32 Movie Trivia Ingots That Can't Wait To Be Weighed Against The Whole Of Pop Culture History

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32 Movie Trivia Ingots That Can't Wait To Be Weighed Against The Whole Of Pop Culture History
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Have you ever watched a sporting event and wondered how you'd stack up against the greats? You've never once played the sport, but what if you're a natural? Sadly, it's highly unlikely, but unlike you, these movie facts found some serious success amongst the best in the biz.

Not to rub it in or anything. Maybe get a basketball hoop in your driveway and practice those free throws. After reading these, of course.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Classic Hollywood Movies Original vs. Remake RECEIVING 1956 Invasion of the Body Snatchers Don Siegel's anti-communist metaphor is classic sci-fi noir, with many remakes. The worst one is The Invasion, with Nicole Kidman. The best? That'd be the 1978 one, which adds always reliable '70s paranoia, closely followed by Abel Ferrara's 1993 version. 1993 2007 1978 CRACKED.COM

Dumb and Dumber

That was Jim Carrey's real chipped tooth in Dumb and Dumber. 27% It got chipped in grade school, and he had a cap put on it t - - he just took it off for the movie. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The First Gunfight Scenes

IN THE EARLY DAYS OF CINEMA, REAL BULLETS WERE FIRED AT ACTORS. Before blanks, squibs, and special effects were invented, directors would hire sharpshooters to shoot over actors' heads during gunfight scenes. CRACKED.COM

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Daniel Radcliffe

Daniel Radcliffe was allergic to his 'Harry Potter' glasses at first. CRACKED.COM It took a week for Daniel and the film crew to realize the ring of spots coming up around his eyes were due to his nickel sensitivi- ty. Не was then given a pair made from hypoaller- genic materials.

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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

CHRIS EVANS' ENTIRE STUNT TEAM IN SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE-WORLD. When Scott is fighting Lucas Lee's stunt team, he's fighting all the stuntmen who doubles for Chris Evans. SAID DIRECTOR EDGAR WRIGHT: They are his stunt guys. And the joke is that, as they fan out, they look less and less like Chris Evans. So the main one looks very much like Chris Evans, two and three are pretty good, five, six and seven, not so good. CRACKED.COM

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The Princess Bride

Elwes and Patinkin learned each other's sword fight choreography This was done at the suggestion of the sword fight expert who said that it would prevent accidents.

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Pulp Fiction

YOU REMEMBER MARVIN GETTING SHOT IN THE FACE IN PULP FICTION, RIGHT? ORIGINALLY... IT WAS A SHOT TO THE THROAT. According to Phil LaMarr, who played M

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

TOBEY MAGUIRE WAS HITCHHIKING IN BAT COUNTRY. A few years before slinging webs and crawling on walls, he was picked up by Johnny Depp and Benicio del

Christopher Reeves

TWO DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT THAT PARALYZED CHRISTOPHER REEVE, HBO AIRED A MOVIE STARRING REEVE IN A WHEELCHAIR. The movie was called Above Suspicion, and it was released on May 25, 1995. Reeves' horseback riding accident was on May 27, 1995. CRACKED.COM http://www.chrisreevehomepage.com/n-1995.html

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Friday the 13th

Jason Voorhees got his look thanks to a film crew member's fandom. While filming Friday the 13th Part lll, the crew needed to do a lighting test, whic

David Koechner in Movies and TV

THE LEAST KNOWN OF THE ANCHORMAN ENSEMBLE CAST, DAVID KOECHNER IS SO TALENTED HE PLAYED 5 DIFFERENT RECURRING CHARACTERS IN HIS SINGLE SEASON OF SNL.

Beauty and the Beast

CRACKED COM Alan Menken created the music to Be Our Guest as a low-effort dummy for Howard Ashman to write the lyrics while he composed something better. Then he found he couldn't improve on how well the simple tune worked.

Mortal Kombat

The first-ever EDM record to go platinum was the Mortal Kombat soundtrack. 27% The filmmakers absolutely insisted on EDM, and got booted from two record companies for it -- but it paid off. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

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