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.
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