Random facts from your favorite movies...

[mastin1]

Shawshank Redemption:
Kevin Costner turned down the role of Andy Dufresne, a decision he strongly regretted later on.


Hoosiers:

The scene with Jimmy and Coach Dale talking while Jimmy shot baskets was filmed in one take. Maris Valainis said that he "wasn't even listening to him." "I was just concentrating on making them and I made one and they kept going in."

[DrewDevil]

In City Slickers, when Billy Crystal is talking about his best day... his first trip to Yankee Stadium, learned to keep score, Mickey hit one out... that is a true story.

[elwoodblues]

Blues Brothers:

License Plate of the Bluesmobile: BDR 529
Sunglasses Model: Raybans 5022-g15
Notable Cameos: Steven Spielberg, Pee Wee Herman

[guids]

The liscence plate question is ALWAYS a question at catholic grade school trivia nights.


Goodfellas:

The Fbi agent at the end of goodfellas who convinces Henry and Karen to go into the WPP is a real-life FBI agent.

[BretWeir]

Another Goodfellas one:

Tommy's mom is played by Martin Scorsese's mom. And in her scene, the painting with the two dogs in the rowboat ("One dog goes one way, the other dog goes the other way, and this guy's sayin', 'Whadda ya want from me?'") was painted by the mother of Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote the book the movie was based on.

[slickpoppa]

Here's one that is pretty well known, but is worth mentioning:

The scene In Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indy just shrugs and shoots the huge Arab swordsman was originally supposed to be a long, drawn out fight scene. But Harrison Ford got really sick during the filming and suggested that Indy just shoot the guy.

[Bicycles_Biatch]

Dirty dancing almost didn't get released because Jennifer Gray was 17 during filming and a bunch of right wing nut-cases thought the movie promoted sex with minors in an inappropriate way.

[GrandmaStabone]

here are some more good ones

[suppasonic]

They ran out of funding for Monty Python and the Holy Grail so that is why it ends so suddenly.

[Jiggymike]

You know K-Pax was written for Will Smith? Never actually saw it, though.