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A director's cut of behind-the-scenes lore.

25 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 30, 2025

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Hollywood, man. It's a jungle filled with vicious, greedy beasts. Whether you're an actor, director, or cinematographer, if you've probably got a few gripes with the world behind the silver screen. Worst of all are those evil studios who will only fund and distribute your movie if you agree to shackle yourself to their terms and conditions. Luckily, that's how the concept of a director's cut came to be; maybe you did have to sacrifice your artistic vision to get your movie in theaters, but somewhere out there, someone cared enough to release the version that’s twice as long!

If you're the type to seek out your favorite movie's director's cut and deleted scenes, you'll love these fascinating film facts that are basically the scrollable equivalent of a two-disc collector's DVD.

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Steven Spielberg

Shrek was almost a Spielberg movie. Before it became one of the most irreverent fantasy comedies, it was almost turned into a golden film for all ages by none other than Steven Spielberg - who bought the rights to the book, and first brought it to Dreamworks. Не ended up as executive producer. — Source: WikiShrek, Screen Rant

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David Lynch's Oscar Campaign

David Lynch's 2006 Oscar campaign involved sitting by the road with a COW. LAU'RA DER He was convinced Laura Dern should be nominated for an Oscar for her role in his movie Inland Empire -. and he sat at a roadside corner in Hollywood, next to a cow and a big — Source: The Independent

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David Lynch

25 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 30, 2025 — I don't think he made it; I think he found it…

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Raw

Horror movies on streaming NETFLIX Raw Due to the film's graphic nature, at least one movie theater in Los Angeles offered movie goers custom-made barf bags. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Napoleon Dynamite

BEHIND-THE-SGENESFACTS but Napoleon started as the student film PELUCA CRACKED.COM Jared Hess wrote and directed the 9-minute short as a class assignment at BYU film school, with the quirky lead a combination of me and my brothers' most dorky moments growing up. In this version, Napoleon's name is Seth. Check it out on YouTube! — Source

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Walk Hard

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS THERE WAS A TON OF WORK PUT INTO SET DESIGN. WALK HARD Director Jake Kasdan says that compared to a regular comedy, the movie put much more effort into designing very detailed and authentic sets. Seven hotel rooms and three music studios for different time periods were built for the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Notebook

GOSLING MCADAMS THE NOTEBOOK CRACKED.COM HOW BAD DID IT GET? GOSLING APPROACHED DIRECTOR NICK CASSEVETES IN FRONT OF 150 PEOPLE DURING A SCENE WITH MCADAMS. WOULD YOU TAKE HER OUT OF HERE AND BRING IN ANOTHER ACTRESS TO READ OFF CAMERA WITH ME? — Proof that love and hatred are closely linked; these two definitely have intense chemistry in the movie!

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The unscareable Carrie Henn

Aliens (1986) James Cameron tried to scare Newt actress Carrie Henn on set, but couldn't. Henn said that she always knew when it was a fake effect or a rubber chicken or whatever he tried to use to give her a fright, but it was only when she actually saw the movie that she legitimately felt scared. CRACKED.COM — Source: 20 Behind-The-Scenes Facts About Filming 'Aliens'

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Flash Gordon

THOR BTS FACTS AND EASTER EGGS THOR: RAGNAROK THE MOVIE WAS PARTLY INSPIRED BY FLASH GORDON. With the bright colors and synthy-rock soundtrack, it's not too big of a surprise that director Taika Waititi used the 1980 cult sci-fi film as a blueprint. CRACKED.COM — Source: Syfy Wire

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Twilight

CRACKED.COM Behind the scenes Twilight Bella meeting Jacob's wolf counterpart was an important development in their relationship, but behind the scenes it was a man in gray being pet by a lesbian. — Source: YouTube

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Wes Anderson's friend

The Royal Tenenbaums The Tenenbaum name comes from the director's college friend. Brian Tenenbaum, Wes Anderson's buddy, also appears as a paramedic at the end of the film. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues wasn't inspired by any kind of real experience. Recorded LiveAl To! OUT Pr ISON 4-44513 JOHNNY CASH FOLSOM PRISON BLUES - W THE FOLK SINGER Cash got the idea from the Hollywood movie Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison. CRACKED.COM — TPR

