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Like a loving parent before you head out the door on a Friday night, we just wanna slip a few facts in your pocket and remind you to have a good time. Sure, we’re never gonna stop worrying about you, but we trust that you’ll make the right decisions when it comes to spouting random movie facts at the party.

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Pacific Rim

The four-story jaeger cockpits in Pacific Rim are physical sets, not CGI. CRACKED.COM

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Elf

CRACKED.COM Macy's refused to let Elf say that their santa wasn't real. The department store was happy to let the filmmakers shoot at their premises-but they drew the line at the movie saying that their Santa Claus was just a guy in a costume. That scene had to be shot somewhere else, and the film couldn't use the name Macy's. — Source

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Cate Blanchett

HOT FUZZ Cate Blanchett CRACKED.COM Edgar Wright thought it would be funny to get an Oscar winner in there but not see her face. And it was!

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What About Bob?

BILL MURRAY TOOK TO BEING HIS ANNOYING CHARACTER IN WHAT ABOUT BOB? A LITTLE TOO WELL. CRACKED.COM Murray went method with his character Bob Wiley in the film, seeking out ways to anger co-star Richard Dreyfuss, in- cluding yelling that everyone hated him and merely tolerated his presence. Не also playfully shoved producer Laura Ziskin into a lake. — Source

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John Wick: Chapter 3

IMMEDIATE SEQUELS JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3-PARABELLUM Parabellum might as well begin with a Previously on John Wick recap. At the end of Chapter 2, Wick has been excommunicated by the assassins society thingie. When Parabellum begins, it is now nighttime and Wick is indeed escaping from pretty much the whole city chasing him. Awesome fight scenes ensue. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Weasleys

CRACKED.COM THE REASON WHY THE WEASLEYS ALWAYS GET SORTED TO GRYFFINDOR HOUSE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF GODRIC GRYFFINDOR HIMSELF.

25

The Lorax

Danny DeVito dubbed the Lorax's voice in five languages he didn't speak. They were German, Russian, Italian, and Catalan and Castilian Spanish. The movie was a piece of cake compared to the Russian dub, he said. CRACKED.COM — Source

24

Pulp Fiction

GRACKED THE DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE AND PULP FICTION CONNECTION. In Pulp Fiction, Bruce Willis sings Flowers on the Wall over the soundtrack. Then, when he's asked how he's been in Die Hard with a Vengeance, he responds with the lyrics from the song, smoking cigarettes and watching Captain Kangaroo. — Reddit

23

Rick Moranis

CRACKED THE BREAKFAST CLUB RICK MORANIS Rick Moranis was let go from his part as Carl the Janitor in The Breakfast Club because, for some reason, he gave the character a really heavy Russian accent, which a producer thought would take away from the serious atmosphere. — Cinemablend / Too Fab

22

Rocky

MOVIES SAVED BY RESHOOTS ROCKY KADNYSYJ ! MEXICO ROCKY ORIGINALLY GAVE UP! Test audiences hated the original, much darker plot, and the fact that Rocky gave up in the fight with Apollo Creed. The now iconic ending where Rocky goes the distance is a reshoot! CRACKED — MGM
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The Basketball Diaries

SPALD The Basketball Diaries Leonardo DiCaprio refused to work with Mark Wahlberg. Leonardo said, 'No way, I'm not making a movie with Marky Mark,''' remarked Wahlberg. Ultimately, the two buried the hatchet and made it work. CRACKED.COM — Mental Floss

20

Jabberjaw

Sharks Movies & TV Jabberjaw Не was one of the few referees in the Laff-A-Lympics. While the majority of the Hanna-Barbera characters were on the Yogi Yahooeys, Scooby Doobies, or the Really Rottens, the Curly Howard-sounding shark was calling the action down the middle. CRACKED.COM — Source: Hanna-Barbera Wiki

19

The Thing

'80S HORROR CLASSICS THE THING THE FX BUDGET BALLOONED. The movie kept growing more and more ambitious during production (with the idea introduced of the monster being able to take different forms, and other stuff), so Universal ended up raising the FX budget from $200,000 to a bonkers $1.5 million. CRACKED.COM — Source: Screen Rant

