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Silver Screen Did You Know?
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(The following facts and pictures were from Hollywire.com) 1. Nicolas Cage's real name is Nicholas Coppola, but he changed it to disassociate himself with Francis Ford Coppola. 2. Cool Hand Luke star Paul Newman was one of the celebrities on the "Enemie's List" kept by Richard Nixon during the Watergate scandal. 3. In reference, to "Cool Hand Luke", 90210 star Luke Perry changed his name from Coy Luther Perry to his favorite character, Luke. 4. Jean-Claude Van Damme speaks five languages. 5. Sean Connery wore a toupee in every James Bond film that he starred in, beginning with Dr. No (1962). 6. The title for the movie "Cloverfield" was named after the boulevard in Santa Monica, California, where the Bad Robot offices were located during the making of the film. 7. Johnny Depp dropped out of school at age 15 with hopes of becoming a rock star. 8. Jack Nicholson hates giving interviews so much that he has not appeared on a talk show since 1971. 9. It took $7,500,000 to build the Titanic, approximately 20,000,000 tons of iceberg to sink it, and $200,000,000 to make a movie about it. 10. Jim Carrey was Tupac Shakur's favorite actor. While in prison, Carrey would write letters to Tupac to keep his spirits up. 11. Britney Spears' name is an anagram for "Presbyterians." 12. Mel Gibson met his wife through a dating service. 13. Brad Pitt's first job was dancing in a chicken suit to attract customers to an El Pollo Loco restaurant on Sunset Blvd. 14. M & M's were the original choice for the candy to be used in E.T.: The Extraterrestrial. 15. Robocop was the first film even given an "X" rating, but was later re-edited to get an "R" rating. Before They Were Famous (Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, Wesley Snipes, Whoopi Goldberg, Steve Buscemi, Madonna, Charlie Chaplin, Arnold Schwartzenegger, Pierce Bronson, Al Pacino) Which of the following actors was a .......? A. circus fire eater B. carpenter C. janitor D. owner of a body-building mail-order company E. cinema usher F. bricklayer G. firefighter H. employee at Dunkin' Donuts I. valet at Columbia University J. coffin polisher Next time, you will find out several more facts including who was originally meant to play two roles that Harrison Ford made famous: Han Solo and Indiana Jones and who was originally meant to play the lead roles in "Bad Boys." Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] |
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Got one for YOU....................do you know what Clint Eastwood's first movie role was? It was so small, he wasn't even in the credits.
Give you a small hint....the year was 1955
Also........Harrison Ford's role as "Bob Falfa" in "American Grafitti" reminds me of a couple of little known bloopers.............
I loved all the old cars in that film. The theme of that movie was "Where were you in '62?", and they did an excellent job of assembling a brilliant collection of "period correct" classic cars.
BUT............during one of the boulevard cruising scenes, there is a sixty-SEVEN Chevy parked along the street............they MISSED that one! Great movie though.
And the other.......................? Lucille Ball & Desi Arnez made their classic "The Long Long Trailer" in 1953, where they get married and go on their honeymoon pulling this huge house trailer with a 53 Mercury Convertible.
When they got into the steep mountain scenes though, the little Mercury proved to be too light and underpowered to handle that big trailer, so they substituted a heavier Lincoln Convertible.
The Lincolns at a quick glance looked a lot like their Mercury cousins.....and enough to where the average movie-goer wouldn't really notice. But they were built on heavier frames and were powered by the big overhead valve V-8's, whereas the Mercurys were still using the smaller flatheads. After making the mountain summit, the Mercury was hooked back up to the trailer again.
If you have either of these movies on tape or DVD, check out that Lincoln, and the 67 Chevy!