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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-12-06 11:52 PM Original message |
Post interesting little entertainment trivia bits here! I'll start. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. Richard Donner |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:06 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. That is cool! |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. More kinda cool trivia on Donner... |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. Donner is also |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:19 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. Just asking on a lark... |
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brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:12 PM Response to Reply #32 |
50. Used to be. |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #1 |
20. Darth Vader has appeared in two Kubrick films. |
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Broken_Hero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:30 PM Response to Reply #20 |
40. You are right...I'm plum forgot about his role |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:39 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. Replied in the wrong spot (nt) |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wow... cool factoid... |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
10. The little article liked was pretty interesting. |
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darkstar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:30 AM Response to Original message |
3. self-delete.... |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:32 AM Response to Original message |
4. Will Smith turned down a scholarship to MIT... |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:39 AM Response to Original message |
5. Troy Donahue's character in Godfather II was also his real name -- Merle Johnson. |
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Va Lefty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
6. James Caan turned down Paul Newman's role in |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
7. Jack Lord of 'Hawaii 5-0' fame... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 02:09 AM Response to Original message |
8. Trivia about the film "2001: A Space Odyssey" ... |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:39 AM Response to Original message |
11. A 2nd-hand coat bought for "Oz" was one of L. Frank Baum's |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:55 AM Response to Original message |
12. Russ Colombo was on his way to becoming a mega star in 1934. |
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Crap_in_a_Hat (258 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:56 AM Response to Original message |
13. Peter Jackson appears in a painting in Bilbo's house |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
15. Harrison Ford plays a character named Lucas in Apocalypse Now |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 10:20 AM Response to Original message |
16. When Pink Floyd's "The Wall" movie was being worked out ... |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
17. Some 80% of all movies use the line. . . |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. The other line that turns up in almost every movie is |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
54. Yeah, that pops up a lot |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
18. In the Terminator 2 scene when Linda Hamilton |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:29 PM Response to Reply #18 |
39. Interesting! |
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Little Wing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. Scarlett Johanssen offered to go topless in "The Island" |
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Zavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Quentin Tatantino wrote a Reservior Dogs part specifically with |
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edbermac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
22. Psycho trivia. |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. Nick Nolte turned down the role of |
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Giant Robot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Oh and in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
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Kerrytravelers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:44 PM Response to Reply #24 |
31. In the Hitchhiker movie (recent one) the woman in the bar sitting by Arther Dent |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 08:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. Neat. |
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WernhamHogg (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 03:35 PM Response to Original message |
25. John Lithgow |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
27. The Coriolis Effect is not strong enough to influence the direction |
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Ha Ha Ha Oh Wow (37 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
28. Eskimo's have over 150 different words for "Ice" and none for "Hello" |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
30. Kevin Costner is the corpse |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:23 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. There were supposed to be flashbacks concerning his character, |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:52 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. I heard that too about the cuts. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:40 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Perfect role for Costner |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:28 PM Response to Original message |
34. who is the only actress to win all 4: a grammy, a tony, an emmy & an oscar? |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:34 PM Response to Reply #34 |
41. Did you ever see "Forbidden Broadway" or hear the cast recording? |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
36. Actor Stewart Granger |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:45 PM Response to Reply #36 |
44. I did not know that! |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
38. Marlena Dietrich used gold dust on her hair. |
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nytemare (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #38 |
42. Thanks for the link. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 07:41 PM Response to Original message |
43. Mark Lindsay lost out on the role of John Lennon in a biopic |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
45. Donovan (folk singer) sang backup on Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies |
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6000eliot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 04:06 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. It's actually a duet between them. |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 07:12 AM Response to Reply #55 |
56. You're right! |
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idgiehkt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
46. my grandad was buried in the coffin used in the movie "Being There" |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #46 |
48. now *that's* trippy... |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
49. hubby's step-uncle designed The Oscar... |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Dec-13-06 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
52. The Heartbreak Kid (1973) was filmed in Minneapolis and suburbs, and |
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Lydia Leftcoast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 01:11 AM Response to Original message |
53. Marni Nixon dubbed the singing voices of |
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NewJeffCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Dec-14-06 10:10 AM Response to Original message |
57. In Die Hard 2 (this is more like a blooper) |
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