Post your favorite little bits of movie trivia here.
Kill Bill vol. 2
Robert Rodriguez scored this movie for $1. :lol:
Hiro11
06-02-04, 05:00 PM
The bassist in Spinal Tap also does the voice of Mr. Burns and Principal Skinner on the Simpsons.
Shemp
06-02-04, 05:23 PM
Granted, its not the gospel, but IMDB says its so:
"Robert Rodriguez scored this movie for $1. Quentin Tarantino said he would repay him by directing a segment of Rodriguez's project Sin City (2005) for $1."
Found this one too, doesn't mention the $1, but its close:
"Quentin (Tarantino) usually never uses a composer. And then when he does, who does he hire? Another director. (laughs) I knew of "Kill Bill" back in 1994, when we were working on (1995's) "Four Rooms" together ... he put it aside for so long, I thought he would never make the movie. So when he finally did, I told him I wanted to be part of it some how. I made him a deal. I said to him: "I'll write the music for nothing. If you want it, you can keep it; if you don't, well it will be good practice for me!"
Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/music/feature_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000491393)
Here's another if you can believe The Houston Chronicle:
"Madsen also hopes to act in the crime drama Sin City for Texas filmmaker Robert Rodriguez, whom Tarantino credits as "my brother" in Kill Bill's end-credits. (Rodriguez composed music for Vol. 2, charging Tarantino $1.)"
Originally posted by scott1598
I really have to call you on that...even though he is a friend of QT, I doubt he did so (in this day in age)and the Rza did most of the score and songs for both, RR just did like one sequence, but still I am sure it was not for $1. Better check your 'coolest/funniest trivia' before you post! http://pixyjunket.digitalcrap.net/pics/served.jpg
costanza187
06-02-04, 07:54 PM
Originally posted by Hiro11
The bassist in Spinal Tap also does the voice of Mr. Burns and Principal Skinner on the Simpsons.
I remember reading that recently, that's pretty cool.
PopcornTreeCt
06-02-04, 09:31 PM
Brad Pitt tore his Achilles' tendon during the filming of Troy.
Randy Miller III
06-02-04, 10:49 PM
This is common knowledge since it's so recent, but I like the bit about James Cavaziel getting struck by lightning on the set of <i>The Passion of the Christ</i>.
Jamezuva
06-02-04, 11:22 PM
I always found this a bit freaky:
Directed by Roman Polanski, whose pregnant wife, the actress Sharon Tate, was in 1969 murdered by Charles Manson and his followers, who titled their death spree "Helter Skelter" after the 1968 song by The Beatles, whose leader, John Lennon, who would one day live (and in 1980 be murdered) in the Manhattan apartment building called The Dakota---where Rosemary's Baby had been filmed.
jpoppe
11-19-08, 04:43 PM
I thought this might be an interesting thread bump.
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Alternate Ending to "Alien"
from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/trivia) (yeah, yeah, I know)
Ridley Scott is reportedly quoted as saying that originally he wanted a much darker ending. He planned on having the alien bite off Ripley's head in the escape shuttle, sit in her chair, and then start speaking with her voice in a message to Earth. Apparently, 20th Century Fox wasn't too pleased with such a dark ending.
Zen Peckinpah
11-19-08, 04:51 PM
Yeesh. That's a weird one.
One of my favorites is how Jack Nicholson, on the set of Easy Rider, claimed to have smoked 155 joints while filming the campfire scene. There's also one incident that happened around the same time where Nicholson and Dennis Hopper stared at LSD-induced bugs at a graveyard for hours and then fell asleep in a tree.
Another one I remembered about Nicholson. Apparently there was a woman who had sex with Nicholson, Warren Beatty, and Robert Evans all on the same day. Beatty got last dibs, and he was informed Jack was already at a certain area. Initially repulsed and angered by the information, he then (most likely in a coke-fueled daze) laughed about it and went on with the deed.
