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Small Movie Details You Probably Didn't Notice
There is a lot of work, time, and money that goes into making and finishing a film or a movie. Whether it be an animated movie for kids, an action movie, a romance, or anything else, all films have a lot of work behind them. There are so many small moments that make a film that so many people don't know or see. Sometimes, funny things happen behind-the-scenes that don't get shown, sometimes interesting references are made or easter eggs are left for observant people to find.
The small moments in a film are interesting, and it takes quite the sleuth to figure them out. These small movie details bring a lot of life to a film, and they are very eye-opening to learn and realize. Small movie details could be anything from a mistake no one noticed in editing to a comment that broke the fourth wall; it's impressive when someone finds these things.
Enjoy some interesting, small movie details that most people probably did not know about before now.
Interstellar, 2014
For Interstellar, Christopher Nolan planted 500 acres of corn just for the film because he did not want to CGI the farm in. After filming, he turned it around and sold the corn and made back profit for the budget.
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American Psycho, 2000
In American Psycho (2000) Willem Dafoe (Detective Kimball) acted each meeting with Bateman 3 ways in 3 different takes: 1. He knew Bateman was the killer, 2. He only suspected Bateman was the killer, 3. He did not suspect Bateman. These clips were later spliced together to keep the audience guessing.
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WALL-E, 2008
In the opening scene of WALL-E (2008) there are wind turbines and nuclear plants built on top of trash mounds to imply that mankind didn't convert to clean energy until it was too late.
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Troy, 2004
In Troy (2004), Brad Pitt and Eric Bana did not use stunt doubles for their epic duel. They made a gentleman's agreement to pay for every accidental hit. $50 for each light hit, $100 for each hard blow. Pitt ended up paying Bana $750. Bana didn't owe Pitt anything.
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Kingpin, 1996
In Kingpin (1996) Bill Murray plays the infamous pro-bowler Ernie McCracken. In addition to improvising nearly all of his lines, Murray actually bowled three strikes in a row on camera to a live audience in one take. Their thunderous applause was real.
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Hercules, 1997
In "Hercules" (1997) Hades says "Guys, relax. It's only half-time" exactly at the 46-minute mark, the halfway point of the 92-minute movie
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Mulan, 1998
Mulan (1998) only has musical numbers for the first half, until the characters find the destroyed village. From there on songs were avoided because the tone was meant to be darker.
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Star Wars, 1977
Star Wars (1977) originally had Red and Blue Squadron attacking the Death Star, but blue conflicted with the blue screens, so it was changed to gold. In Rogue One (2016), Red, Gold and Blue squadron attack Scarif, where Blue Squadron is destroyed, leaving them unavailable for the events in Star Wars.
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Rogue One, 2016
In Rogue One (2016), director Gareth Edwards told the main characters and extras to grow moustaches and sideburns to give the film a 1970’s feel, and add a retro-futuristic aesthetic like the original trilogy did.
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Deadpool 2, 2018
Watching Deadpool 2 (2018) and noticed a certain Supreme Court justice’s headshot in the squad interview scene. None other than Ruth Bader Ginsburg in consideration for a spot on X-Force.
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Home Alone, 1990
In Home Alone (1990) when they counted the people for the trip they say there's 17 people in total. An odd number between two vans means they will be split 8/9. Since Kevin was missing both vans had 8 people instead, making each group assume they were on the 8-people van, not suspecting a thing.
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The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006
In The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Will Smith walked past the real Chris Gardner, the man he played and the movie was based on.
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The Incredible Hulk, 2008, Spider-Man: Homecoming, 2017
The college student in the Incredible Hulk (2008) is also Peter Parker’s teacher in Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
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Coraline, 2009
In Coraline, the “welcome home” cake features a double loop on the O. According to Graphology, a double loop on a lower case O means that the person who wrote it is lying. There is only one double loop, meaning she is welcome but she is not home.
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Scream, 1996
Whilst filming Scream (1996) Drew Barrymore accidently called 911 for real several times. The prop master had forgotten to unplug the phone before filming. Barrymore would call, scream and hang up. In the middle of one take the police rang back in confusion to ask why they kept calling.
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Santa Clause, 1994
In the Santa Clause (1994) when Charlie is at school you can see an elf behind him in class meaning they were keeping tabs on him and his dad.
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The Simpsons Movie, 2007
In The Simpsons Movie (2007), you can still see Homer's crashed ambulance from season 2 of the show.
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The Dark Knight Rises, 2012
In The Dark Knight Rises (2012), Bruce did not wear a mask during the masked ball scene. This is because he considers Batman as his true identity and "Bruce Wayne" as his disguise in public. When Selina asked him "Who are you pretending to be? " he replied "Bruce Wayne, eccentric billionaire".
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Titanic, 1997
In Titanic, Jack tells Rose that he went ice fishing on Lake Wissota in Wisconsin. The lake Wissota was formed in 1917 by the creation of a hydroelectric dam on the Chippewa River, 5 full years after the Titanic sank.
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Billy Madison, 1995
For the dodgeball scene of Billy Madison (1995), Adam was really hitting the kids as hard as he could, because "hurting kids is funny". The director cut right before they started crying. Some of the parents got upset with him.
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Baby Driver, 2017
Baby Driver (2017), Joesph, was written as a deaf African American man in his 80s. CJ Jones was the only performer to audition who is actually deaf. Edgar Wright said "I started auditioning other very good actors who were pretending to be deaf, it made me feel immediately uncomfortable.”
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Batman, 1989
In Batman (1989) a painting the joker has his eyes on is featured in The Joker (1989).
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Rango, 2011
In Rango (2011), actors actually performed just like in a live movie and this was later referenced by Animators in animating the film.
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The Lego Movie, 2014
In The Lego Movie (2014) Benny the spaceman has a broken helmet. This used to happen to the original Lego pieces.
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