Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones doesn’t miss much, but he apparently overlooked pretty conclusive evidence of a civilization that existed long ago in a galaxy far away. Steven Spielberg, the creator of […]
The smallest actor in the movie The Wizard of Oz was Dororthy’s dog, Toto. The tiny pooch did not draw the smallest salary, however. Each of the actors who played the Munchkins earned […]
The 1985 movie Real Genius depicts the adventures of brilliant physics students at the fictional Pacific Tech University. If you are unfamiliar with it, you can read a plot synopsis here. While the […]
In the movie Braveheart, Sir William Wallace gives a stirring speech at the beginning of the battle of Stirling Bridge that motivates the Scots to fight to victory. Perhaps they were so […]
Herbie Goes Bananas, the 1980 film about a Volkswagen Beetle that is seemingly alive, is widely regarded as the worst of the Herbie movies. Some might even call it a disaster. Few […]
One of the most memorable moments in the Indiana Jones movies was not part of the original script. In the 1981 film Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) runs […]
Promotional Poster for WC Fields’ 1940 feature film, “The Bank Dick” As a young vaudeville performer, WC Fields (1880-1946) lived in poverty and near starvation. He had a recurring nightmare of being […]
While filming the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark the filmmakers discovered to their chagrin that the snakes used for the Well of Souls sequence weren’t afraid of fire at all. In […]
Michael Myers’ mask in the movie Halloween was the face of William Shatner. Because the film had an incredibly low budget, the prop department on horror classic Halloween had to dress serial […]
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