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Surprising Facts, Tiny Details and Clever tricks That Make Movies Unforgettable

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1. In Saving Private Ryan (1998), Jackson has a bruise on his thumb that was a common injury during WWII from soldiers' thumbs getting caught in the loading mechanism of M1 Garands.

2. How they filmed the train scene in "Back To The Future 3"

3. In the Docking Scene in Interstellar(2014), one can notice that Cooper tries to push his head in the opposite direction of the spin, while Brand keeps her's towards the spin, resulting in her blacking out. A subtle detail to show how he's the more experienced one.

4. A terrific foreground miniature by Spanish effects maestro Emilio Ruiz del Río for Conan the Destroyer (1984).

5. Lighting a freeway for Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

6. In Men In Black, the Edgar suit decomposes as the movie goes on.

7. The Toothless animation for this scene in "How to Train Your Dragon" was modelled on one of the animators cat with tape stuck to it's tail

8. Exterior of the sewer set in the movie 'IT'

9. In The Lord of the Rings, the filmmakers used a special lighting rig for Galadriel so that her eyes appear to reflect the starlight. This is because Galadriel is the last Elf in Middle-Earth to have seen the light of the Trees of Valinor.

10. In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Professor Lupin sleeps through most of the train ride to Hogwarts. The date is the 1st of September, 1993. There really was a full moon the previous night; he was exhausted because he'd transformed the night before.

11. How Charlie Chaplin Accomplished The Stunt In Modern Times

12. In Interstellar (2014) the black hole was so scientifically accurate it took approx 100 hours to render each frame in the physics and VFX engine. Meaning every second you see took approx 100 days to render the final copy

13. Marlon Brando's jaw prosthetic for The Godfather

14. In Toy Story 4 (2019), a closer look at Buzz Lightyear shows that his stickers are slowly starting to peel away.

15. Behind the scenes footage of the filming process of The Titanic, 1997

16. In Free Guy (2021), you can see a bottle of gin labelled "Subtle Product Placement". This is actually a bottle of Aviation Gin...a brand which is partially owned by Ryan Reynolds.

17. In Rocky (1976), when he runs through the Italian marketplace, the people's amused expressions as they look on is genuine, as they had no idea why a man was running back and forth being followed by a van. The man who throws him the orange was completely improvised.

18. When Liam Neeson was asked to play the antagonist in A Million Ways to die in the West (2014) (directed by Seth McFarlane) he accepted due to a scene in Family Guy where Peter says “Imagine Liam Neeson in a Western! Ha! With that funny accent of his!”

19. In Spirited Away (2001), the family car is based on the first-generation Audi A4 1.8T, from the mid-1990s. The production team even drove around an Audi A4 1.8T on some jagged roads and recorded the sounds to make the film as accurate as possible.

20. In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," Jane Russell's pool scene was meant to end with a muscleman diving over her, but he accidentally clipped her, knocking her into the water. “I wasn’t supposed to end up in the pool at all,” she later said, “but it turned out better that way.”

21. In the Harry Potter Movies (2001-2011), Snape’s costume was the only one that never changed. According to costume designer, Jany Temine: "Because, it was perfect. When something is perfect you cannot change it.”

22. In The Incredibles there is a clearly reference to Die Hard 3, the scene of the phone with Samuel L. Jackson, who also plays Frozono, and the policeman

23. Behind the scenes on The Dark Knight, how the hospital explosion looked in-camera.

24. In "Titanic" (1997), the couple in bed accepting their fate are Isidor and Ida Straus, co-owners of Macy's. Ida refused a lifeboat when Isidor declined a spot, as there were still women and children on board. They were last seen walking arm in arm.

25. In The Truman Show (1998), the Moon is briefly illuminated by the "lightning", hinting that it's much closer that it should be.

26. In Deadpool 2, one of the rednecks talking about toilet paper is actually Matt Damon in four hours worth of prosthetic makeup.

27. In La Haine (1995) there is a scene where Vinz talks to himself in the mirror. In the filming of this scene however, there is no mirror involved. The actor is in another room with a body double standing across him mimicking his movements.

28. Director Sam Raimi finds a way to slip this car into every film he does. Uncle Ben drove one in Spiderman 2002

29. In Escape From L.A. (1996), actor Kurt Russel practiced playing basketball in between scenes because he wanted to legitimately make every shot during the basketball challenge. He made every shot, including the full court one.

30. In A Bug's Life (1999), the queen is seen to have a pet named "Aphie." In real life, this little bug is an aphid and they live in harmony with the ants, but not as pets, but as "livestock".

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Important Note : Before you comment "That's not an M1 Garand, that's an M1903A4 springfield!"

keep in mind that : When they raid the machine gun nests that kills the medic, jackson switches off with Uphaman and uses his M1.

It's easy to miss but when they ambush the German halftrack, Jackson has Uphamn's Garand again and presumably used a Garand at other times.

I share this trivia to admire the meticulous attention to detail they put into the movie.

Thank you. ♥️

🚨 Important Note about the 'Saving Private Ryan' post (no.1):

Before you comment "That's not an M1 Garand, that's an M1903A4 springfield!"

Keep in mind that : When they raid the machine gun nests that kills the medic, jackson switches off with Uphaman and uses his M1.

It's easy to miss but when they ambush the German halftrack, Jackson has Uphamn's Garand again and presumably used a Garand at other times.

I shared that trivia to admire the meticulous attention to detail they put into the movie.

Thank you. Hope you'll have a wonderful day ❤️