While filming 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' (2017), Michael Keaton would whisper 'I'm Batman' to Tom Holland during fight scenes. "We have a fight in the movie and I punch him. He turns around and says [in a deep voice], โIโm Batman.โ He kept doing Batman quotes on setโ Holland said. batman-news.com/2017/01/1โฆ
Tomb Raider was initially going to give players the choice of playing either a male or female protagonist. Lara Croft creator, Toby Gard, decided to scrap the male option after realizing having two player characters doubled the amount of work required for the cut-scenes and also preferred Lara. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomโฆ
Paul Rudd has been playing the same prank on Conan O'Brien for nearly 20 years, in which Rudd will pretend to introduce a clip for the movie he's promoting on O'Brien's talk show, but the audience will instead be shown a scene from 1988's 'Mac and Me'. hollywoodreporter.com/newโฆ
In November of 1999, Kevin Smith attended a protest against his own movie: "Dogma." He even made it onto the local news, when the on-the-scene reporter asked him (not knowing it it was him) his thoughts on the movie. He responded: "I don't know, but I've been told, 'not good.'" comicbook.com/movies/newsโฆ
Multiple Star Wars lead actors have struggled with a habit of making their own sound effects for fight scenes to the point where numerous takes needed to re-shot because you could see the actors making lightsaber noises. vanityfair.com/hollywood/โฆ
Moviegoers seeing "13 Ghosts" in 1960 could choose if they wanted to see the ghosts or not. The ghosts were added with a red filter on scenes with a blue filter. People were given viewers with red and blue cellophane, and depending on which one they looked through could "remove" the ghosts. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_โฆ
During the response to a major bridge collapse in Oklahoma in 2002, an ex-con took command of the disaster site by impersonating a US Army Captain. He directed FBI agents, appropriated vehicles and equipment and lead the rescue/recovery effort for two days before fleeing the scene. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-4โฆ
Gates McFadden, best known for playing Dr Beverly Crusher is also a choreographer, and was choreographer on Labyrinth, including the famous ballroom dance scene. youtube.com/watch?v=TdiTgโฆ
Danny Trejo got his first acting job when visiting a patient he was doing substance abuse counseling for on the set of "Runaway Train". He was offered a job as an extra in the film's prison scenes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danโฆ
When Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashed, the first helicopter on scene that evening reported no signs of life so rescuers decided to pause and continue the next morning. Many initial survivors slowly died through the night from shock and exposure, leaving 4 survivors out of 524 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japโฆ
In Billy Madison, Sandler shot the infamous dodgeball scene using a real ball and by throwing it as hard as he could at the kids. They cut the scene after each kid was hit so we wouldnโt see them crying. theplaylist.net/tamra-davโฆ
Bill Murray closed his deal on Meatballs the day before it started shooting and routinely ignored the script. His first day, he improvised his way through a scene where heโs introducing all the counselors-in-training โ he showed up, read the pages and threw them away, saying, โI got this.โ rollingstone.com/movies/mโฆ
When Blazing Saddles was shown on TV, they took out the flatulent symphony in the famous beans scene, leaving a bunch of cowboys standing up and sitting down, like a weird, silent, Western ballet. youtube.com/watch?v=Ks7X6โฆ
Despite how TV shows and movies depict it, New York only has a few alleys. Almost every alley scene is shot at the same location: Cortlandt Alley citylab.com/design/2011/1โฆ
In 1999, an alleged prank from the 1970s made Disney recall 3.4 million copies of the videotape of the animation film the 'rescuers', as the movie showed frames of a topless woman, which were 'hidden' in a scene during postproduction more than 20 years earlier snopes.com/fact-check/theโฆ
Several years after Harriet Tubman escaped to freedom, she returned to rescue her enslaved husband. When she found out he'd remarried another woman and didn't want to leave, she thought about making a scene, decided it wasn't worth it, and then led several other slaves to freedom instead en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harโฆ
James Franco launched a college course entitled "Master Class: Editing James Franco...with James Franco," in which student editors are to compile a 30 minute documentary on Franco, using behind the scenes footage of Franco supplied by Franco, to "create a cinematic image of James Franco." news.avclub.com/james-fraโฆ
The Mafia helped establish the Gay Bar scene in New York. Fat Tony purchased the Stonewall Inn in 1966 and transformed it into a bar and restaurant. He later bribed the New York Police Department around $1,200 a week to ignore 'indecent conduct' occurring behind closed doors. history.com/news/how-the-โฆ
Disney executives rejected Back to the Future in the 1980s because they thought the script was raunchy. They explicitly qualified the scene of Marty and his mum (in the past) sitting inside a car as "incestuous." mentalfloss.com/article/5โฆ
