1. All the clocks in Pulp Fiction are stuck on the same time - 4:20. 2. This is Spinal Tap was a controversial movie that became a cult-movie, and the first VHS releases even had a small sticker that warned potential buyers that the band portrayed in the film didn't exist.
3. If in the book the slippers were silver, for the movie The Wizard of Oz they changed them to ruby magic slippers, for the sole reason that it was a stronger, more visible colour. A proof that you can sometimes change the source text and being inspired in doing it.
4. Maybe the fact that Morgan Freeman says in Shawshank Redemption that he is not Irish might seem just a joke. But in the original story his character is actually Irish and red headed.
5. Remember Keyser Soze? The poster for The Usual Suspects was made before the script. And before the producers even had some ideas about the plot of the future movie.
6. Paul Schrader wrote the first script for Taxi Driver in only five days. And there is talk that he had on his desk a loaded gun, for "inspiration".
7. Gone with the Wind is one of the most famous movies of all times, and Vivien Leigh gave an amazing performance that simply made cinema history. But what if some other actress had won the part? Vivien Leigh had over 1400 rivals, and luckily she was chosen.
8. At the beginning of every Disney movie you can see a beautiful and dreamlike castle, that is based on a very real one: the Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany.
9. The first movie which was broadcast on TV was The Crooked Circle, on March 10, 1933. At that time it was still playing in the theaters.
10. Sean Connery was offered parts in Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones 4 (after his performance in the third part of the series), Blade Runner, The Lord of the Rings and The Matrix. For various reasons he turned them down, but still one can not help but wonder what it might have been.
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