind-professor-dolores-umbridge-in-new-harry-potter-story-halloween

Captain America

Chris Evans' arms are so big, they led to problems with the VFX in Captain America. They needed to make his arms slim for the pre-serum scenes where Steve is scrawny, but they were so big that they'd block a lot of his body and the background. Replacing the stuff they were blocking was by far the hardest part of the VFX team's job. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Zootopia

In Zootopia, Kristen Bell voices Priscilla, the female sloth at the DMV. The crew wanted her for the role once they saw the viral Ellen clip about her love of sloths. She accepted their offer of a two-word sloth cameo in two to three minutes. CRACKED.COM

Fast Times at Ridgemont High

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, FAST TIMES I remember I asked about nudity, because I was really nervous about doing it. I had done some, but not a lot, and like, 'Eh, it's not that big a deal. CRACKED.COM

The Last Airbender

Dev Patel says he can't relate to himself on-screen in The Last Airbender at all. It was a big-budget production, and he was totally overwhelmed -- watching it later, he says he saw a stranger on the screen that I couldn't relate to. CRACKED.COM

The Suicide Squad

King Shark from The Suicide Squad was a hammerhead in the comics. NSTROW THE They just made him a great white for the movie because hammerheads' eyes are far apart, which would have made many interactions feel awkward. CRACKED.COM

Transformers

CRACKED.COM Transformers Pearl Harbor Michael Bay used the same footage of the aircraft carrier from Pearl Harbor (2001) in Transformers (2007).

Nicolas Cage

NICOLAS CAGE is extremely popular in CHINA. ¡QIY KIA 20 ...188.com HKS PPS tv ROSUN v.ifeng.com ... OR Oran AMERICA CUTV ent.illong com TME MERA BE DE CNLive now M a DOS GOOSTARS com MobileVid SAMPLE de 56ccaf Let tudou.com JE ARE .... TVB8 tv.sohu.com 3GNP www.CUCTV.COM one - yulesohu.com pipi.cn NON CHAMPIONS YOUR euls PRONO CNR Не even won the Best Global Actor in Motion Pictures. It's one of the highest awards an actor can get in the Huading Awards Show. CRACKED.COM

Soul Man

CRACKED BLACK FACE CAN'T BE YOUR ENTIRE PLOT ANYMORE. SOUL MAN In the 1986 movie, a spoiled white kid pretends to be black to nab a Harvard scholarship exclusive to black students. It does raise awareness of prejudice and racism, but all the blackface made it wildly offensive, even for 1986 standards.

Captain America: The First Avenger

In Captain America: The First Avenger, Chris Evans' body double plays a bartender. Leander Deeny, behind the bar, was Evans' body double for the pre-serum scenes (VFX supervisor Edson Williams called him the unsung hero). CRACKED.COM

Return of the Jedi

STAR WARS EPISODE VI RETURN OF THE JEDI The actor's face can be clearly seen through the eye-holes of this shoddy Ewok mask. CRACKED.COM

Ray Park

RAY PARK IS THAT ONE GUY WHO'S USUALLY DOING MORE FIGHTING THAN TALKING. PARTICULARLY IN HIS ROLE AS THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN'S TORSO. CRACKED.COM

Toy Story 4

THE TOY STORY 4 PRODUCER DEBUNKED THE PIXAR THEORY. Producer Mark Nielsen and director Josh Cooley said on the Blu-ray commentary track that part of the reason for using the antique shop in the movie was to debunk the Pixar Theory that states all Pixar movies happen in a shared universe. The truth is, what leads to a lot of these theories is the fact that we've reused characters and sets from previous movies for efficiency's sake.... Without knowing that, if you're going to look at it, you could read intentionality there that's not really there. That's really what's happened

The Outsiders

The outsiders Tom cruise and Rob Lowe got into a fistfight during a rehearsal. Due to Cruise's overzealous competitiveness, he and Lowe reportedly went at it on set. It all started when Lowe accidentally hit Cruise while rehearsing. Not one to be outdone, Cruise allegedly swung back. CRACKED.COM

Emma Stone

EMMA STONE BROKE BOTH ARMS DOING GYMNASTICS CRACKED.COM Easy A was her first starring role - and she's never seen it. I went to a friends and family screening ... and I had to get up and walk out. Who wants to watch themselves for that long?

Jackass Number Two

COMEDY NERD Jackass best stunts FLYING M RODEOS толо TOTTER The Toro Totter From Jackass Number Two Trust these guys to bring a playground favorite to a bull ring. It's the childhood dream of absolutely no one. Well, except for maybe seeing a bull destroy a teeter-totter. CRACKED.COM

Viola Davis

Viola Davis She was nominated for an Oscar for her role in Doubt. Even thought she only has 8 minutes of screen time in the film. CRACKED.COM

Dogma

Kevin Smith attended a protest for his own movie, Dogma. When an unwitting reporter asked for a comment, Smith said, I don't know, but I've been told, 'not good.''' NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Ratatouille

Ratatouille's Anton Ego has symptoms of iron deficiency anemia. He's very pale, and has huge dark circles around his eyes. Also, he says he doesn't swallow food unless he loves it. That could be a sign of low appetite, another symptom. CRACKED.COM

Tags:

Scroll down for the next article

Must Read

VIRAL ON CRACKED

A WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER OF
JOKES + TRIVIA

Forgot Password?