Random facts from your favorite movies...

[RiverFenix]

I thought this thread was going to be about facts we learned from movies.

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I thought this thread was going to be about facts we learned from movies.

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The human head weighs eight pounds!!

[Praetor]

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I thought this thread was going to be about facts we learned from movies.

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ditto

[Dominic]

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JAWS:

When the shark goes into the lagoon and knocks the guy out of the boat, you see a leg fall to the lagoon floor.

That was a real leg of a cameraman that dropped his camera during the accident and it filmed his own leg sinking to the bottom.

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no. it. isn't.

[AceHiStation]

Jim Carey's "Hello Clarise, its good to see you again" reference to Silence of the Lambs was improv. If you pay close attention, you can see Matthew Broderick cracking up.

[RED FACE]

In Best Seller James Woods hands Brian Dennehy a watch as a gift. He says, "Patek Philip, the best".

So it is, imo.

[Yo Adrians!]

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About 1/3 of the furst Back to the Future was originally filmed with Eric Stolz playing the role of Marty McFly. Michael J. Fox had originally turned down the role because of Family Ties filming, but the producers were able to change his mind after they became dissatisfied with Stolz's performance.

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This is the first one that came to mind for me.

[Yo Adrians!]

"Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" orig. was named "Revenge of the Jedi", but George Lucas later changed the title because he didn't believe 'Revenge' was the way of the Jedi.

[Wubbie075]

this might be pretty well known but Beverly Hills Cop was originally written for Sylvester Stallone... I dunno why he did not do the film, but thank god!!

[guids]

The actor who played Moe Green in the godfather, is a suspect in a real mob shooting that sparked a fairly big mob war. He was connected with the Winter hill gang (irish).