[Virgil Tracy]

Originally Posted by rafguy

I am sure most will know this, but for those who don't, Blue Harvest was the fake working title for Return of the Jedi.

or Revenge of the Jedi which then became Return .

[Scubamonkey]

Originally Posted by Virgil Tracy

or Revenge of the Jedi which then became Return .

it became 'return of the jedi' as lucas said that 'revenge' was not an emotion or motivation that fitted in with the ethos of the jedi philosophy! (does knowing that make me a geek? )
it was also a ploy to fool the merchandise counterfitters, as they printed up t-shirts, toys etc which were incorrect! (yep, i'm certainly a geek!)

[Pob-Bundy]

Kirk Douglas really is Spartacus. Stephen Hawking wheelchaired back in time and plonked him in the 50's for a bet he had with Bill Gates. The bloke from Apple got wind of it, Hawking found out and now he's just recently resigned. Coincidence??

[mialicious]

Originally Posted by rafguy

Ermey was a former Marine who had previously acted as technical director on Apocalypse Now and to Louis Gosset in an Officer and A Gentleman.

He also played 'Sarge' in the Toy Story trilogy.

He was also in Peter jacksons 'the Frighteners'

Originally Posted by rafguy

Also. the passage from the Bible that Jules has memorized was mostly made up by Quentin Tarantino and Samuel L. Jackson. The only part that's similar to what the Bible says is the part where he says, "And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger. And you will know My name is the Lord when I lay My vengeance upon thee." However, the parts about the righteous man and the shepherd are not real.

Quentin Tarantino used Ezekiel 25:17 as an obscure reference to the 1976 film Karate Kiba, starring Sonny Chiba. In this film, a nearly identical misquote is said by Chiba.

[Scubamonkey]

Originally Posted by Pob-Bundy

Kirk Douglas really is Spartacus. Stephen Hawking wheelchaired back in time and plonked him in the 50's for a bet he had with Bill Gates. The bloke from Apple got wind of it, Hawking found out and now he's just recently resigned. Coincidence??

Hmmmm...... do you have a reliable source for this information!??!?!?!

[Pob-Bundy]

Yes Spartacus told me, that means so called Micheal Douglas is Spart.Jr. A man out of time he is, all down to those bespectacled tech-whizzes having fun at his expense because they just can.

[MrKingfisher]

Originally Posted by Pob-Bundy

Yes Spartacus told me, that means so called Micheal Douglas is Spart.Jr. A man out of time he is, all down to those bespectacled tech-whizzes having fun at his expense because they just can.

and that is good enough for me lol!!

[Virgil Tracy]

Originally Posted by Scubamonkey

it became 'return of the jedi' as lucas said that 'revenge' was not an emotion or motivation that fitted in with the ethos of the jedi philosophy! (does knowing that make me a geek? )
it was also a ploy to fool the merchandise counterfitters, as they printed up t-shirts, toys etc which were incorrect! (yep, i'm certainly a geek!)

i remember him saying that , but it doesn't really add up since the Revenge logo became more collectible than the Return logo because of its rarity , there were official lucafilm products with the Revenge logo before the movie opened .

[Scubamonkey]

Originally Posted by Virgil Tracy

i remember him saying that , but it doesn't really add up since the Revenge logo became more collectible than the Return logo because of its rarity , there were official lucafilm products with the Revenge logo before the movie opened .

I'm with you - I do remember reading somewhere that the revenge stuff was worth more, but it didn't fit in with what Lucas said (re: counterfeiters) !

[treefr0g]

Something that I didn't realise until recently is that the Machete character originates from the 'Spy Kids' movies.

The two films couldn't be further apart

[Mallaha]

The ginormous actor who was the Last Engineer in Prometheus was also the Predator in Alien vs Predator.

[ironjade]

In "Star Wars" Peter Cushing's jackboots had no soles. They had to be removed so the boots weren't too tight to wear.

The Spencer Tracy movie "North-West Passage" never gets anywhere near the North-West Passage. It was intended to be the first of a pair of movies and was originally called "Rogers' Rangers". The second movie was never made.

"Wicked, Wicked" is was the first (and mercifully, only) movie to use the "Duovision" process, in which the screen is split vertically in two throughout the film, showing the action from two different angles simultaneously. After 10 minutes you realise why it never caught on.

Although everyone invariably associates the classic 50s 3D movies with red/green glasses, they were actually made using the Polaroid process and were viewed with colourless glasses similar to those in use today.
The later, inferior red/green anaglyph versions were made so that only one projector at a time was needed, allowing 3D movies to be shown more easily in cinemas with less sophisticated set-ups.

