Re:"Charlie Brown Christmas"(1965)Linus' "the true meaning of Christmas" quote is Luke 2:8-14 from the King James translation of the Bible 4:55 PM Dec 19th from web |
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Re:"Momento"(2000) Christopher Nolan's white Honda Civic can be seen parked next to Leonard Shelby's Jaguar at the motel. 2:07 PM Dec 17th from web |
Re:"Raiders of the Lost Ark"(1981) Nick Nolte, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Jack Nicholson all turned down the role of Indiana Jones. 9:17 AM Dec 16th from web |
Re:"Its a Wonderful Life"(1946) At $3.7 million this was an expensive indy film. In its initial box office run, it only earned $3.3 million. 6:22 AM Dec 15th from web |
Re:"Valkyrie"(2008)Cruise was drawn to the role after seeing a picture of Stauffenberg. He noticed a likeness of his profile to the colonels 4:53 AM Dec 14th from web |
Re:"Moulin Rouge!"(2001)The wardrobe department created three hundred costumes and, at one point, eighty people were employed for this task. 2:56 PM Dec 12th from web |
Re:"Get Smart" Don Adams the real Maxwell Smart was born Don Yarmy. The airline that Max&99 flew was Yarmy International as a tribute to him 12:03 PM Dec 10th from web |
Re:"The Hustler"(1961) Cliff Robertson lost the role that went to Paul Newman, Jack Lemmon having already declined the part. 11:25 AM Dec 10th from web |
Re:"The Day the Earth Stood Still" (2008) Keanu Reeves was producer Erwin Stoff's first and only choice for the role of Klaatu. 12:52 PM Dec 9th from web |
Re:"Scrooged"(1988) The street carolers insulted by Bill Murray are Paul Shaffer, Miles Davis, David Sanborn and Larry Carlton. 11:16 AM Dec 8th from web |
Re:"The Longest Day"(1962)With a $10,000,000 budget, this was the most expensive black & white film ever made until Schindler's List (1993). 5:11 AM Dec 7th from web |
Re:"Twelve Angry Men"(1957) All but three minutes of the film was shot inside the bare and confining, sixteen by twenty-four foot "jury room 8:09 PM Dec 6th from web |
Re:"The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"(1966)The Simmons house was actually built for Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho(1960) located on Universal's back lot 8:43 AM Dec 5th from web |
Re:"All The Right Stuff"(1983) The uniforms for the astronauts used silver fabrics left over from costumes for singer/actress Cher. 6:16 PM Dec 3rd from web |
Re:"The Caine Mutiny"(1954)Stanley Kramer gave Fred MacMurray a major role as his wife had just died and work gave him a needed distraction. 12:09 PM Dec 3rd from web |
Re:"Twilight"(2008)With a $70.6 mil debut gross, the movie had the top debut ever for a film directed by one woman. 12:19 PM Dec 2nd from web |
Re:"Australia"(2008) 15 babies were born to cast and crew, one being Kidman's daughter, during the course of the very long filming. 2:28 AM Nov 29th from web |
Re:"Abbott&Costello Meet Frankenstein"(1948)This was the last film to feature Frankenstein, Dracula and the Wolfman until Van Helsing (2004) 1:32 PM Nov 19th from web |
Re:"Quantum of Solace"(2008)The title "Quantum of Solace" for this Bond movie was first touted around the time of Licence to Kill (1989). 12:45 PM Nov 19th from web |