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
Bank robber John Wojtowicz plotted some of his robbery…
Bank robber John Wojtowicz plotted some of his robbery based on scenes in The Godfather (1972) starring Al Pacino. Al Pacino later went on to play John in the Academy Award winning movie Dog Day Afternoon (1975) based on the robbery. 00
While researching for the film Castaway, screenwriter…
While researching for the film Cast Away, screenwriter William Broyles Jr. chose to strand himself for one week on an isolated beach in the Gulf of California to force himself to search for water and food and obtain his own shelter. 00
Kevin Smith, funded his first film Clerks, by maxing…
Kevin Smith, funded his first film Clerks, by maxing out several credit cards and selling most of his comic book collection and using most of his college fund along with insurance money from a car he lost in a flood just to pay for a film it at a convenience store he worked at. 00
Baby Mad Max
Ian and Emily Pfaff took a couple of Little Tykes Cozy Coupes and turned them into Mad Max-inspired vehicles. They even made little cosplay outfits for their two kids. 00
Stephen King’s ‘It’ clown appears every 27…
Stephen King’s ‘It’ clown appears every 27 years. The original movie aired in 1990. The new remake airs in 2017. 00
Napoleon Dynamite had a budget…
Napoleon Dynamite had a budget of only $400,000 and Jon Heder was paid only $1,000 for his role as Napoleon. 10