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I seem to be overflowing with accumulated trivia information these days and as I get it I’ll pass it along to you. Todays topics for review are all pop-culture related facts.
- The famous quote “play it again Sam”, was never actually uttered in the movie Casablanca.
- Though they look alike, Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are fraternal twins, not identical.
- John Lennon signed the paperwork formalizing the breakup of the Beatles while staying at a Disney World hotel.
- Woody in Toy Story has a last name. It was revealed in 2009 as “Pride”.
- In the movie Home Alone, the picture of Buzz’s girlfriend that Kevin finds is actually a boy in a wig.
- During his performances of James Bond, Sean Connery always wore a wig.
- The injuries on Luke Skywalkers face when he was attacked by the snow monster in The Empire Strikes Back were real.
- Leonardo DiCaprio didn’t draw the sketch of Kate Winslet in Titanic . . . but director James Cameron did.
- DC Comics boasts a superhero named Arms-Fall-Off-Boy.
- 2006’s Bond movie Casino Royale was the first Bond movie that could be watched in China.
BONUS FACT
(On everyone’s favorite character)
In the Star Wars Trilogy, George Lucas’s original full name for
Yoda was “Bunden Debannen” or “Buffy” for short.
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MORE TO COME
Since today is April Fools’ Day . . . HAPPY FOOLS DAY. I know Just how much all of you love celebrities and movies, so I thought some movie trivia might be interesting. Nothing too spectacular, just a few interesting factoids to get your week started.
- In The Wizard of Oz, Toto was paid $125.00 a week in salary.
- The injuries on Luke Skywalker’s face when he is attacked by the snow monster in The Empire Strikes Back were real.
- India’s Bollywood movie industry produces more movies each year that Hollywood.
- The 2006 James Bond movie, Casino Royale, was the first Bond movie permitted in China by their censors.
- The first interracial kiss in television history happened on Star Trek.
- Actor Jim Caviezel was struck by lightning while portraying Jesus in The Passion of the Christ.
- Bryan Adams’ famous song “Summer of 69” is named after the sex position, not the year.
- Nicolas Cage is named after comic book hero Luke Cage.
- The group ZZ Top performed in the movie Back to the Future 3.
- Kevin Smith’s iconic movie Clerks was filmed on a budget of less than $28,000.
- Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings because he didn’t understand the script.
- In the post-apocalyptic classic, The Road Warrior, Mel Gibson’s (Mad Max) had just 16 lines of dialogue.
- In the Star Wars Trilogy, George Lucas’s original name for Yoda was Buffy.
- The mask that Michael Myers wears in Halloween was actually a white Captain Kirk mask.
- Yoda from Star Wars, the cookie monster from Sesame Street, and Miss Piggy from The Muppet Show were all voiced by the same person.
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