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THX II38

Escape scenes in George Lucas's first feature film THX 1138 (1971) bai were shot in the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) San Francisco/ Oakland transbay tunnel while it was under construction. CRACKED.COM — Source: 26 Movie And TV Locations True Stories IRL

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The Shining

THE SHiNiNG DANNY LLOYD HAD NO IDEA HE WAS IN A HORROR MOVIE. Kubrick decided not to tell the five-year- old what the movie was about. Lloyd thought the film was just about a family. CRACKED.COM — This is pretty common with child actors on sets of movies with heavy themes!

Source: 16 Bone-Chilling Behind-The-Scenes Facts About 'The Shining'

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Mila Kunis on Forgetting Sarah Marshall

MARSHALL SARAH Mila Kunis learned HOW TO SURF while FORGETTING FILMING IN HAWAIL. I The actress had a lot of days off in SCENES between filming, SO she could U really hang out and do whatever. Tough gig. BEA CRACKED.COM — Girl

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South Park

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS IMAGINATIONLAND WAS ALMOST A MOVIE. SOUTH PARK Before being broken up into three episodes, Imaginationland was conceived as the second South Park feature film. CRACKED.COM — Den Of Geek

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The Dark and the Wicked

THE SHEEP AND GOATS GOT A BIT TOO COMFORTABLE ON THE SET OF THE DARK AND THE WICKED. The 2020 horror was shot on director Bryan Bertino's dad's farm in Texas, and the actors had about two days to familiarize themselves with their surroundings. Actress Marin Ireland said the animals got so comfortable with them that, at one point when she had to lay down on the ground, they just started walking all over her, trampling her head and becoming quite dangerous. CRACKED.COM — Source: Entertainment Weekly

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Roger Ebert on Hocus Pocus

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Roger Ebert gave the film one star. Critics hated the movie. Ebert said, Of the film's many problems, the greatest may be that all three witches are thoroughly unpleasant. They don't have personalities; they have behavior patterns and decibel levels. — Source: Roger Ebert

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Hocus Pocus

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS Leonardo DiCaprio was offered the role of Max He auditioned and director Kenny Ortega loved him, but DiCaprio was too busy shooting What's Eating Gil- bert Grape to take the part. — He was too busy doing on the greatest performances of all time, huh?

Source: ET

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A Goofy Movie

BEHIND-THE-SCENESFACTS SSENES Max's worst fear is right out of a HORROR MOVIE CRACKED.COM The movie begins with every adolescent's worst nightmare: Becoming their parent. Max's transformation into Goofy is director Kevin Lima's homage to American Werewolf in London. — Becoming my mother is also my worst fear.

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

Indy's pilot in Raiders of the Lost Ark was a real-life pilot. He was hired to fly the filmmakers around while they were shooting in Hawaii and to scout out possible new shooting locations, and eventually they asked him if he wanted to be in the movie. — Talk about right place and right time…

Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal

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The Great Train Robbery

The final shot is a tribute to an old -timey movie. Tommy DeVito shooting at the camera is a shout-out to 1903's The Great Train Robbery- an acknowledgement that Goodfellas comes from a long tradition of outlaw movies. — Source: Screen Rant

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Gina Prince-Bythewood

LOVE & BASKETBALL Gina rince-Bythewood was much harder on the mother character in the original draft. The movie is semi-autobiographical and the writer-director says it made her work through her relationship with her mom. My dad was my biggest cheerleader. My mom would come to games occasionally, but she would — Source

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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

MARSHALL SARAH The film grossed FORGETTING $105 million worldwide SCENES on a THE $30 million budget. BEHIND — The Hollywood Reporter

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Ridley Scott

25 Movie Trivia Nuggets from Pop Culture History for Sunday, November 30, 2025 — Source: IMDB

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