[jra]

Originally Posted by Chasing Shadows

No, long before the Naked Gun films came out. I recorded all six on video in the early eighties (Betamax). Used to be shown on BBC2 very regularly - every couple of years.

The Naked Gun films were made because of the (cult) success of Police Squad.

Yep. It was badly worded. I meant what you say. It wasn't 'since', but 'because of'.

[HP_Guy]

Originally Posted by gerry d

Apparently during the making of Towering Inferno Steve McQueen wasn't happy that Paul Newan's character had 12 more lines of dialogue than his character.As a result 12 more lines of dialogue were written for Steve McQueens character so that both men had the same amount of dialogue in the film.

Apparently... in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the scene where Bob Hoskins is (not) parachuting with Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse is the first time Characters from Disney and WB have appear on screen at the same time. It was in the contract that they have the same number of lines.

[Rorschach]

In all his cowboy roles, Clint Eastwoods never kills a single Native American Indian.

In all his roles involving heists his characters largest haul was from Kelly's Heroes where Private Kelly's share of the German Gold comes in at around £900,000.

(If I remember correctly Thunderbolt & Lightfoot comes in second with £500,000)

[Rorschach]

Originally Posted by newman2005

die hard was originally written as a sequal to commando - when arnie dropped out it was retooled and was offered to loads of stars but eventually willis said yes and the rest is history!


newman

Possibly urban legend but...Under Siege was originally written as Die Hard 3 but it proved too difficult to get McClane on a battleship and so Segal gained his finest film (imo...and not just because of the cake scene).

Meanwhile Die Hard 3 started life as a standalone film called Simon Says which was later rewritten to include McClane.

What goes around comes around

[porshacat]

Originally Posted by gerry d

Tom Selleck was the first choice to play Indiana Jones but had to decline because the producers of Magnum PI would not release him to do the film.

As it happened when Selleck got to Hawaii to film the series there was a strike (by technicians) that lasted for quite some time, he got no filming done and could have done the Indiana Jones film after all.

Originally Posted by Shaiya

I think most people knew that while they were still sperm.

Originally Posted by craigwat201183

In the 1995 movie Se7en. The producers intended that Kevin Spacey should receive top billing at the start of the movie but he insisted that his name not appear in the opening credits, so as to surprise the audience with the identity of the killer. To compensate, he is listed twice in the closing credits: once before the credits start rolling, and once in the rolling credits in order of appearance. Another advantage from Spacey's point of view, as he saw it, was that he was excluded from the film's marketing during its release, meaning he didn't have to make any public appearances or do any interviews.

Clever old Kevin.

Originally Posted by degsyhufc

He starting to sound like a bit of a dick

Apparentley he was and tight as a Ducks bottom bits too.

[TOSSerr]

Originally Posted by wiseguy100

wasn't the topic, film trivia ppl don't know about yeah.

I didn't know about the Kirk mask, Not-So-Wise Guy

[spiney2]

the "ribbit" frog sound universally used in endless outdoor scenes is in fact the pacific tree frog which lives only along the western coast of north america.

[Bald1]

Someone has already mentioned that Michael G Wilson appears in Casino Royale being arrested. I am sure he also appears in Quantum Of Solace. When Bond is leaving the hotel and picks up the case, look at the guy sat in the reception area.

Also, Alfred Hitchcock appears (briefly) in all his movies. I have only seen him in 2 so far.

When people used to mimmick Rambo, they always seemed to use the line "Don't push me!" Rambo doesn't say that in any of the Rambo films.

Also, apparently (haven't watched it in years so can't be 100%) in Blade Runner there is a scene where you can see the Millenium Falcon in amongst some buildings

[spiney2]

in the 70mm versiom of 7 brides for 7 brothers russ tamblyn's genitalia are very visible under his nightshirt in one scene ...... cropped off in 35mm and presumably all recent releases .....

[rosco2010]

Will Smith turned down the role of Neo in The Matrix to film Wild Wild West. He regrets it to this day.

[spiney2]

in 2001 the cooling fins on spaceship discovery - to radiate away nuclear reactor waste heat - are far too small. a real version would just melt. but kubrick didnt want everyone asking why a spaceship had wings .....

[spiney2]

Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead

I'm sure I've seen more than four episodes

were there not 2 series of police squad of 6 episodes each ?

[spiney2]

...sorry ....somebody has already said there were only 6 episodes tot of police squad. only 1 series.