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INTERESTING MOVIE FACTS II


Marlon Brandon received $4 Million for his 10-minute role in the movie Superman.

No one (that is still alive) knows who supplied the voice of God in the epic The Ten Commandments.

Due to the amount of violent acts shown "Red Dawn" was the first movie to be handed the PG-13 rating.

All 3 lead actors from the film Rebel Without a Cause died under tragic circumstances. Natalie wood drowned, James Dean died in a car crash and Sal Mineo was stabbed to death by a stranger.

Kevin Spacey and Mike Myers were both considered for the role of Inspector Clouseau for 2006 movie Pink Panther.

Most of the distant shots of the submarines seen in the movie “The Abyss” are models.

The carpet designs seen in Sid's hallway in Toy Story are the same as the carpet designs seen in "The Shining."

The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney picked it up and made it into a movie.

The ruby red slippers seen in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" once sold at an auction for $660,000.

Hitchcock used chocolate syrup to portray the blood seen in the shower scene for his classic film Psycho.

Over 1,400 actresses were interviewed to play the part of Scarlett O'Hara for the movie Gone with the Wind.

The first toilet being flushed in a motion picture was in Alfred Hitchcock’s movie Psycho.

In the James Bond movie “For Your Eyes Only” one of the bond girls used to be a man.

The longest Hollywood kiss was from the 1941 film, "You're in the Army Now". It lasted for three minutes and three seconds.

Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture.

Liverpool is the most filmed British city.

Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves.

Rolling Stone Keith Richards was set to make a cameo appearance as the father of Captain Jack Sparrow, in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, a commitment he could not keep.

 

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