1000 Facts About The Greatest Movies
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| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 146 |
| Release | : 2015-12-23 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1326513834 |
The time machine in Back to the Future was meant to be a refrigerator. Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker in The Dark Knight. William Wallace was never called Braveheart. Die Hard started off as a sequel to Commando. Aliens were meant to appear in Dr. Strangelove. ET - The Extra-Terrestrial was nearly called A Boy's Life. Blade Runner and Alien take place in the same universe. The line "Play it again, Sam" is never said in Casablanca. Russell Crowe thought his dialogue in Gladiator was "garbage." The shark barely appears in Jaws because it kept malfunctioning. The Lion King is the most successful VHS film ever. Although Viggo Mortensen stars in The Return of the King, he thinks the film is overrated. Orson Welles hated the twist in Citizen Kane. In Star Wars, Han Solo was meant to be a green, gilled, noseless alien. Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 184 |
| Release | : 2015-12-23 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1326514563 |
Christopher Walken nearly played Han Solo. Donald Trump's favorite movie is Citizen Kane. Originally, Aladdin was meant to be Chinese. The title character in ET - The Extra-Terrestrial is called Zreck. Over a million props were used for the film, Ben-Hur. The dog in The Wizard of Oz got paid more than some of the actors. The iconic "BWONG" sound heard in the Inception trailer is never used in the film. In The Lord of the Rings, Aragorn is 87. Mary Poppins didn't coin the word "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious." The ending of Planet of the Apes is completely different in the original novel. Pulp Fiction was nearly called Black Mask. Most of the "snakes" in Raiders of the Lost Ark are actually legless lizards. This Is Spinal Tap is the only film on IMDb that is rated out of 11. Most of the story from The Matrix was stolen from a comic book called The Invisibles.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 190 |
| Release | : 2015-12-23 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 132651461X |
OJ Simpson was turned down for the role of The Terminator because the studio thought he couldn't play a convincing killer. Back to the Future was nearly called Spaceman from Pluto. In the original script of The Truman Show, all the actors are criminals. Bob Hoskins kept hallucinating while making Who Framed Roger Rabbit and couldn't work again for a year. The line, "Fly, my pretties. Fly!" is never said in The Wizard of Oz. The crewmembers of The Lord of the Rings made so much chainmail for the films, they wore their fingerprints off. The main song for Beauty and the Beast was meant to be a rock-n'-roll song. The most expensive part of Rocky was the make-up. The line "Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn," in Gone with the Wind was nearly, "Frankly my dear, it makes my gorge rise." Alec Guinness wears a toupee in every Star Wars film that he appears in. Production on The Shawshank Redemption was shut down for days while the studio waited for a maggot to die so they could use it in a scene.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 314 |
| Release | : 2015-11-30 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 132649287X |
The dog in The Wizard of Oz was paid twice as much as some of the actors. Citizen Kane was booed at the Oscars every time one of its nominations were announced. Marlon Brando didn't read the script when he was shooting Apocalypse Now. Instead, he turned it into a hat. Sean Connery turned down the part of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings. He would've been paid $560 million. Goldfinger is the first film to show a laser. Although Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for Gone with the Wind, she wasn't allowed to go to the premier because she was black. Steven Spielberg thought the themesong for Jaws was so bad, he thought the composer made it as a joke. Groundhog Day takes place over 27 years. All of the Ping-Pong balls in Forrest Gump are computer-generated. In Toy Story, the carpets in Sid's house have the same design as the carpets in The Shining. It took eight years for Christopher Nolan to write Inception. Back to the Future is banned in China because they Chinese find time-travel disrespectful to history.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2015-12-11 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 132650309X |
In the original script of The Lion King, Mufasa was the one who cut Scar's face. Walt Disney HATED the spaghetti-eating scene in Lady and the Tramp. It is now one of the most beloved scenes in Disney history. Toy Story only cost $30 million. Christopher Barnes was only 16 when he voiced Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid. In Frozen, Elsa was supposed to have blue hair. The villain of The Incredibles was supposed to be an alien called Xerek. The merchant in the beginning of Aladdin is the Genie. It took ten years to make Alice in Wonderland. Gru's appearance in Despicable Me is based on an emperor penguin. Disney were certain that Finding Nemo would fail. The Prince in Beauty and the Beast was 11 when the Enchantress cursed him. If Cinderella flopped, Disney would've gone bankrupt. Inside Out is the first Pixar film that doesn't have a villain. Walt Disney's favourite Disney film was Bambi. Elvis nearly starred in The Jungle Book.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2017-09 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 0244930090 |