Rypro 525
11-19-08, 05:14 PM
from the "From Russia With Love" trivia
Years earlier, Alfred Hitchcock was originally considered as director, with James Bond being played by Cary Grant and Grace Kelly lured out of retirement to play Tatiana Romanova. These ideas were scrapped after Vertigo (1958) failed at the box office. The helicopter chase scene is a homage to Hitchcock's cropduster sequence in North by Northwest (1959).That would have been interesting for sure as its one of my fave bond movies
devilshalo
11-19-08, 07:28 PM
R2D2 is on the alien mothership in Spielberg's Close Encouters of the Third Kind.
mhg83
11-19-08, 08:01 PM
The hospital blowing up halfway in The Dark Knight was real. Knowing that they only had one take Heath Ledger Improvised the fumbling with the trigger devise until the rest of the hospital was blown up.
jeffkjoe
11-19-08, 09:39 PM
Not movies, but TV:
Some of my animation teachers worked on the original 1969 Scooby Doo, Where Are You? TV series, and most of the team was STONED when making that show.
Which explains A LOT.
cardsfan111
11-19-08, 11:14 PM
This seems like an appropriate place to mention something I noticed recently.
I was surprised to see M. Night Shyamalan's name pop up in the credits for Stuart Little (screenplay).
riotinmyskull
11-20-08, 05:07 AM
This seems like an appropriate place to mention something I noticed recently.
I was surprised to see M. Night Shyamalan's name pop up in the credits for Stuart Little (screenplay).
might have been suprising back in 2000, but now it all makes sense.
jiffy97
11-20-08, 07:22 AM
R2D2 is on the alien mothership in Spielberg's Close Encouters of the Third Kind.
And both R2D2 and C3PO appear in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They even included them on the new Raiders Lego set.
jeffkjoe
11-20-08, 12:07 PM
In THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK,
the voice that says: "The first transport.....is away! The first transport....is away!" is actually MARK HAMILL'S voice.
inri222
11-20-08, 12:53 PM
- Robert Blake is the Mexican boy who sells Bogart a winning lottery ticket in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.
- Laurence Olivier was considered for the part of Don Corleone in The Godfather.
amplified
11-20-08, 05:55 PM
Thought this was interesting from IMDb about Groundhog Day
On the DVD, 'Harold Ramis' states that the original idea was for him to live February 2nd for about 10,000 years. Later he says that Phil probably lived the same day for about 10 years.
NoirFan
11-20-08, 06:14 PM
One of my favorites is how Jack Nicholson, on the set of Easy Rider, claimed to have smoked 155 joints while filming the campfire scene.
That would explain his incessant giggling.
Mondo Kane
11-20-08, 06:26 PM
We know how to piss off Bob De Niro in 30 seconds (http://www.youtube.com/v/uxCUBU0n_XU), but it's always amazing to see him get pissed and disgusted (Within 5 seconds) when Chris Walken does his unplanned "Spitting act" on him in The Deer Hunter.
Seantn
11-20-08, 06:57 PM
I thought this might be an interesting thread bump.
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Alternate Ending to "Alien"
from IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/trivia) (yeah, yeah, I know)
I think that sounds wonderful, honestly.
inri222
11-20-08, 07:05 PM
Love that alternate ending to Alien.
Solid Snake PAC
11-20-08, 07:18 PM
kinda in debate of that ending. Would that be pulled of without being too ridiculous? I like it somewhat though....
Dean Kousoulas
11-20-08, 07:30 PM
Thought this was interesting from IMDb about Groundhog Day
On the DVD, 'Harold Ramis' states that the original idea was for him to live February 2nd for about 10,000 years. Later he says that Phil probably lived the same day for about 10 years.
So it took him 3,650 days to get it right?
NoirFan
11-20-08, 07:38 PM
So it took him 3,650 days to get it right?
It took him 3,650 days to lean to play the piano expertly.
