Post some film trivia that you think other people may not know.....

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 380

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  21/08/11 - 09:35 #2

  John Carpenter himslef provided the voice of 'Paul' when he spoke on the phone with Lindsey and Annie in Halloween

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• The Queen Vic Posts: 5,775

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  21/08/11 - 09:56 #3

  Sergio Leone was first choice to direct The Godfather, but turned it down as he thought it sensationalised the Mafia. He later went on to direct Once Upon a Time in America.

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• VoodooChic Posts: 9,868

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  21/08/11 - 10:28 #4

  Scubamonkey wrote: »

  For The Silence of the Lambs, producers originally wanted Sean Connery and Michelle Ppeiffer to play Hannibal Lecter and Clarice Starling! Ppeiffer turned it down due to the violent content of the film. Connery turned it down (although I'm not sure why). How different would that film have been.....?
  
  And your piece of tantalising trivia is.......?

  
  I ate hish liver with a shide of fava beansh and a niche Chianti.

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• Rorschach Posts: 10,818

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  21/08/11 - 10:34 #5

  Dirk Bogarde's real name was Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde

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• bob187 Posts: 1,280

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  21/08/11 - 10:45 #6

  VoodooChic wrote: »

  I ate hish liver with a shide of fava beansh and a niche Chianti.

  
  ...and HP Sauce!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 674

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  21/08/11 - 10:49 #7

  VoodooChic wrote: »

  I ate hish liver with a shide of fava beansh and a niche Chianti.

  
  Surely Mr Connery would be more along the lines of "I ate hish liver with a shide of deep fried midges, a bottle of Iron Bru and a barely concealed loathing of the English"

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• ruddiger Posts: 2,183

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  21/08/11 - 11:27 #8

  MrKingfisher wrote: »

  John Carpenter himslef provided the voice of 'Paul' when he spoke on the phone with Lindsey and Annie in Halloween

  
  Michael Myers mask was a William Shatner (Kirk/ Star Trek) mask
  
  http://www.filmdetail.com/2009/10/26/william-shatner-and-the-halloween-mask/

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• Gordie1 Posts: 6,993

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  21/08/11 - 13:25 #9

  Michael J fox played Marty mcfly's daughter in Back to the future 2.

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• boogie woogie Posts: 16,412

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  21/08/11 - 14:32 #10

  Halloween producer Debra Hill's hands were used for the scene in which young Michael repeatedly stabs his sister to death (seen from the audience's POV).

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• bbclassics Posts: 7,806

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  21/08/11 - 15:03 #11

  Towards the end of filming Jaws Author Peter Benchley was thrown off the set due to objecting to the climax of the film.
  Shame really I liked both the book and film.

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• gerry d Posts: 12,518

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  21/08/11 - 17:06 #12

  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.

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• Aneechik Posts: 20,208

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  21/08/11 - 17:08 #13

  There's an alternate version of Superman 2 which is completely different.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 380

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  21/08/11 - 18:08 #14

  gerry d wrote: »

  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.

  
  Really...that doesn't bear thinking about...horrible thought :eek:

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• Shaiya Posts: 3,512

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  21/08/11 - 18:26 #15

  Gordie1 wrote: »

  Michael J fox played Marty mcfly's daughter in Back to the future 2.

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

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• barracuda91 Posts: 3,244

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  21/08/11 - 18:28 #16

  More related to the cover art for the film, but the skull in The Silence of the Lambs cover is the Salvador Dali painting of seven naked women.

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  21/08/11 - 18:40 #17

  In Back to the future the set used as the town of Hill Valley, is also seen as Kingston Falls in Gremlins.
  
  The same goes for The Burbs and desperate housewives who both used the same set as each other.
  
  Richard Branson appears in the airport scene in Casino Royal.

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• Virgil Tracy Posts: 26,806

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  21/08/11 - 18:44 #18

  bretonne wrote: »

  In Back to the future the set used as the town of Hill Valley, is also seen as Kingston Falls in Gremlins.
  
  The same goes for The Burbs and desperate housewives who both used the same set as each other.
  
  Richard Branson appears in the airport scene in Casino Royal.

  
  michael g wilson the producer has a cameo as a guy being arrested at the cafe .

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• degsyhufc Posts: 59,251

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  21/08/11 - 18:45 #19

  bretonne wrote: »

  Richard Branson appears in the airport scene in Casino Royal.

  Apart from on BA flights Apparently that scene was purposely cut.

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  21/08/11 - 18:49 #20

  degsyhufc wrote: »

  Apart from on BA flights Apparently that scene was purposely cut.

  
  ah ok- just remember reading it somewhere

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  21/08/11 - 18:53 #21

  The film Dirty Harry has quite an interesting story.
  
  Apparently the script was originally written for John Wayne. He turned it down as he felt the script glorified violence.
  
  Frank Sinatra, Robert Mitchum, Steve McQueen and Burt Lancaster all turned it down for various reasons. Paul Newman was also asked but suggested Clint Eastwood for the role. Marlon Brando was even considered but never approached.
  
  Audie Murphy was the original choice to play the villain Scorpio but he died in a plane crash and so could not be offered the role. James Caan was also considered. Eventually the part went to Andy Robinson who was recommended by Clint Eastwood.

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  21/08/11 - 18:57 #22

  Titanic : The sketch that Jack drew of Rose wearing the famous necklace was drawn by James Cameron. The hands drawing the sketch are really Cameron's. His was also responsible for all the other Jack sketches

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  21/08/11 - 19:05 #23

  ruddiger wrote: »

  Michael Myers mask was a William Shatner (Kirk/ Star Trek) mask
  
  http://www.filmdetail.com/2009/10/26/william-shatner-and-the-halloween-mask/

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

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  21/08/11 - 19:06 #24

  gerry d wrote: »

  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.

  
  common knowledge!!!

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  21/08/11 - 19:07 #25

  Aneechik wrote: »

  There's an alternate version of Superman 2 which is completely different.

  
  wow really you mean an alternate alternate version that hasn't been out for ages to buy on DVD n BD called the Richard Donner cut.
  
  lol.
  
  film trivia ppl don't know yeah.

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• Virgil Tracy Posts: 26,806

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  21/08/11 - 19:11 #26

  degsyhufc wrote: »

  Apart from on BA flights Apparently that scene was purposely cut.

  
  well it's in the film .

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