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Hey I didn’t knew that…!!

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Jurassic park

The weird barking sound the raptors use to communicate in “Jurassic Park”, is actually the mating sound of tortoises. Another interesting fact is that it took 6 hours to render a single frame of the rain soaked T-RexSource - http://www.dorkly.com/post/60320/7-inconsequentially-cool-things-from-movies-that-took-an-age-to-film


Paranormal Activity

Although not as successful as the sequels, the first “Paranormal Activity” movie cost less than $15,000 to make, but grossed over $193,000,000. That’s some return of investment.Source - http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml


Titanic

The budget to film “Titanic” was actually larger than the cost to build the actual Titanic. The cost to construct the Titanic in 1910-1912 was £1.5 million or $7.5 million (at the time). Adjusted to inflation this was $120-150 million in 1997. However, the movie cost around $200 million to make. Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/trivia


Gravity

The movie “Gravity” had a $100,000,000 budget and was more expensive than the Indian Mars Mission. The Indian Mars mission was the cheapest successful mission to date and cost $74 million. This was less than three quarters the cost to film the movie “Gravity”.Source - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/indias-mars-mission-cheaper-making-4314952


Rocky

The 1976 classic “Rocky” was shot in just 28 days.Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky


Back to the future

The iconic DeLorean time machine in the movie “Back to the Future” was originally meant to be a refrigerator! In the original draft of “Back to the Future”, Marty was meant to climb into a fridge which was strapped to the back of a truck hurtling toward an atomic explosion. The plan was for the energy from the nuclear reaction to provide the necessary power for time travel.Source - http://www.slashfilm.com/how-back-to-the-future-almost-nuked-the-fridge/


The Matrix

Before Keanu Reeves was offered the part of Neo in “The Matrix“, the role was also offered to Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio.Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/trivia


Gone with the wind

When adjusted for inflation “Gone with the Wind” is the highest grossing movie of all time.Source - http://calculatorgames.info/mogul/


Saving Private Ryan

“Saving Private Ryan” depicted battle scenes of D-Day so realistically that it caused or exacerbated post traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans when they watched the movie.Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan#Critical_response


Fight Club

There is a Starbucks cup in every single scene in the movie “Fight Club“. Fight Club made a huge point of the effects that consumerism has on our lives. So much so, that director David Fincher decided to hide a Starbucks cup in every single scene to make a point.Source - http://whatculture.com/film/10-incredible-movie-easter-eggs-that-went-totally-over-your-head.php/2#6QQIuHgwC5l8JXsc.99


Transformer : Revenge of the fallen

There is a scene in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with 2 seconds of footage that took months to create. The scene in which Isabel Lucas looks to seduce Shia LaBeouf but transforms into a Decepticon took 3 months to create. In fact, it was sent to a specialist team of people who created the frames by hand.Source - http://www.dorkly.com/post/60320/7-inconsequentially-cool-things-from-movies-that-took-an-age-to-film/page:2


Cannibal Holocaust

The director of the movie “Cannibal Holocaust” was arrested for murder and had to prove his innocence by calling in all his “murdered” actors. This is because the courts could not understand how an impalement scene was done and believed an actress was murdered for the sake of the movie.Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust#Snuff_film_allegations


Matrix Reloaded

There is a scene in “Matrix Reloaded” when Trinity hacks into a power station’s computer that’s actually very accurate. The scene in which Trinity hacks into the power station’s computer is realistic and exposes an SSH vulnerability. While the program Trinity uses once she’s gained access is fictitious, it shows just how much research was made into filming the Matrix movies to ensure they were believable.Source - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/16/matrix_sequel_has_hacker_cred/


300

“300” is well known as a battle-happy film, although is actually the most death-packed film ever made with an average of 5 people dying every minute.Source - http://www.randalolson.com/2013/12/31/most-violence-packed-films/


Life of Pi

Steven Callahan is a real shipwreck survivor who helped film the movie “Life of Pi” as a technical adviser. Steven Callahan spent 76 days at sea and drifted over 1,800 miles across the perilous Atlantic in a rubber raft – facing sharks, storms and thirst.Source - http://www.npr.org/2013/02/24/172632549/real-life-shipwreck-survivor-helped-life-of-pi-get-lost-at-sea


Godzilla

The iconic roar that Godzilla made in the 1954 movie was actually created by rubbing a leather glove across the strings of a double bass instrument.Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047034/trivia


Twilight

There are over 24 minutes of just staring during the Twilight movies.


Charlie & The Chocolate Factory

In “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts rather than use CGI. Tim Burton made a lot of effort to ensure “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory” was as real as possible. Part of this meant training squirrels to crack nuts rather than use readily available computer graphics. Some of the squirrels came from rescues and private homes, while others had to be hand reared and required bottled milk on set.Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4702653.stm


Despicable me

The directors who filmed “Despicable Me” actually wrote a language that the minions speak throughout the movie. They called it “minion-ese” and every word they speak can be translated into English.Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1323594/trivia


Hulk

The Incredible Hulk’s skin was originally meant to be grey, but turned out to be green due to a printing error which Stan Lee liked.Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_%28comics%29#Publication_history


Bond

The famous shot featured in the Bond films’ introduction was actually filmed through the barrel of a gun.


Skyfall

The train-top fight scene in “Skyfall” was actually filmed on top of a real moving train.


The Passion of the christ

While filming “The Passion of Christ”, multiple cast and crew members were struck by lightning, including the actor who played Jesus.Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3209223.stm


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