In 2014, actor William Hurt and a film crew shot a scene on a railroad trestle. The production team lied about getting permission to film on the tracks, and a train came mid-scene, giving the cast and crew less than a minute to evacuate. One crew member died and many were injured. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midโฆ
John Williams, the legend film composer (Star Wars, Indiana Jones) had problems with the musical timings in E.T.โs BMX chase scene. Steven Spielberg told him to record the music just as he wanted, he then edited the chase sequence around Willamsโs Oscar winning soundtrack. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.Tโฆ
Koala Bear fingerprints are almost indistinguishable from human fingerprints. A forensic scientist suggested that koala bears were unlikely to be at the scenes of crimes, but police should be aware of the possibility. ripleys.com/weird-news/koโฆ
Natalie Portman had multiple sex scenes with Ashton Kutcher and one with Mila Kunis ( Kutcher's now wife) in separate movies in the same year. etonline.com/natalie-portโฆ
Today I learned about the Antarctica Treaty, which 54 countries are a part of, states that itโs primary purpose is โto ensure in the interests of all mankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord." scar.org/policy/antarcticโฆ
For the movie Rango they had all the actors, including Johnny Depp, get together and act out each scene like a stage play in order to get a more organic animation reference. youtube.com/watch?v=m48ZEโฆ
All Dodge Chargers that played Dom's car in The Fast and the Furious were automatic, so the gear shifting scenes were actually fake. fastandfuriousfacts.com/dโฆ
The directors of Airplane! auditioned numerous voice actors for the opening red zone/white zone scene, disliking all of them. They ended up tracking down the married couple who originally recorded the announcements that were used at LAX in 1980. Their voices are in the finished film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airโฆ
Collateral (2004) and The Transporter (2002) take place in the same universe. Transporter director Louis Leterrier revealed that Jason Statham reprised his role as Frank Martin when he delivered the brief case to Tom Cruise in the opening scene of Collateral. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colโฆ
Today I learned of Botswanaโs vibrant metalhead scene, where heavy metal is combined with traditional African musical styles to create a unique type of music. huckmag.com/art-and-cultuโฆ
Comedian and actor Tracy Morgan was in several scenes in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind but was left out of the final cut of the movie. vanityfair.com/hollywood/โฆ
An Arkansas woman filed a lawsuit over artwork in The Little Mermaid, the VHS box art supposedly showing a penis shape and one scene appearing to show a clergyman's erection. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theโฆ
Toilets (toilets being flushed) almost never were seen in American cinema in the 1960s. In his "Psycho" Alfred Hitchcock masterfully used a scene of a toilet being flushed, which had an additional shocking effect on the viewers of that day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psyโฆ
Erotic artist Toshio Maeda in the 80s started to feature tentacles in his intercourse scenes to avoid being censored by the Japanese government. His "a tentacle is not a penis" argument worked and started the trend of Japanese anime, manga, and video games featuring tentacles. kotaku.com.au/2010/10/whaโฆ
The German city of Frankfurt Am Main supplies heroin addicts with clean needles and tolerates the consumption of drugs in "shooting galeries" around the central station to control the city's drug scene. This approach is called the "Frankfurt way". vice.com/en_uk/article/3bโฆ
Thatโs the pilot of Gilliganโs Island was filmed on the day of JFKโs assassination. Even after hearing this news, they continued filming and when they shot the Minnowโs departure scene, all the flags were at halfmast en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisโฆ
"We'll meet again", the song from the final scene of Dr Strangelove, would have also been used by the BBC Radio for "morale-boosting" in the aftermath of a nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%โฆ
In back to the future 2 , in the cafe 80s scene , at the end of the cafe it was Elijah Wood( kid on the left ) trying to play the gunslinger game . youtu.be/7AJtb-uSTr4
Bruce Leeโs son, Brandon Lee, was killed while filming a scene where his character gets shot. A bullet had become lodged in the barrel of the gun and when a dummy round was subsequently fired, the force expelled the bullet and hit Lee in the abdomen. He died a few hours later en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braโฆ
Mark Wahlberg loved his giant penis prosthetic from Boogie Nights so much that he would wear it even in scenes where he didn't need it movieweb.com/boogie-nightโฆ
In the movie The Godfather, the horse head from the scene where Jack Woltz, played by John Marley, wakes up to find it lying in his bed, is from an actual dead horse. During rehearsals a fake one was used, and Marley wasn't told beforehand, so his screams during the actual shot were genuine. businessinsider.com.au/4-โฆ