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Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke spent some time in a Russian prison for Iron Man 2. Without telling anyone, Rourke took a plane to бло Moscow and paid a erroll prison an extended visit, the better to play ex-con Ivan Vanko. Не also put a me lot of effort into learning the language. In the end, Marvel Studios cut most of his performance, which Rourke was furious about. CRACKED.COM — Source: 18 Random Facts For Your General Edification

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Superman II

kevin smith His dad made him love movies. For a month, his dad pulled him out of school every Wednesday to see movies like For Your Eyes Only and Superman II, which he credits with his love of films. CRACKED.COM — Source: Silent Bob Speaks

16

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY Sam Rockwell says his Zaphod Beeblebrox is a combination of Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley and a little Brad Pitt. CRACKED.COM — Characters Based On Celebs, Really

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Most Expensive Movie Ever Made

The most expensive movie ever made cost $378.5 million The record goes to Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. It made over $1 billion at the box office, so not a bad investment. CRACKED.COM — Source: Forbes

14

Last Night in Soho

There's no green-screen involved in the mirror scene in Last Night in Soho. Director Edgar Wright said, What's being shot is really there. The sequences with the mirror stuff is not green screen. There are tricks like double sets, mirrors that would slide back within the camera. CRACKED COM — Source

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Dumb & Dumber

The most annoying sound line from Dumb & Dumber was ad-libbed. It was one of the very few off-script moments in the movie - Jim Carrey just did it spontaneously, and Jeff Daniels followed. CRACKED.COM — Source

12

Star Wars

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Michael Bay

Michael Bay ARMAGEDDON CRACKED.COM A kinda short, -haired hippie type, surrounded by people who look like, ya know, actual scientists? The dude just does not look the part, and distracts the audience from a pivotal moment in the... .pplot. — Source: 14 Unforgivably Gratuitous TV And Movie Cameos

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The SpongeBob Movie

Scarlett Johansson voiced Princess Mindy, the daughter of King Neptune, in The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: 37 Celebs Who Secretly Voiced Animated Characters

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The Turning

One of Gillian Anderson's first roles was a thriller with white supremacists. TURNING the In The Turning, she was the girlfriend of a guy who stays with white supremacists. On the video cover, she's unbuttoning her blouse. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

8

Captain America

Captain America: The First Avenger takes clues from Raiders of the Lost Ark. According to director Joe Johnston (who worked on Raiders), he took Steven Spielberg's classic as a template for his Marvel movie. You can see this in nods such as Red Skull's comment that the Fuhrer digs for trinkets in the desert. — More: The Indiana Jones-Captain America Crossover Nobody Noticed

7

Fantastic Four

Screenwriter Jeremy Slater apologized (kinda) for the trainwreck 2015 Fantastic Four movie. !pop comic In a tweet, he said And when I finally got my foot in the door, I only had three dream projects on my bucket list. One was Marvel (umm.... sorry about that one, guys), one was star Wars, and the third, of course, was Stephen King. CRACKED.COM — Source: CinemaBlend

6

Okja

EASTER EGGSTRA okja There's a detail in the film that hints at Bong's true intention with the movie. Many have mused whether Bong was trying to turn everyone vegan with his movie about slaughterhouses, but that's not the case. Converting the audience to veganism wasn't my goal. If you notice — Vice

5

Freddy vs. Jason

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Toy Story 2

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Black Swan

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Spider-Man 2

A PROFESSOR SPIDER- OCTOPUS WAS SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED. G R Before Sam Raimi took over, Spider-Man went through a lot of hands, including James Cameron' — From 7 Terrible Early Versions of Great Movies.

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Doctor Strange

In Doctor Strange, the Ancient One was whitewashed so China wouldn't be offended. Marvel was afraid of getting cut off from the lucrative Chinese market if they kept The Ancient One's Tibetan ethnicity, so they rewrote the character as a Celtic woman.

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