[01] -- Look up TEN of your favorite movies on IMDB.
[02] -- Click the "trivia" link in the sidebar.
[03] -- Post a fun and random bit of trivia from each film.
[04] -- Tag five people!
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Beauty and the Beast: The Beast/Prince's real name is never mentioned. According to the Official Encyclopedia of Disney by Dave Smith, the Beast's name is "Adam".
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Secretary: The song that plays over Mr. Gray and Lee at the end of the movie is "Chariots Rise" by Lizzie West. The original lyric is "What a fool am I, to fall so in love," but the director did not want to imply that Lee was being foolish, and asked if it could be altered. Because she wanted the song to be in the movie, Lizzie West re-recorded the line as "What grace have I, to fall so in love."
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Four Weddings and a Funeral: The budget for the film was so small that the Scottish wedding wasn't filmed in Scotland, and the extras had to bring their own suits to the weddings.
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The Dreamers : The scene where Isabelle's hair catches fire happened unplanned. Eva Green was supposed to lean forward and kiss Matthew goodnight but accidentally caught her hair on fire on the candle on the table. She didn't let it worry her and acted so natural that Bernardo Bertolucci decided to leave it in as he felt it demonstrated perfectly the cross over in the film that things are about to get a bit crazy!
A bit crazy? O.o-
Lost in Translation: For years, no one other than Bill Murray, 'Scarlett Johannson' and Sofia Coppola knew what Bob whispered to Charlotte in the final scene, but according to BBC2's "The Culture Show" (2004) in October 2006, where special sound equipment was used to make the conversation audible, Bob most likely said: "I love you. Don't forget to always tell the truth."
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Y tu mamá también : In an interview, Gael García Bernal revealed that some drops of a famous brand of shampoo were used as semen in the scene where Julio Zapata and Tenoch Iturbide are masturbating in the pool.
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Empire of the Sun: Christian Bale was picked for the role of Jim out of more than 4,000 auditions. Spielberg had seen Bale in the miniseries "Anastasia: The Mystery of Anna", and Amy Irving, who starred in it, personally recommended Bale to her husband. Spielberg had not thought much of Bale in “Anastasia”, but upon Bale auditioning, cast him for the role of Jim.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix : Daniel Radcliffe came up with the idea that, as a gesture of respect to a teacher that Harry most certainly looked up to, he would wear a certain type of clothes that resemble the outfit worn by Prof. Lupin in his lessons from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), during his teachings. The director liked the suggestion, so that became the basis for his look during those scenes.
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The Departed: Many scenes with Jack Nicholson were improvised. Nicholson was given the opportunity to do whatever he wanted, to add the character's fear. The scene where Billy and Frank are talking, was loosely scripted, and many surprises happened in it, including Frank pulling out the gun.
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The Godfather: During an early shot of the scene where Vito Corleone returns home and his people carry him up the stairs, Marlon Brando put weights under his body on the bed as a prank, to make it harder to lift him.