35 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Wednesday, December 24

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35 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Wednesday, December 24
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When you have thousands of movie facts flying around the room, you need to help domesticate them somehow! Otherwise, it’s just pure chaos. It took a while to snatch these out of the sky, but with time and some serious patience, we finally got them to sit on our shoulders and squawk little movie tidbits at us. 

Sadly, the higher-ups didn’t give this list audio capabilities, so we had to type their squawkings out here. We did type them onto some fun images though, so we hope that’s a neat consolation. Next time, though. Next time you’ll hear them for sure! We swear.

Endgame

Thanos creator Jim Starlin hated a Thanos homage in Avengers: Endgame. Thanos' weapon is shaped like a helicopter blade, which is a nod to the dinky Thanos helicopter that showed up in a kids' comic. Starlin tried to forget about that helicopter, so he says he'll never forgive that homage. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

The Goonies

CRACKED WHAT OCTOPUS? THE GOONIES While describing their adventure to a reporter, Data says the scariest part was the octopus. The octopus scene didn't make the final cut, so fans wondered what he meant. A 90's Disney Channel cut reinserted it, so it made sense for some viewers.

Stardust

STARDUST was a fine book, but the ending was more than a bit of a downer. The book ends bleakly, with Tristran dying and Yvaine returning to the sky alone. The movie has a much more heartwarming ending, seeing the couple ascend into the sky to live as stars forever. CRACKED COM

The Mask

In the comic book version of The Mask, Stanley Ipkiss is a sadistic murderer. CAN NOW. YOU JWMY, SPELL DEADMEATU2 Ahn, SHUT UP,YOU'LL THE WORRY KiD. For example, he visits an elementary school teacher who embarrassed him as a kid and stomps her face in, in front of her students. CRACKED.COM

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is superior to the book it's based on, Oil! OIL! DANIEL DAY-LEWES UPTON SINCLAIR There Mill Be Blood simply because it spares us an audience surrogate character who condescendingly explains all the symbolism. CRACKED.COM

The Golden Compass

Cartoon Bears IOREK BYRNISON WAS DESIGNED TWICE BY THE SAME VFX STUDIO. The armored talking bear from 2019's His Dark Materials was animated to life by Framestore, the same studio that designed and animated him for 2007's The Golden Compass. CRACKED.COM

Toy Story 3

CRACKED.COM Cartoon Bears LOTS-O'-HUGGIN' BEAR GOT DISNEY INTO A LAWSUIT. The Toy Story 3 antagonist drew the ire of Diece- Lisa Industries, a company that owns a trademark to Lots of Hugs and licenses it for stuffed bears. They're still technically in litigation.

Brother Bear

CRACKED COM Cartoon Bears BROTHER BEAR KEPT A FLUB. Kenai misremembers his friend Bucky' name as Binky, and Koda corrects him. Joaquin Phoenix actually messed up his line, and Jeremy Suarez corrected him in character. They kept the mistake in the movie, as it helped establish the bears' relationship.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

CRACKED.COM Amazing effects made without CGI Who Framed Roger Rabbit Roger Rabbit did the opposite of the Chip 'n Dale movie -hand-drawn animation was made to look 3D. The animation was passed through several layers of highlighting and shading to give it its lifelike feel.

Skyfall

35 Trivia Nuggets From Pop Culture History About Movies For Wednesday, December 24

LOTR

The Lord of the Rings trilogy mixed hobbits, dwarves, and humans. With forced perspective. Making normal-sized actors look vastly different in size wasn't just a matter of swapping out children for the long shots. Filmmakers built special rigs that separated the actors so that small characters would look tiny compared to human-sized ones. CRACKED.COM https://youtu.be/V3ZiHEQimwE

Escape From New York

Escape From New York showed a wireframe view of the city. NOSE VIEW And it was done with tape and a black light. The filmmakers wanted to create a high-tech computer readout but didn't have the budget. So they grabbed the model they'd been using for high angle shots and striped it with green tape. When they hit it with a black light, it glowed. CRACKED.COM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Escape_From_New_York_Wireframe.jpg

The Rains Came

Historical Firsts in Practical Effects The first Academy Award.. 1939 for Best Special Effects. The Rains Came won the first-ever special effects Oscar. Of its $2.5 million budget, $500k was used for flood and earthquake scenes. The effects took almost 50 days, requiring 350 laborers, 14 cameras, and 33 million gallons of water. CRACKED

The Force Awakens

In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it took the special effects crew months to create the bread rising effect, in Rey' S bowl. Special effects supervisor Chris Corbould told MTV News; You wouldn't believe how long it took to actually perfect that one, that little tiny gag in the film. In the end they used a suction pump that sucked out the liquid, as an air pump inflated the bread from underneath. 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

Friday the 13th Part VI

CRACKED COM The RV crash scene in Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives was a way to screw over the producer. Producer Don Behrns would get a chunk of any of the budget that the movie didn't spend, and could take home on-set equipment. So he drove director Tom McLoughlin nuts by almost never letting him spend cash. Behrns had his eye on a $5,000 swamp cooler on set, and McLoughlin made sure to stick that cooler on top of the RV when he filmed the crash scene.

