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In preparing for his role in Taxi Driver (1976), Robert De Niro worked twelve hour days for a month as a cab driver.
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Robert De Niro ad-libbed the entire scene in Taxi Driver (1976) where he is talking to himself in the mirror. This scene is also the source of the famous line, "You talking to me?"
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The Ten Commandments (1956) was the last feature film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.
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The baby used as the infant Moses in The Ten Commandments (1956) was Charlton Heston's (Moses') son.
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For a number of years, The Ten Commandments (1956) was second only to Gone with the Wind (1939) as the most successful film in the history of Hollywood.
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The marching band that appears in 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) had never marched before and had to learn how to march for their part in the movie.
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As the terminator in The Terminator (1984), Arnold Schwarzenegger has only 16 lines in the whole film. There are also two lines using voice-overs in which the terminator uses the voice of other actors.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger's well known line "I'll be back" in The Terminator (1984) was originally supposed to be "I'll come back".
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Prior to signing on Arnold Schwarzenegger, O.J. Simpson was considered to star in The Terminator (1984). However, the producers felt the audience would not be able to believe in him as a cold-blooded killer because he was too nice of a guy.
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Aside from Arnold Schwarzenegger, Earl Boen (Dr. Silberman) is the only other actor to appear in all three of The Terminator (1984) movies.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) was the only Terminator film to win or even be nominated for an Oscar. It won 4 four Oscars: best sound, best visual effects, best sound effects editing and best makeup.
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) is the only movie sequel ever to win an Oscar when the original movie was not even nominated.
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The release of The Thin Blue Line (1988) presented new evidence involving the the muder conviction of Randall Adams and ultimately lead to the overturning of his conviction and his release from prison.
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At least several people have reportedly told director Rob Reiner that they loved This Is Spinal Tap (1984), but that he should have chosen a better known band to document. Spinal Tap was a fictional band created for the movie.
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Bud Abbott called The Time of Their Lives (1946) his favorite movie role, because he got to be on the receiving end of all the punishments instead of Lou Costello. Ironically, Abbott and Costello were feuding while making the film and it is one of only two Abbott and Costello films in which they do not play the role of a team.
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In Titanic (1997), the hands shown sketching Rose (Kate Winslet) wearing the necklace are not Jack's (Leonardo DiCaprio), but director James Cameron's. Since Cameron is left-handed and DiCaprio is right-handed, the shots were mirror-imaged during post-production.
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Toy Story (1995) was the first fully computer-generated full-length feature film, with each frame of the movie taking anywhere from 4 to 13 hours to be computer generated.
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During the filming of Tootsie (1982) the crew would give bad news to Dustin Hoffman only when he was dressed as a woman, because they said he was "much nicer as a woman".
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Co-stars Steve McQueen (Fire Chief Michael O'Hallorhan) and Paul Newman (Doug Roberts) had the exact same number of lines of dialogue in The Towering Inferno (1974). This was reportedly done because Steve McQueen insisted on it.
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The trojan horse that was constructed for the making of Troy (2004) was given to Turkey as a gift and is kept on exhibit in Troy, Canakkale.
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Brad Pitt, who played Achilles in Troy (2004), tore his left achilles tendon during the making of the film.
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John Wayne won his one and only Oscar for his role as Marshall Reuben J. 'Rooster' Cogburn in True Grit (1969).
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Twister (1996) was the first major Hollywood movie ever released on DVD.
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Unforgiven (1992) was only the third western to ever win the Best Picture Oscar. The other two winners were Dances with Wolves (1990) and Cimarron (1931).
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Several names in Unforgiven (1992) are salutes to characters in earlier Westerns. "Will Munny" (Clint Eastwood) is a variation of Will Penny (1968), while William Munny's children are named "Will" and "Penny." Little Bill Dagget's (Gene Hackman) last name is taken from True Grit (1969).
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The last living member of the real-life Untouchables, Albert H. Wolff, was hired as a consultant for the making of The Untouchables (1987) and helped Kevin Costner with his portrayal of the real Eliot Ness.
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The domino toppling scene in V for Vendetta (2006) took four domino experts 200 hours to arrange and used 22,000 dominoes.
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John Hurt plays the "Big Brother" type leader of a totalitarian government in V for Vendetta (2006), but in 1984 (1984), in the role of Winston Smith he was the victim of a similar totalitarian government and author George Orwell's original Big Brother.
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The theme park that was used as Wally World in Vacation (1983) was actually Six Flags Magic Mountain in Los Angeles.
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In Vacation (1983), the character Roy Walley (Eddie Bracken) was intended as a combination of brothers Roy and Walt Disney.
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Two days into filming The War of the Worlds (1953), production was briefly halted when Paramount discovered their film rights to the novel were only for a silent version. Sound did not exist in the movies when Paramount had obtained the film rights in 1925. The issue was quickly resolved with H.G. Wells's estate.
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The character, Harlan Ogilvy (Tim Robbins) in War of the Worlds (2005) is a composite of three separate characters in the book: the astronomer (Ogilvy), the curate (who is trapped in the basement with the main character) and the artilleryman (who talks about the nature of the war and making plans to survive it). (Fact)
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Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds (2005) was the fourth top grossing movie at the box office in 2005. However, although they received little attention, two other "War of the Worlds" movies based on H.G. Well's novel were also released that same year. (Fact)
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Waterworld (1995) was the most expensive movie ever produced until Titanic (1997), two years later. However, if you adjust for inflation then Cleopatra (1963) is the most expensive movie ever produced, at a budget of $44 million in 1963 dollars.
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Bob Hoskins' (Eddie Valiant) son was reportedly furious that his father didn't bring any of his cartoon co-stars in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) home to meet him.
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Warner Brothers would only allow the use of their Bugs Bunny cartoon character in Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), if he received as much screen time as Disney's Mickey Mouse. The film was a Disney production.
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During the filming of Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), Charles Fleischer voiced all of Roger Rabbit's lines off camera while dressed in a complete Roger Rabbit costume.
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Robert Conrad, who played James West in the original TV series that Wild Wild West (1999) was based upon, was offered the chance to play the role of President Ulysses S. Grant in the movie. However, he turned it down due to what he believed was the script's poor quality and lack of respect for the original TV series.
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Wings (1927) was not only the first movie to win the Best Picture Oscar, but it was also the only silent film to ever win the Oscar for Best Picture. The first Academy Awards were held in 1929 and honored films made in 1927 and 1928.
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Buddy Ebsen was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman in The Wizard of Oz (1939), but Ebsen had an allergic reaction to the aluminum powder makeup for the Tin Woodsman.
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During the filming of The Wolf Man (1941), Lon Chaney Jr. would enjoy scaring Evelyn Ankers (who played Gwen Conliffe) by sneaking up on her while in full makeup as the Wolf Man.
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The X-Men characters in the comic books always wore yellow outfits until the success of X-Men (2000). Afterwards, the comic book characters had their outfits changed to a black leather design that closely matched the outfits worn in the movie.
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X-Men creator and executive producer of X-Men (2000), Stan Lee, is a man by the hot dog stand on the beach when Senator Kelly (Bruce Davison) comes out of the water.
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The original designs for the face-hugger used in Alien (1979) were held by U.S. customs officials who were alarmed by it. Webmasters: place our "Movie Trivia of the Day" on your site

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