Photo: Imgur
Much can be said about movies, most of it rotten reviews of good movies (and vice versa), an array of underqualified bloggers telling you things you already know or don’t want to. But these pieces of movie history, however, are little nuggets of information every man, woman and child must know. Without these, we’re just worthless, rambling idiots with no good reason for existing.
There’s nothing quite like long drunken nights of movie trivia, the uncovering of historical cinematic gems that fascinate and elate us. It’s just endless unplanned surprises on set, our favorite scenes simplified and ruined for us, terrible actors who were almost cast as our favorite iconic roles (Richard Gere in Die Hard, really?) or the fact that Quentin Tarantino is such a stoner that he puts 4:20 on all the clocks in Pulp Fiction.
We pulled together some of the most quintessential pieces of movie history we thought you should know, but it doesn’t matter what kind of movies you like (classic, new, thought-provoking, fast or furious) because we’ve got a little bit of everything in here for you. And you better fricking love it!
Pieces of Movie History Every Man, Woman and Child Needs to Know
Bet you didn’t realize this either: Hit Movies That Quietly Became a Trilogy Hiding Under Your Nose
Essential Movie History
-
'101 Dalmatians' and 'Peter Pan' are the only Disney movies where no parents die
Photo: Buena Vista Pictures
Related: The Highs and Lows of Disney Classic Remakes Made into Live Action
-
Drew Barrymore is the little girl in 'E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial'
Photo: Universal Pictures
And then she peaked, and now we're stuck with 50 First Dates on repeat.
-
James Cameron did all the sketches shown in 'Titanic'
Photo: Paramount Pictures
And the hand drawing the sketch in the frame is Cameron’s. Such a renaissance man, yet Leo still got all the action.
-
All of the clocks in 'Pulp Fiction' are stopped on 4:20
Photo: Miramax Films
This is surprising to you?
-
Lethal Weapon' had the first cell phone in a movie (1987)
Photo: Warner Bros.
Related: Lethal Weapon is 30 Now and This Is Our Hilarious Tribute
-
Brad Pitt chipped his tooth making 'Fight Club' but didn’t fix it until they were done filming in order to keep it real
Photo: 20th Century Fox
He also turned his trailer on the set of Troy into a bar and invited everyone to get drunk when they had time. What a badass.
-
Chocolate syrup was used as blood in Hitchcock’s black and white 'Psycho' shower scene
Photo: Paramount Pictures
I heard they used real blood on the Bates Motel show though.
-
Army reserves were used as extras in 'Braveheart'
Photo: Paramount Pictures
Yeah, they were reserves and just kind of made the best of a boring situation. Plus, Mel probably threatened their lives if they refused. I heard the tape.
-
The kiss between Depp and Knightley in ‘Pirates’ was cut from Bloom’s script in order to get an honest reaction out of him
Photo: Tumblr
Bet you didn't see that photo coming. Hopefully they don't leak more of these for the new film before we see it.
-
The word “dude” is used approximately 161 times in 'The Big Lebowski'
Photo: Gramercy Pictures
That's nothing. The F-word is reportedly used 292 times.
-
'Midnight Cowboy' won an Oscar despite being X-rated
Photo: United Artists
It's nice to know the Academy is really made up of a bunch of filthy fucks.
-
'King Kong' was reportedly Hitler’s favorite movie
Photo: Reddit
Do you think this was his motivational movie? Would things have been different if his favorite was Show Boat instead? No, that's way after his time (1951).
-
The hallway carpet in 'Toy Story' is the same as the carpet in 'The Shining'
Photo: via ugogo.info
Toy Story was also the first entirely CGI movie. And, get this, George Clooney is NOT the voiceover of Buzz Lightyear, apparently.
