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Thu, 30 Jun 2005 15:26:40 GMT

Here are some useless facts to throw at people. They mostly deal with Hollywood trash pictures, but a fact's a fact:
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-Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, Robert Redford, Ryan O'Neal, and Dustin Hoffman all passed on the role of

-Michael Coleone in THE GODFATHER.

-Tom Cruise is in YOUNG GUNS.

-FOOTLOOSE is based on a true story.

-A CHRISTMAS STORY is based on a book titled "In God we Trust, All Others Pay Cash".

-Sesame Street's Bert and Ernie were named after a cop and a taxi driver from IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE.

-John Preston (Christian Bale) kills 118 people in EQUILIBRIUM.

-Freddie Prinze Jr. was very, very close to getting the role of Peter Parker in SPIDER-MAN.

-Mia Wallace (Uma Thurman) and Vincent Vega (John Travolta) don't win the dance contest at Jack Rabbit -Slim's in PULP FICTION. According to a radio news bulletin later in the film, they stole the trophy.

-The movie theatre in BACK TO THE FUTURE is showing two movies called "A Boys Life" and "Watch the Skies". These are the original titles of E.T. and CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND respectively.

-Speaking of E.T., if you look close after Queen Amidala's speech to the senate in THE PHANTOM MENACE you'll see three of the little aliens hooting and hollering.

-The voice of Edna, the eccentric costume designer in THE INCREDIBLES, was provided by the film's director, Brad Bird.

-The Dude (Jeff Bridges) say the word "man" every 90 seconds on average in THE BIG LEBOWSKI.

-The shark deaths in DEEP BLUE SEA were taken directly from JAWS (compressed gas explosion), JAWS 2 (electrocution), and JAWS 3 (bomb).

-The name of Carlito's nightclub in CARLITO'S WAY is the same as the name of Tony's taco stand in SCARFACE. "El Paraiso".

-Kevin bacon, Corey Feldman, Crispin Glover, and Kelly Hu are all alumni of the FRIDAY THE 13th franchise.

-The real house from the story that inspired THE AMITYVILLE HORROR still exists. The creepy attic windows have been replaced by less menacing panes of glass.

-The budget for ED WOOD was greater than all of the real life director's films put together.

-The scene in SIN CITY in which Dwight (Clive Owen) talks with the corpse of Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) while driving the car was directed by Quentin Tarantino.

-Woody Harrelson's father was reportedly one of the "well dressed" hobos that was taken in for questioning after the assassination of President Kennedy.

-Brian Cox was the original Hannibal Lecter in MANHUNTER.

-Frank Miller, of SIN CITY fame, wrote ROBOCOP 2 and ROBOCOP 3.

-Mae Questel (who portrayed the hilarious Aunt Bethany in CHRISTMAS VACATION) was the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl for almost 30 years. She reprised the Boop role for WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?

-The title character in BABE was played by 48 different Yorkshire pigs and 1 mechanical one.

-Han Solo is the only major character from the original STAR WARS trilogy to not appear in the prequels.

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Who really cares for the majority of the movies mentioned, but telling people this trivia could raise your social status--or lower it.

cinemahomage

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