Jun 8, 2015

I just learned that The Shawshank Redemption is the most popular movie on IMDB and a possible explanation for why that is. Upon release it wasn't a very big hit and critics didn't really make a deal about it either. So why has it been so widely seen? It was played on the TNT network A LOT. A similar thing actually happened with the film "It's a Wonderful Life". For more information on that, check this out:

 

Jun 8, 2015

Imagine if they played other good movies that often....

 

Jun 8, 2015

A lot of Office Space's cult following was developed the same way. Happens more often than you'd think.

 

Jun 8, 2015

I saw office space in the theater.

 

Jun 8, 2015

It's almost like your personal experience isn't universal. Anecdotes aren't very reliable.
It barely made it's budget back in its theatrical run.

 

Jun 8, 2015

I know that... Just saying all the smart important people saw it in the theater.

 

Jun 8, 2015

Thats interesting. I always wondered how 'Shawshank' become so insanely popular.

 

Jun 8, 2015

Res. you're a middle aged drug addict who has spent most of his life doing manual labor. You're biggest skill is being an Eminem fan forum historian. So what who were the smart, important people that saw it?

 

Jun 8, 2015

I'm far from middle aged and I couldn't even be a drug addict if I wanted to... I was born without opiate receptors and do 3 to 5 pre-employment drug tests a year. My biggest skills are in construction management and field engineering, f---ing, taking it easy and a whole host of other skills that rank far above anything I do when I'm f---ing around on this board.
What are you good at... Hating?

 

Jun 8, 2015

kidding me?

 

Jun 8, 2015

Nah... I can't get high... And most kinds of pain medication don't work for me.

 

Jun 8, 2015

- Due to complicated contractual obligations with the source material, the part of John McClain from Die Hard HAD to be offered to Frank Sanatra, who was 73 at the time
- The dinosaur noises in the "Jurassic Park" movie were made from recordings of tortoise sex.
- 29 days after the Titanic sank, a movie about it was released. It featured an actress who was actually on the Titanic and survived.
- Over 90% of American movies made before 1929 are lost, no copies are known to exist.
- Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double for the first 6 Harry Potter movies was paralyzed from an accident on set in the 7th movie.
- When the movie "Clue" was shown in theaters in 1985,each theater was given 1 of 3 possible endings.
- The word "Mafia" is never mentioned in the film version of The Godfather because the actual Mafia demanded it
- ''Apollo 13", "Armageddon", and "Around the World in 80 Days" are among the movies NASA keeps aboard the International Space Station.
- The movie "Borat" was a huge hit in Israel, in part because Borat's "Kazakh" lines were all actually in Hebrew.
- James Cameron sought Hollywood funding for the movie "Titanic" not because he wanted to make the movie, but because he wanted to dive to the shipwreck.
- The Movie "Paranormal Activity" cost less than $15,000 to make but grossed over $193,000,000.
- The budget for the Movie "Titanic" was higher than the Titanic itself.
- The F-word is used 265 times in the movie Pulp Fiction.
- Time Travel depictions in films and TV are banned in China.
- Godzilla was only seen for about 8 minutes in the 2014 film "Godzilla".
- Gravity was more expensive than the Indian Mars mission.
- The production of Disney's film Tangled was more expensive than Avatar's production.
- The 1976 film “Rocky” was shot in 28 days.
- Before being an actor,Bruce Willis worked as a private investigator.
- Actor Richard Gere's middle name is Tiffany.
- Two actors have died playing Judas in live Biblical productions by accidentally hanging themselves for real during his death scene.
- Yoda, from Star Wars, was modelled after the appearance of Albert Einstein.
- The time travelling machine in the movie "Back to the Future" was originally supposed to be a refrigerator.
- Jurassic Park, Pulp Fiction, Forrest Gump and The Shawshank Redemption were all in theatres at the same time in October of 1994.
- Sylvester Stallone was so poor, he had to sell his dog for $50. A week later, he sold the script for Rocky and bought him back for $3,000.
- When Charlie Chaplin received his honorary Oscar, he got a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest in Oscar history.
- James Cameron was homeless when writing the movie "The Terminator," and sold the rights for $1, on the condition he could direct it.
- Will Smith, Nicolas Cage, Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp, and Leo DiCaprio were offered the part of Neo in "The Matrix"movie before Keanu Reeves.
- 106-year-old Manoel de Oliveira was the oldest active film director until 2015. He began making movies during the silent era.
- Charlie Chaplin made his movie mocking Hitler with his own money because Hollywood was afraid of losing money if they took a stand.
- "Gone with the Wind" is the highest grossing movie of all time, when adjusted for inflation.
- Keanu Reeves gave $80 million of his $114 million salary for "The Matrix" movie to special effects and makeup staff.
- The script of the movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" took just 6 days to write.
- "101 Dalmatians" was based on a book that had a sequel called "The Starlight Barking" in which dogs could fly and meet an alien dog.






More To Come

 

Jun 8, 2015

Don't mind Res. He was that kid in school who said his uncle was an astronaut and that his dad worked for the CIA. Compulsive liar desperately seeking attention.

 

Jun 8, 2015

What am I lying about?