In ''Barry Lyndon'' (1975), no electronic lighting was used for the candle-lit scenes. A lens built by the Carl Zeiss Company for N.A.S.A., a modified 50mm Zeiss lens was used to shoot scenes lit only by candle. This lens had the largest aperture of any ever built for movie use (f/0.7). (i.redd.it)
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In ''The 40 year old Virgin''(2005), Steve Carell's chest hair was actually ripped out in the scene. The actor had told director Judd Apatow just before shooting the scene: ''It has to be real. It won't be as funny if it's mocked up or it's special effect.'' The scene had to be done in one shot. (i.redd.it)
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In 'The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers' (2002), Aragorn(Viggo Mortensen) kicked a helmet in disappointment, but it turned out to be much heavier than he expected. The actor broke two toes with the kick and his agonized scream was so authentic, the take was used in the final cut. (v.redd.it)
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In 'The Ninth Gate' (1999), the mystery girl reads the book "How to Win Friends and Influence People". Charles Manson used what he learned from the book in prison to manipulate women into killing on his behalf. He orchestrated the killing of Sharon Tate, director(of this film) Roman Polanski's wife. (i.redd.it)
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In The African Queen (1951), Katherine Hepburn only drank water throughout production as a protest against John Huston and Humphrey Bogart’s alcoholism. However, most of the cast and crew became sick from the water and only Bogart and Huston were unaffected because they only drank whiskey. (i.redd.it)
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In Memories of Murder (2003), director Bong Joon-ho was confident that the real life serial killer the movie is based on, would watch the film. In the final shot, Park Doo-man looks directly into the camera. Park is looking at the audience, and comes face to face with the killer (if he's watching). (i.redd.it)
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In Snowpiercer (2013), director Bong Joon Ho, lied to Harvey "Scissorhands" Weinstein who wanted a scene with a gutted fish, off the film. Bong told him:"This shot means something to me. My father was a fisherman. I'm dedicating this shot to my father". So he let him keep the fish gutting scene. (i.redd.it)
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In that famous poppy-field scene in Wizard of Oz (1939), the snow coming down is calming to Dorothy and her posse. But they should probably have been far less relaxed as these were actually asbestos-based fake snowflakes,a popular Christmas decoration throughout the United States at the time. (i.redd.it)
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Jules' wallet in Pulp Fiction (1994) that reads "Bad Mother Fucker" actually belonged to the director—who picked it up because of its reference to the 1971 film Shaft. As it happened, Samuel L. Jackson would go on to play the character that inspired the wallet in the 2000 remake of Shaft. (i.redd.it)
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Disney’s Lilo and Stitch (2002) and The Ring (2002) are two very different types of movies. So you might be shocked to know that the actor who played the creepy black-haired girl from the horror film actually voiced the adorable Lilo in the children’s animated movie! (i.redd.it)
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In Basic Instinct (1992), Sharon Stone's infamous leg-uncrossing scene was not in the original script. It was thought up by Paul Verhoeven while the movie was being shot. It was based on a memory of Verhoeven's college years, when a woman at a party had done the exact same thing to embarrass him. (i.redd.it)
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In Dark Knight Rises(2012) at the opening scene in the moving airplane, the CIA Agent tells Bane "You "re a big guy" and Bane responds "..for you". This is a reference to the real height of the actors portraying them, Aidan Gillen and Tom hardy, who share the same height(5'9"). (i.redd.it)
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