Gladiator

Hollywood feuds RUSSELL CROWE VS A GLADIATOR PRODUCER While filming Gladiator, Crowe allegedly threatened seasoned producer Branko Lustig, and said that he would kill him with his bare hands, because he was annoying the hell out of him. CRACKED

Face/Off

CRACKED.COM FACE/OFF IT WAS PRODUCED BY MICHAEL DOUGLAS. The actor is also a prolific producer, having worked behind the cameras in such films as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Flatliners, and The Rainmaker.

The Transporter

June on prime video June 1 The Transporter The movie was born from writer/producer Luc Besson and producer Steve Chasman discussing how talented Jason Statham was. The story just grew from there. CRACKED.COM

X-Men

Kevin Feige was hired on to the first X-Men film as an assistant. Feige was eventually given an associate producer credit when another producer dis- covered he was a walking encyclopedia of Marvel. CRACKED NOW YOU KNOW

Moonlight

Moonlight The three lead actors never met. The three actors who play the protagonist at different stages of his life never met each other in the 25 days of shooting. CRACKED.COM

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST THE ACTORS LIVED IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DURING SHOOTING. All of the actors who played patients actually stayed in the sleep quarters at the Oregon State Hospital, to get a sense of what it was like to be hospitalized. CRACKED.COM

Us

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS JORDAN PEELE WOULD STAND-IN FOR THE ACTORS. Us Due to the actors playing two roles in the film, Peele would often play their doppelgängers on set so the actors would have an easier time reacting in scenes. CRACKED.COM

The Ring

BEHIND-THE-SCENES FACTS The shadows under all the actors in The Ring were removed. CRACKED.COM In order to give the viewer an unsettling feeling from the movie, cinematographer Bojan Bazelli used very deliberate lighting to remove shadows under the actors and have them look like they're floating in space.

Flirting

Thandiwe Newton's first name was misspelled as Thandie in the credits of her 1991 first movie, Flirting. GRAGKED.COM In April 2021, after three decades, the actress reclaimed her original first name.

Goldfinger

Hollywood Rumors and Myths Did an actress die for real in Goldfinger? When Jill Masterson tries to double cross Goldfinger, he paints her gold, killing her via skin asphyxiation. Many people somehow believed that actress Shirley Eaton actually died in real life, because of how realistic the scene looks. CRACKED

Lillian Gish

The first film actress: CRACKED.COM Known to act so hard she'd collapse, Lillian Gish was the first actress hired specifically for film. She method-acted so hard, she gave herself permanent nerve damage and almost starved to death on film.

Spider-Man

Spider-Man Movie Villains Sam Raimi's Trilogy Fans thought Bruce Campbell was Mysterio. Some fans believed that Campbell was playing the same person, illusionist villain Quentin Beck, in each of his cameos throughout the trilogy. Campbell debunked the rumors in 2019. NC QUIET PLEASE WHILE CRACKED.COM

Pitch Perfect

THE MOVIE IS BASED ON A NON-FICTION BOOK. Journalist and former senior editor at GQ Magazine Mickey Rapkin researched competitive collegiate a cappella, and the result was the 2008 book Pitch Perfect: The Quest for Collegiate a Cappella Glory. PITCH PERFECT CRACKED.COM

The Dark Knight

Same series, almost a different role THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY HEATH LEDGER as Batman Before Christian Bale took the role, Ledger was up for the Dark Knight, but turned it down. CRACKED.COM

Back to the Future

EASTER EGGSTRA REFERENCES AND MEANINGS BACK A REFERENCE TO THE TO FUTURE A GALE/ZEMECKIS MOVIE HE ASSURT KOWN - RICE ELMO - HTO - USED CARS ISTREE - - UNIVERSITY When Marty rides to school holding onto the back of a Jeep, he skates past a sign that says Used Cars. It's a referènce to the 1980 movie with the same title. CRACKED.COM

Fistful of Dollars

Clint Eastwood squints because his eyes are sensitive to light. Shooting in bright light for the Fistful of Dollars trilogy only highlighted the effect. At the time he wasn't even thinking about how it would look on camera. CRACKED.COM

Chris Hemsworth

HAMMER CHRIS HEMSWORTH CRACKED.COM Nope, it's not a Thor reference. I was actually called Hammer back in the day by one of the Home And Away directors, says Hemsworth. It was a nod to MC Hammer. There was a bit of , neither of any great talent.

Back to the Future

Doc Brown might have funded his experiments with insurance fraud. Back to the Future co-writer Bob Gale says that he might have set his house on fire for the insurance money he needed for his work. Gale didn't confirm it outright, but said that everyone is full of contradictions, and that Doc Brown is shown doing unethical things in the movie, anyway. NOW YOU KNOW CRACKED.COM

Blade Runner

Daryl Hannah shattered her elbow. BLADE RUNNER When Pris mets Sebastian for the first time, Hannah slips and fals into a van, breaking a window and her own elbow. In eight places.

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