Off-Topic Movie Trivia Thread

[The Colonel]

Back to the Future and Gremlins shared the same set.

 

[The Colonel]

Fight Club Director David Fincher says that there is a Starbucks coffee cup visible in every shot of the film

 

[BLUE TUESDAY]

Fight Club Director David Fincher says that there is a Starbucks coffee cup visible in every shot of the film

is that a subtle dig at thier practices I wonder

 

[The Colonel]

is that a subtle dig at thier practices I wonder

I would have thought so, the whole movie was a dig at the modern corporate west.

 

[BLUE TUESDAY]

I would have thought so, the whole movie was a dig at the modern corporate west.

That's what I was thinking
Just no so eloquently

 

[Joecity]

Gerard Butler's name comes up in the opening credits for Watchmen but he's not even in the film..As the yanks say..Go figure..

 

[Joecity]

The original script for 7 had Morgan Freeman shooting Kevin Spacey dead at the end and saying 'I'm retiring' before walking off..They changed it.

 

[bluethrough™]

The original script for 7 had Morgan Freeman shooting Kevin Spacey dead at the end and saying 'I'm retiring' before walking off..They changed it.

If they had known he was a future sex pest I recon they would have kept the dead Kev ending

 

[The Colonel]

According to Jaws writer Carl Gottlieb, the line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was not scripted, but was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider.

 

[Joecity]

In the 3rd David Fincher movie to be mentioned in this thread Kirsten Stewart grew by more than 3 inches in the filming of Panic Room..she started off smaller than her on screen 'Mom' Jodie Foster but was at least 3 inches taller than her by the end.

 

[The Colonel]

When asked by an interviewer why they chose to have slow moving zombies instead of running zombies, Simon Pegg simply replied, "Because death is not an energy drink."

 

[TroggBlue]

The original title of the film ‘Hot Fuzz’ (favourite movie btw) was originally going to be spelled ‘Hott Fuzz’ but Simon Pegg didn’t go with it because he thought that every interviewer would ask why it’s spelled with a double t and he’d get pissed off answering it over and over

 

[Joecity]

According to Jaws writer Carl Gottlieb, the line, "You're gonna need a bigger boat," was not scripted, but was ad-libbed by Roy Scheider.

There was a lot of ad-libbing in the film..Robert Shaw re wrote a lot of this piece himself because he felt the original script didn't do his character Quint justice.

 

[The Colonel]

There was a lot of ad-libbing in the film..Robert Shaw re wrote a lot of this piece himself because he felt the original script didn't do his character Quint justice.

Cheeky sod

 

[TroggBlue]

I don’t know why he did this but...

Whilst filming Big Mommas House, Martin Lawrence went out for a jog in the Big Momma costume, it was bastard boiling mun and he collapsed and was rushed to hospital where he was in a coma for a bit before eventually coming back round

 

[Joecity]

Cheeky sod

He was pissed as fuck the entire time by all accounts and was close to getting fired..He did that Indianapolis scene sober..The only one..He gave Richard Dreyfus a tough time on set, taking the piss non stop and was genuinely just a grade a pain in the arse but puts in a great performance.

 

[TroggBlue]

taking the piss non stop and was genuinely just a grade a pain in the arse but puts in a great performance.

That was Omar Bogle for a few games

 

[stantys tattoos]

jean claude van damme was cast to play the predator in the original film but was fired as he wouldn't stop kick boxing

 

[stantys tattoos]

He was pissed as fuck the entire time by all accounts and was close to getting fired..He did that Indianapolis scene sober..The only one..He gave Richard Dreyfus a tough time on set, taking the piss non stop and was genuinely just a grade a pain in the arse but puts in a great performance.

must be something about dreyfuss cos he said bill murray was a nightmare to work with and a bully while making what about bob

 

[BLUE TUESDAY]

must be something about dreyfuss cos he said bill murray was a nightmare to work with and a bully while making what about bob

Dreyfuss must be a snowflake
I bet bill Murray was a right wind up