PG-13 system was created by the MPAA due to complaints regarding the violent nature of some scenes from two Spielberg films - Gremlins, and more prominently Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom. This was based on Spielberg's own suggestion to Jack Valenti, who created the original MPAA ratings. businessinsider.in/How-Inโฆ
Multiple Star Wars lead actors have struggled with a habit of making their own sound effects for fight scenes - to the point where multiple takes needed to be re-shot because you could see the actors making lightsaber noises. mashable.com/2018/03/13/lโฆ
In a scene of Jojo Rabbit (2019), โHeil Hitlerโ is said 31 times in one minute! According to writer/director Taika Waititi, he wanted a funny moment, but also wanted to illustrate how ridiculous Nazi protocols were. idropeit.com/in-this-scenโฆ
Jeff Lynne initially refused to allow the song livin' thing to appear in Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights because he has a problem with sex and violence in films. However after PTA provided a screening, Lynne loved it soo much he allowed it to appear in the final scene and credits. ultimateclassicrock.com/lโฆ
John Candy had only one day to film his scenes for Home Alone; it took 23 hours. He was paid $414, less than the actor who had played the pizza deliveryman en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homโฆ
In the film Candyman, Tony Todd negotiated a fee of $1000 for each time he was stung during the bee scene. He walked away with $23000. theguardian.com/film/2019โฆ
William Friedkin (Exorcist, French Connection) came upon the idea for the 'wrong-way chase scene' in To Live and Die in LA when he fell asleep at the wheel and woke up in the wrong lane with traffic heading straight for him. He spent the next 20 years wondering how he would use it in a film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_โฆ
โlow-key photographyโ consists of shooting dark-colored scenes while emphasizing light only on specific areas in the frame en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowโฆ
It's possible to become the Rain Man(toothpick scene) through transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS) that disables the left anterior temporal lobe. Participants were tested in counting 50-150 dots with 1.5 seconds of image exposure. 10/12 people improved after TMS. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/artiโฆ
A Soap Opera is the inspiration for the Harley Quinn character. Writer Paul Dini needed the Joker to have a sidekick and was friends with Arleen Sorkin. Dini remembered Sorkin had appeared as a jester in a dream sequence on Days of Our Lives and used the scene as an inspiration for Quinn. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harโฆ
Two dwarfs, Tamara De Treaux and Pat Bilon, as well as 12-year-old Matthew DeMeritt, who was born without legs, took turns wearing the E.T. costume, depending on what scene was being filmed. DeMeritt actually walked on his hands and played all scenes where he walked awkwardly or fell over. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.Tโฆ
In the opening scene of the Disney movie 'The Little Mermaid', when King Triton arrives at the arena, Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Donald Duck and Kermit the Frog can be briefly seen in the crowd of sea-people. insider.com/the-little-meโฆ
Hildur Guรฐnadรณttir, composer for Joker, composed some of the main pieces having only read the script. Her music was played on set during filming and helped inspire Joaquin's dancing in the pivotal bathroom scene. screendaily.com/features/โฆ
Some especially poignant scenes in Greek tragedy were written in "catalectic trochaic tetrameter." It's the same rhythm as the song "Oh My Darling, Clementine." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proโฆ
In the original cut of The Santa Clause Tim Allen's character looks at a phone number and says "1-800-SPANK-ME. I know that number." This scene was cut from all home media releases after a kid in Washington called the number - which led to an active sex hotline - and racked up a $400 phone bill. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theโฆ
In the famous upside down kiss scene from Sam Raimi's Spiderman (2002) Toby Maguire almost drowned. The large droplets of water kept running into his upside down nose and he couldn't breathe through his mouth because it was in Kirsten Dunst's mouth. cbr.com/spider-man-sam-raโฆ
General Eisenhower, horrified by the concentration camps discovered as allied troops rolled into Nazi territory, ordered camera crews to document the grisly scenes. He also forced local government officials to tour the camps. Warning: This video is extremely graphic! youtu.be/xlhZe0uWYoo
The James Bond film Goldeneye has a tank chase scene filmed in St.Petersburg, Russia. Using the utmost care, the crew staged stunts and explosions in the historic heart of the city. Crew members spent a week emptying around 90,000 cans of Perrier for the stunt sequence 007.com/focus-week-goldenโฆ
, Jean-Claude Van Damme's 2nd acting gig was as "gay karate man" in a movie called Monaco Forever. His 3rd gig was as "spectator in dance scene" in the movie Breakin' en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeaโฆ
