What are some interesting movie facts?

Answer 1

During one scene in 'The Sound of Music', an orange box can be clearly seen stamped with the words 'Produce of Israel'. The film was set in 1938, ten years before Israel was founded.

Some of the chariot racers in 'Ben Hur' were seen to be wearing wristwatches.

Edward G Robinson's character in 'The Last Gangster' gets sent to Alcatraz in 1927. This was probably not as bad a sentence as you might imagine since the prison wasn't opened there until 1934.

For the movie the Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland was paid $35 a week while Toto received $125 a week.

Near the beginning of the movie Back To The Future there's a scene where they show all of the clocks at Doc's house. If you look closely there is one clock with a little man hanging from the minute hand.

Orson Welles was only 21 years old when here starred in & directed in the movie Citizen Kane.

When the Mother-Ship passes over the Devil's Tower near the end of Spielberg's movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, R2-D2 can be seen hanging from the bottom of the ship.

The Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie were named after the cop and the taxi driver from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life".

When the T-Rex devours the traffic light in San Diego within the movie "The Lost Word: Jurassic Park", there is a sign close by that reads "No Dinosaurs".

After reading the script for Men in Black, Will Smith did not want any part of the movie. It was wife Jada that persuaded him to take the part.

The carpet designs seen in Sid's hallway in Toy Story are the same as the carpet designs seen in "The Shining."

The story of Mulan had been told in China for almost 1,500 years before Disney picked it up and made it into a movie.

The ruby red slippers seen in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" once sold at an auction for $660,000.

Hitchcock used chocolate syrup to portray the blood seen in the shower scene for his classic film Psycho.

Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was the first animated film to be nominated for an Oscar for best picture.

Bruce Lee was so fast, that they actually had to slow a film down so you could see his moves.