31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Really Wanted to Share With Those Two Old Film Nerds

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31 Random Bits of Movie Trivia We Really Wanted to Share With Those Two Old Film Nerds
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We’re not usually the cocky type, but with a batch of movie facts like these, how can you not be? It’s a little like filmmakers watching the final cut of their movie and thinking they might snag an Oscar for it.

Much like comedy movies, there sadly isn’t an Oscar for lists of movie facts. But once you see this bad boy, you’ll wonder how the Academy can exclude something so important.

The Rage: Carrie 2

Failed Sequels The Rage: Carrie 2 Just another teen-filled horror flick. In 1976, a blood-soaked teen drama was groundbreaking, but by 1999, we'd seen it all. Critics called it a tired, boring rehash with less horror and more annoying teen angst. CRACKED

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

SPECIMEN EASTER EGGSTRA! INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE Miles and the number 42. The number keeps popping up wherever Miles goes. BENDIS BRIAN MICHAEL SAID THATIT'S BOTH TO A REFERENCE GUIDE THE HITCHHIKER'S 42 GALAXY... TO THE ...and the jersey number of baseball player Jackie Robinson. CRACKED COM

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Oldboy

METHOD MADNESS OLDBOY CHOI MIN-SIK His character Dae- su spends 15 years in prison, so he branded himself once for each year. Не also ate an entire living octopus in a single take, then said, I felt sorry for the octopus. CRACKED

Snow White

DISNEY PAID SNOW WHITE'S VOICE ACTRESS ONLY $970. erso Sou NSue 2Whutc DC1114 THE FILM MADE MILLIONS. The film didn't credit Adriana Caselotti, and sh

Kingsman

In Kingsman, Merlin runs out of his freeze spray that disables land mines. Unable to step off safely, he lures in some baddies with song, then blows them up with him. Не could have just chilled on the mine till the mission ended and backup arrived with more spray. Не was perfectly camouflaged. And killing the baddies did nothing-Eggsy faced scores more after this and beat them all easily. CRACKED.COM

Knives Out

Daniel Craig's detective in Knives Out gives a nod to the 1972 film Sleuth. Craig, who plays the private eye Benoit Blanc, is first introduced in the film after having solved a case involving a tennis player. In the opening of Sleuth, the crime fiction writer dictates his novel, and he describes the killer pacing the lines of a tennis court before getting rid of a body. CRACKED.COM

Forbidden Planet

Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet sold for over $5 million Robby made history, becoming the most expensive movie prop ever sold at auction. CRACKED.COM

Joe Russo

JOE RUSSO IS IN SEVERAL OF HIS MCU MOVIES. CRACKED.COM Russo played a doctor in The Winter Soldier, a corpse in Civil War, and one of the survivors attending Captain America's meeting group in Endgame.

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The Amityville Horror

BTS STORIES FROM HORROR MOVIES 2005 THE AMITYVILLE HORROR Before production for this remake began, a dead body washed up on set. During filming, Ryan Reynolds and the rest of the team would wake up at 3:15am, the same time around which Ronald DeFeo Jr. killed his family in the events that inspired the franchise. CRACKED.COM

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King Kong

King Kong was inspired by a movie about komodo dragons. A 1926 expedition left the U.S. to capture komodo dragons, and they did- they filmed the whole thing, too. The movie was a big hit at the time (as were the dragons), and Merian Cooper lifted parts of the story for King Kong. CRACKED.COM

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James Cameron

Aliens (1986) James Cameron did the 'voice of the Alien Queen. Cameron- who loves to be involved in every aspect of filmmaking- recorded most of the sounds in the movie in his living room at home. The breathing, hissing, and shrieking of the queen was all him.

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Kill Bill

The Bride's fightin' clothes are a tribute to BRUCE LEE KILL BILL GRACKED COM The Bride's yellow jumpsuit is a salute to Bruce Lee's outfit in Game of Death. Another nod to Bruce in Once Upon A TimE in Hollywood wasn't as well received by fans.

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George Clooney

George Clooney lied to the exact wrong person. CRACKED COM At an audition, he claimed to have been in Cat People. The casting director at that auditio

A Confederacy of Dunces

Many attempts have been made to A CONFEDERACY OF DUNCES by John Kennedy Toole, who killed himself at 31 to the big screen. The lead role was offered t

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