Comments on: Show Off Your Smarts!

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 07 Nov 2006 20:00:23 +0000

“I always thought it was one of those myriad “oz” myths, but I’ve researched it and its true! That, my friends, is the very definition of irony!”

I’m sorry to say, my friend, that that is so NOT “the very definition of irony.” It’s (and please note the use of an apostrophe when contracting “it is”) merely a coincidence. Not ironic in the least.

By: Kat

Kat — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:36:50 +0000

In the film – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America…. we all know that name… The suit Sacha Baron Cohen wears when playing Borat has deliberately never been cleaned. Also, the hair and moustache are real.

By: nervousbirds

nervousbirds — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:51:02 +0000

Under the category of “Lines They Never Actually Said” would go Dirty Harry’s “Are you feeling lucky, punk?”
What Eastwood’s character actually says in the diner hold-up scene is that in all the confusion he, too, has lost count of whether he’s fired five or six shots from his Magnum revolver. and something to the effect of: “So you’ve got to ask yourself, “Do I feel lucky?” Well? Do you, punk?” But not the quote that turns up on the posters or t-shirts or what-have-you.

By: Xander

Xander — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:09:14 +0000

I remembered last night the single greatest piece of movie knowledge I have ever heard or will hear. You will thank me. Here is the way to set it up and impress your movie/music loving friends:
“Hey, in Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, what band lost in the Battle of the Bands to Wyld Stallions?”
“Primus” (with “Hey baby”)
note- Primus also provide the South Park opening music, both the original and slightly modified version for the second half of the tenth season.

Primus is great, or was, but of course they lost to the greatest band in all of time, Wyld Stallions!!

By: The omnipotent E

The omnipotent E — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 16:00:41 +0000

The first feature film to ever be entirely digitally edited was Cold Mountain. (Imagine the hard drive for that sucker!)

The film scenes in Catch Me if You Can that were supposed to be in France were actually filmed in Quebec City (Canada) to keep costs down. (This I found out from the set designer herself!)

The film Titanic was filmed in large part off the coast of Mexico. Clearly, the temperature is much too warm to ever make a person’s breath visible. This visual had to be digitally added to give the illusion of being on the frosty North Atlantic.

In the first Pirates of the Caribbean film, Keira Knightly’s (Ms. Swan) well-endowed bossom was a digital enhancement.

By: Louis Ginocchio III

Louis Ginocchio III — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 13:11:06 +0000

Bollywood puts out more movies every year than Hollywood. Common knowledge right? The truth is that India is no longer the home of the world’s most prolific movie industry. The honor now goes to Nollywood (Nigeria) which produces about 1500 full length movies a year.

What is amazing is the fact that this number was almost zero only a short time ago. Today the industry employs thousands and brings in several hundred million dollars a year in revenue.

By: Ransom

Ransom — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 05:41:33 +0000

Did someone say there are no movies studios in Hollywood? How about Paramount Pictures? Bah!

By: Mri

Mri — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 03:37:12 +0000

Ok, so the Lady Chablis (a.k.a. Frank) is not the only real “character” to appear in “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.” The actual DA in the case played the judge in the movie.

By: Euphemism

Euphemism — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:33:39 +0000

When filming a movie, the last shot of the day is called the “martini shot,” as it’s the last shot the crew has to worry about before they can hit the bar.

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:36:40 +0000

Speakin of the Oz, I love the little factoidinal of the origin of the Oz term. Apparently, Mr. Baum was simply relating a story to his son and friends one evening around 1899 when lo, a little one asked of the name of this magical place of the Scarecrow, Lion and Tinny fella. Kinda caught off guard but resourceful nevertheless, Mr. Baum perused the room including a nearby filing cabinet whereupon he noticed the drawer labels – A-G, H-N and O-Z.

The rest, as they say, is istory eh!