" Every individual frame inHome Alonecontains something red and gullible in it . "
We all love a little bit ofmovie trivia, so whenu/Kuli24asked “what’s a movie fact you know that pretty much no one else does?” I decided to round up the best answers:
1.“The theme song fromMission Impossiblespells out ‘MI’ in Morse codeon repeat.”
2.“When filming the rooftop scene inThe Departed, a giant inflatable Arthur the Aardvark on top of a nearby children’s museum would have dominated the background of many of the shots.”
3.“In Edward Scissorhands, the version shown to critics and reviewers contained a scene that got cut from the final theatrical version. The scene was during the opening when the grandmother starts telling her story to the little girl.”
4.“The original choice for Buzz Lightyear inToy Storywas Billy Crystal.He turned it downand went on to say it was one of the biggest mistakes of his career.”
5.“In the firstShrekmovie, Lord Farquaad is removing all the fairy tale creatures from the swamp. He wants Shrek’s home too. In the old DVD extras they explain it’s because he wants to build a theme park there. It’s not explained at all in the movie.”
6.“InContagion, the autopsy performed onGwyneth Paltrowused a prop headthat was originally made for the finale ofSe7en. The latter decided against showing what was in the box and thus, years later it was repurposed.”
7.“InWayne’s World, when Wayne plays “Stairway to Heaven” and the store clerk points to a sign that says ‘No Stairway to Heaven’, the audience is led to believe the clerks banned the song because they were tired of hearing it.”
8.“Robert Englund originally auditioned to be Luke Skywalker but didn’t get the role.He told his roommate Mark Hamillto go try out instead.”
9.“In Pixar’sCoco, the boy who was going to play Miguel hit puberty, changing his voice.The people in charge replaced himwith someone younger. The original boy got a cameo where he is the guy working the stage asking Miguel if he’s ready to go on.”
10.“Elle Woodshas a different hairstylein every scene inLegally Blonde.”
11.“InJurassic Parkwhen Dennis slips in the mud after getting his Jeep stuck. There isa slide whistle sound effect. I can’t unhear.”
12.“InAliens,as Hicks picks his shotgun off the deck, jams it in the alien’s mouth, yells ‘eat this’ and blows it away, that whole scene was shot backwards. It’s because the actor, Michael Biehn, couldn’t perform the move properly, so it was shot backwards, played in reverse, and then sound dubbed over it.”
13.“The crew agreed to do the shower scene inStarship Troopersso long asthe director was also naked. And he was.”
14.“InTitanic, the lake in Wisconsin where Jack says he fell through the ice didn’t exist yet.”
15.“Every single frame inHome Alonecontains something red and greenin it.”
16.“InFight Club, in the scene where Ed and Brad wreck in the car, Ed crawls out of the driver’s side,an early clue that he is Tyler. The part that few know is that there was an argument about it. Production thought it was a continuity error. Fincher was like ‘nah’ and didn’t explain.”
17.“The couple kissinginHookas Peter and Tinkerbell fly over them are George Lucas and Carrie Fisher.”
18.“Before casting Martin Lawrence and Will Smith to be the two cops inBad Boys, producers were trying to make it work withSNL’s Dana Carvey and Jon Lovitz. The script was originally namedBulletproof Hearts.”
19.“InWilly Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, when the Candyman starts singing he lifts the counter to walk out andthe counter smacks this little girl in the head.”
H/T tou/Kuli24and AskReddit for having this discussion!
Note : All submissions have been edited for length and/or clearness .