Ronnie Dobbs
11-20-08, 09:30 PM
Tom Hanks was Spike Lee's first choice for Malcolm X
on the set of End of Days Gabriel Byrne is such a mehod actor he allowed Satan to possess him.
TomOpus
11-20-08, 10:44 PM
R2D2 is on the alien mothership in Spielberg's Close Encouters of the Third Kind.And both R2D2 and C3PO appear in Raiders of the Lost Ark. They even included them on the new Raiders Lego set.R2D2 is also on the model of the pirate ship in Goonies
http://i38.tinypic.com/5e71o4.jpg
girlnextdoor
11-20-08, 10:50 PM
Not Actual Trivia, but I have noticed:
In Forrest Gump:
Gump tells LT. Dan that he is going to be a shrimp boat captain. LT. Dan laughs and tells Gump that he is going to be an astronaunt. The next time these two actors are in a movie togther, they are both astronaunts.
Goat3001
11-21-08, 08:41 AM
Tom Hanks was Spike Lee's first choice for Malcolm X
"I'm the dude, playing the dude disguised as the other dude."
MinLShaw
11-21-08, 10:52 AM
Speaking as someone who has Crohn's disease, I really appreciate the well-known bit about Harrison Ford's digestive issues being responsible for Indiana Jones simply shooting the Cairo swordsman in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
I also enjoy knowing that in "Star Trek V: The FInal Frontier," the name Sha Ka Ree (an alias of God) is derived from the name Sean Connery. Connery had been approached to play Spock's half-brother Sybok, but was already committed to shooting "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" and "The Hunt for Red October." When this casting fell through, according to director William Shatner, Paramount lost its interest in backing the film and greatly reduced its budget.
MaxMFP
11-21-08, 12:56 PM
Speaking as someone who has Crohn's disease, I really appreciate the well-known bit about Harrison Ford's digestive issues being responsible for Indiana Jones simply shooting the Cairo swordsman in "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Did you know they actually filmed part of the fight?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAoJrNbgUoI&feature=related
Lucas is no doubt waiting to release all Indy and SW deleted scenes on some super-deluxe release for both series at some point in the future to milk every last dime.
Another really cool trivia bit that I'm surprised more don't know about, though it's not really movie-related, is that Harrison Ford was the person working the lights at The Doors' famous Hollywood Rose Bowl concert in the Summer of 1968. Anyone who's seen that show, which as far as I know is still only available on VHS, should remember the part at the beginning of "The End" where Jim Morrison asks that the lights be dimmed for that one song and actually demands "Hey Mr. lightman! Turn the lights down!".
Tarantino
11-21-08, 03:33 PM
OJ Simpson was originally cast as the Terminator...
= J
Norm de Plume
12-01-08, 04:54 PM
I don't know if this is cool or funny, but the theme music for People's Court originated from a chase scene at the end of the trash "classic" Malibu High. Another sound effect repeatedly used to ridiculous effect in that movie was later used to back some kind of TV logo, but I can't pinpoint it although it's very well-known (maybe SCTV?).
sauce07
12-01-08, 05:05 PM
OJ Simpson was originally cast as the Terminator...
= J
This has always been my fav. I laughed for a good 15 minutes the first time I read it.
Rypro 525
12-01-08, 07:00 PM
This has always been my fav. I laughed for a good 15 minutes the first time I read it.
whats even better is apparently he wasn't cast because the producers didn't believe he'd be believable as a killer
james2025a
12-02-08, 08:50 AM
The Millenium Falcone appears in Revenge of the Sith. It also appears as part of a building in Bladerunner.
Rutger Hauer was also Anne Rice's choice of actor to play Lestat in Interview with the Vampire.
Goat3001
12-02-08, 11:02 AM
whats even better is apparently he wasn't cast because the producers didn't believe he'd be believable as a killer
A jury of his peers felt the same way, what's your point? ;)
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