Ernest Hemingway shot himself in the legs with a machine gun while wrestling a shark. George RR Martin can only type with one finger at a time. Arthur Conan Doyle passionately believed in fairies. Bram Stoker couldn't walk until he was seven. CS Lewis couldn't use a typewriter. Charles Dickens regularly visited the morgue and stared at the dead for hours. Edgar Allen Poe made $9 for writing The Raven. John Milton created more English words than anyone else in history. Lewis Carrol wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to show how stupid mathematics was. Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman in one day. There are two naked women hidden on the front cover of F. Scott Fitzgerald's book, The Great Gatsby. James Joyce wrote Ulysses in crayon. JRR Tolkien was kidnapped when he was a toddler. JK Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in 1990; seven years before the release of her first book.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 164 |
| Release | : 2016-09-06 |
| Genre | : Performing Arts |
| ISBN | : 1326782754 |
Dr. No was supposed to be a monkey. Christian Bale turned down the role of James Bond because he had "already played a serial killer." The actor who plays Goldfinger was a Nazi. There isn't a single American actor in Skyfall. The car flip in Casino Royale was achieved using an air cannon. Anthony Hopkins was cast as the villain of Tomorrow Never Dies. He quit after three days. Although Roger Moore played James Bond in seven films, he has a severe phobia of guns. The villain of Die Another Day is based on Richard Branson. Q's real name is Geoffrey Boothroyd. Quentin Tarantino nearly directed Casino Royale. He would've cast Samuel L. Jackson and Uma Thurman in significant roles. The main villain from Quantum of Solace is based on Tony Blair. Sean Connery wears a wig in every Bond film.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 182 |
| Release | : 2015-10-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 132643926X |
Donald Trump bought a nightclub from a hitman. George Washington lost nearly every battle he was involved in. George Bush used to be a cheerleader. Joe Biden had brain surgery twice in the same year. It's very likely that Thomas Jefferson suffered from Asperger's Syndrome. Obama's first job was selling ice-cream. John Adams' dog was called Satan. Theodore Roosevelt used to Judo sweep people in public if he got bored. John Wilkes Booth's brother saved Abraham Lincoln's son's life. JFK used crutches in private due to his chronic back problems. Richard Nixon used poker winnings to fun his presidential campaign. Jimmy Carter wrote a children's book called The Little Baby Snoogle-Fleejer. Ronald Reagan nearly appeared in Back to the Future III. Only one president has died from cancer. There was supposed to be a Super Nintendo game about Bill Clinton's cat, Socks.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 174 |
| Release | : 2016-03-06 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 1326588869 |
Some of Doctor Doom's dialogue is paraphrased from David Cameron's speeches. Lex Luthor's first name wasn't revealed for 20 years. Doctor Octopus was the first supervillain to unmask Spider-Man. Harley Quinn originated from Batman: The Animated Series, not the comics. Mystique had a son with Sabretooth. Ra's Al Ghul is over 600 years old. Despite what many people believe, Apocalypse is not the first mutant. 20 years after Two-Face debuted, he only appeared five times in the comics. Bullseye killed somebody by throwing a poodle at them. Doomsday has killed millions of Green Lanterns. The Red Skull used to be a bellhop. The Riddler has a mental illness than renders him incapable of lying. Elektra's name was misspelt upon her debut. The Joker was nearly killed after one issue. Ultron used to be called the Crimson Cowl. Zod was a member of the Suicide Squad. Venom was originally called The Alien Costume. The Penguin is sometimes modelled off Donald Trump.
| Author | : James Egan |
| Publisher | : Lulu.com |
| Total Pages | : 168 |
| Release | : 2016-03-03 |
| Genre | : Comics & Graphic Novels |
| ISBN | : 132658524X |
The writers of Captain America were originally criticized for being too harsh on Nazis. Batgirl was created to make Batman "less gay." Of the top ten greatest Marvel comics, five of them are X-Men stories. Shazam was originally more popular than Superman. Black Panther loves Game of Thrones. Wolverine was a Canadian secret agent. His first mission was to kill the Hulk. Keanu Reeves nearly played Plastic Man. The Punisher defeated the Hulk in three seconds. Aquaman's series was the first DC comic to be cancelled. Deadpool believes he is "the Canadian James Bond." Wonder Woman was nearly called Superma. Ant-Man merged with Ultron. Green Arrow has a tuning fork arrow. Hulk originally turned grey, not green. Green Lantern's original weakness was wood. Spider-Man's origin story is based on the Greek myth of Arachne. Superman was originally a bald, telekinetic villain.
