This month, we bring you 30 outrageous facts about the world of cinema.
Amazing Movie Facts
Scanned Japanese Sushi Recipes
1. The sound of the lightsabers in Star Wars came about by combining a film projector hum with interference from a television set.
2. George Lucas’ (Baron Notluwiski Papanoida) pet dog was the chief inspiration for Chewbacca from Star Wars.
3. Toy Story was the first feature-length film made entirely using computer animation.
4. The inspiration for the famous green code in The Matrix was a set of scanned Japanese sushi recipes.
5. The famous shark in Jaws received the nickname “Bruce” after Steven Spielberg’s lawyer.
The Iconic Jurassic Park Roar
6. Gene Kelly filmed the iconic Singin’ in the Rain dance sequence while running a high fever.
7. The giant boulder in Raiders of the Lost Ark was fibreglass.
8. The snow in The Wizard of Oz consisted partly of chrysotile asbestos.
9. Titanic was the first ever film to be available on video while still in the cinemas.
10. The roar of the T-Rex in Jurassic Park contains sounds from dogs, penguins and elephants.
A Real Horse’s Head!
11. The famous line “Here’s Johnny!” in The Shining was improvised by Jack Nicholson.
12. In Home Alone, the gangster movie Kevin watches was created especially for the film.
13. The horse head used in The Godfather was real.
14. The word “robot” is never actually used in the original Star Wars film.
15. Psycho was the first major American film to show a toilet flushing on screen.
16. The North Pole scenes in Elf used camera tricks rather than CGI to make Buddy appear oversized.
17. Pretty Woman was originally written as a much darker drama.
18. Richard Gere improvised the famous necklace box snap in Pretty Woman. Julia Roberts’ reaction was genuine.
19. Julia Stiles’ emotional poem scene in 10 Things I Hate About You was filmed in a single take.
20. The original title of Back to the Future was almost Spaceman from Pluto.
Actor & Actress Facts
Carpenter Harrison
21. Harrison Ford was working as a carpenter when George Lucas cast him in Star Wars.
22. Audrey Hepburn could speak six languages – English, Dutch, French, and Italian fluently, as well as conversational Spanish and German.
23. Heath Ledger locked himself in a hotel room for weeks to develop the Joker character.
24. Tom Hanks isn’t related to Abraham Lincoln, but he is distantly related to Lincoln’s mother.
25. Danny DeVito and Michael Douglas have been close friends since sharing an apartment in 1967 as young struggling actors in New York.
Christopher Lee Rocks Out!
26. Christopher Lee recorded a heavy metal album in his late 80s.
27. Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue in Aladdin that Disney reportedly had hours of unused material.
28. Sandra Bullock trained as an opera singer when she was younger.
29. Hugh Jackman originally trained to become a journalist.
30. Morgan Freeman didn’t get his first major film role until his 40s.
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