John Candy died a few days before the end of filming Wagons East, so according to Wiki, they used, "using a stunt double and special effects" to complete the film. Part of the special effects was just reusing a scene from earlier in the movie. The link is these scenes. youtube.com/watch?v=8F99nโฆ
The final โYouโre safe nowโ scene in Captain Phillips was never in the script but was added on the fly and ad-libbed. The staff of the infirmary were actual crew members of the USS Bainbridge, did not know they were going to be in the movie and just reacted to Hankโs acting. theweek.com/articles/4589โฆ
Ted Bundy returned to a crime scene the morning after he had abducted and killed a student, Georgann Hawkins, in order to retrieve some evidence. There, in the midst of a major investigation, he took her earrings and one of her shoes from an adjoining parking lot, and left, unobserved. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tedโฆ
Canuck the Crow, the infamous bird who stole a knife from a crime scene and became a local legend for his fearless interactions with the citizens of Vancouver (occasionally stealing whatever they were holding, even on public transportation) was a regular at the gym, where he would go take a nap. audubon.org/news/the-misaโฆ
Today I learned about I'll Do Anything, a 1994 James L. Brooks film that was originally filmed as a movie musical, featuring songs by multiple artists including Prince. After negative test reactions to the music, Brooks cut out all the numbers and spent seven weeks adding and re-editing new scenes for the film. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%2โฆ
In 1849 Sarah Thomas aged 17 became the last teenage girl to be hanged in Britain. Found guilty of killing her employer, Sarah was dragged screaming and crying to the gallows pleading for her life. So distressing was the scene that the prison governor even fainted. capitalpunishmentuk.org/tโฆ
In the 1987 film Predator, the monster was originally designed to look like a giant bug-eyed lizard thing and was actually played by Jean-Claude Van Damme. The monster scenes were later reshot with the new predator designed by Stan Winston. movieweb.com/predator-movโฆ
The TV show Mr Robot has a team of hackers and cyber security experts who make sure that the hacking shown on the show is accurate. Hacking scenes are also performed by members of the technical team in real life, then recorded and rebuilt using Flash animation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.โฆ
DOOM was named after a Tom Cruise quote. Programmer John Carmack said in an interview that the gameโs title was inspired by a scene in The Color of Money. Cruiseโs character pulls out his custom cue case at a pool hall and someone asks โWhat do you have in there?โ Cruise replies... โDoomโ mentalfloss.com/article/6โฆ
While the film "Entebbe", which was about an airliner hijacking, was being filmed at Malta International Airport, Afriqiyah Airways Flight 209, an actual hijacked flight, landed at the airport. Scenes from the hostages exiting the Afriqiyah plane were filmed, edited and inserted into the movie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrโฆ
Notre-Dame cathedral features a carving of a knight fleeing from a rabbit, symbolizing cowardice. This carving inspired the Rabbit of Caerbannog scene in Month Python and the Holy Grail. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabโฆ
Thereโs a famous scene in the 1931 film โThe Public Enemyโ where James Cagney smashes a grapefruit in Mae Clarkeโs face. Clarkโs ex-husband loved that scene so much he would repeatedly buy tickets and watch it over and over again, getting shushed when his laughter got too loud. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamโฆ
Will Ferrell is really singing and John C. Reilly is really drumming in the event saving scene at the Catalina Wine Mixer from Step Brothers. maxim.com/entertainment/gโฆ
O.J Simpson in 2006 had a prank show called "Juiced". In one of the scenes, Simpson is at a used car lot in Las Vegas where he attempts to sell his white bullet holed Bronco en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O._โฆ
"The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" was written to spread awareness of disappearing Gothic architecture. For this reason, the book contains unnecessarily elaborate passages describing the settings of various scenes en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theโฆ
After the scene where Margot Robbie has sex with Leonardo DiCaprio on a pile of money in 'Wolf of Wall Street', Robbie ended the scene with her back covered in paper cuts from the fake money they used thedailybeast.com/margot-โฆ
The scene of Big Bird learning Mr. Hooper died was in one take because the cast was so overwhelmed they couldnโt do another. The emotional reactions were all genuine. mentalfloss.com/article/2โฆ
Today I learned of a mathematical formula named Rossmo's formula used to track down the homes of criminals based on where their crime-scenes were en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosโฆ
Warner Bros. allowed Bugs Bunny to appear in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?' under the stipulation that he only appear opposite Mickey Mouse, and that the two receive the same amount of screen time. The resulting scene is the only time in film history that the two have shared the screen together hollywoodreporter.com/heaโฆ
