Michael Jackson once spent $150,000 to put a curse on Steven Spielberg because he didn’t give him the role of Peter Pan in the movie Hook. 00
Michael Jackson once spent $150,000…
Oasis didn’t take part in making the soundtrack…
Oasis didn’t take part in making the soundtrack for “Trainspotting”, because Noel Gallagher thought the film was about actual trainspotters. 00
In Interstellar the depiction of a black hole…
In Interstellar the depiction of a black hole required completely new CGI rendering software and was so accurate that it provided enough scientifical insight to publish three scientific papers. 00
The dog from Wizard of Oz was paid $125…
The dog from Wizard of Oz was paid $125 per week which was more than some of the other actors in the film. 00
The green falling code in The Matrix…
The green falling code in The Matrix is just loads of sushi recipes. 00
Oliver Stone’s original story for Platoon was…
Oliver Stone’s original story for Platoon was called Break, based on his own experiences in the Vietnam War and set to music from The Doors. He sent the script to Jim Morrison hoping he would play the lead. Morrison never responded but he did have the script with him when he died in Paris. 00
The film The China Syndrome…
The film The China Syndrome, a movie about a nuclear meltdown caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck-open pressure release valve, aired only 12 days before the 3 Mile Island Meltdown, caused by a faulty sensor reading and a stuck open pressure release valve. 00
The Movie You Will Never See
“100 Years: The Movie You Will Never See,” starring John Malkovich and directed by Robert Rodriguez, won’t be in theaters until 2115. The film is being kept in a high-tech safe in bulletproof glass that will open automatically on 18 November 2115, the day of the film’s premiere. 00
The Shepard tone, an auditory illusion…
The Shepard tone, an auditory illusion that gives the sensation of a continuously rising pitch, helped create the overwhelming suspense in the film “Dunkirk”. It sounds like this. 10
A lot of famous directors begin their careers by making…
A lot of famous directors begin their careers by making weird, experimental films. For instance, there’s the case of Martin Scorsese and his odd, six-minute film The Big Shave that he made in 1967. It had an alternative title, Viet ’67, because it was apparently a metaphor for the war in Vietnam, even though the […]