Porkins (Star Wars Ep IV) and Major Eaton (Raiders of the Lost Ark) were played by the same actor (William Hootkins). Major Eaton was one of the officers who sent Indy on his adventure and at the end of the movie revealed "Top Men" before the warehouse scene. indianajonesminute.com/raโฆ
It's impossible to die of skin suffocation. The filmmakers of the James Bond films believed it was a real risk. For Goldfinger, which features a scene of someone dying of skin suffocation due to being painted gold, they had a physician present and cleaned the person as quickly as possible. smithsonianmag.com/arts-cโฆ
Raiders of the Lost Ark was originally going to have an elaborate fight scene between Indiana Jones and a master swordsman. But Harrison Ford was ill so they just had Indy pull out a gun and shoot him instead. businessinsider.com/harriโฆ
In Indiana Jones: Raidersโ iconic truck chase, Harrison Ford appears for only a few seconds (closeups). 2nd unit director, Michael D Moore, filmed the scene mostly with stunt doubles, including Terry Leonard who performed Indy dragged underneath the truck and cameoed as a Nazi truck driver archive.signalscv.com/m/aโฆ
โThe Princess Brideโ director Rob Reiner had the screenplay writer change the last scene from the fairytale characters riding off happily ever after to the grandfather and grandson coming together through the experience of reading the story latimes.com/archives/la-xโฆ
The final episode of Perry Mason was set in a TV studio, offering the entire production crew an opportunity to appear on camera. Most of the behind-the-scenes personnel in the episode had been with the show the entire nine year run. The original author, Erle Gardner, appeared too. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perโฆ
Today I learned about the untold story behind Harrison Ford's deleted cameo in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Spielberg cut the scene as it didnโt add much, and Fordโs presence seemed more of a distraction. It now only exists as a blurry YouTube video and in fragments on making-of featurettes ew.com/movies/2017/03/30/โฆ
A previously unnamed aurora-like phenomenon was named "Steve" by a Facebook group of amateur aurora-watchers, after a scene in the 2006 Dreamworks film Over The Hedge in which one of the characters, not knowing what a hedge is, exclaims "Let's call it 'Steve!'" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steโฆ
The French philosophy on emergency medical care is to provide a higher level of care at the scene of the incident, and so every ambulance is staffed with a Doctor who arrives on site. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeโฆ
Andrei Chikatilo, who violently murdered 52 people in the Soviet Union from 1978-90, was initially cleared as a suspect in 1984 because his blood type was A while the semen found at the crime scenes was AB. His second arrest revealed his blood and semen belonged to different blood groups. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andโฆ
A devout Christian requested a refund for the game "Bioshock Infinite" because of an early scene where the player's character is baptized and it can't be skipped. kotaku.com/some-dont-likeโฆ
Luc Besson had to cut 25 minutes of Leon The Professionalโs international version, for US release. This is because the extra scenes got poor receptions from American test audiences, they felt uncomfortable with intimate scenes between Mathilda and Leon variety.com/1996/film/revโฆ
In Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, certain scenes such as the forest swinging scene, Miles was animated a 12 frames a second while Peter was animated at 24 frames a second, making Miles look less smooth. This was done to show Miles' inexperience at being Spiderman compared to Peter. businessinsider.com.au/spโฆ
The gangster scene in Home Alone was from a fake movie called "Angels with Filthy Souls" and was specifically shot for Home Alone. vanityfair.com/hollywood/โฆ
Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario and Zelda, came up with the idea of Pikmin when gardening. He saw a line of ants carrying leaves towards their nest and wondered what the scene would look like if they were tiny people instead. kotaku.com/pikmin-has-theโฆ
Robert Downey Jr was pulled over for speeding, but the officers quickly discovered Downey was naked and hallucinating allegedly throwing imaginary rats at the officers on the scene. On another occasion, Downey was discovered curled up in the fetal position behind a grungy LA hotel. iamsober.com/blog/robert-โฆ
Diegetic music in a film or TV programme is part of the action and can be heard by the characters (car radio, night-club scene...), rather than being just for the people watching to hear, which is called non-diegetic sounds. filmsound.org/terminologyโฆ
In Halifax, Nova Scotia celebrations for the end of WWII descended into a 2 day riot as servicemen looted the city. A reporter compared the scene to "London after the Blitz". 65k quarts of liquor, 8k cases of beer, and 1.5k cases of wine were 'liberated'. 2 men died of alcohol poisoning. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halโฆ
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