We continue to talk about American cinema. 25 more different facts from no less different films made in the USA.
1. The original title of the movie “Pretty Woman” was “Three Thousand Dollars.” But after filming ended, he was given the name by which he is now known.
2. NASA experts recognized the film “2012” as the most unscientific in recent times, as the film contains a large number of inaccuracies.
3. The sound of Merchant Watto's fluttering wings in the Star Wars movie is simply the sound of an ordinary umbrella opening and closing.
4. In the movie "Pretty Woman" Vivien wears a necklace that cost 250 thousand dollars. To protect the necklace, a security guard from a jewelry store stood next to the director at all times.
5. For the filming of the film "Alice in Wonderland" only 3 sets were built, and the filming of the actors lasted only 40 days. Everything missing was created using computer graphics.
6. Before filming the film “Troy,” Brad Pitt (who played Achilles) trained for six months in the art of wielding a sword. He trained so hard that he injured his Achilles tendon, which forced him to postpone filming.
7. Some Like It Hot was a remake of the 1951 German film Fanfare of Love, which in turn was a remake of the 1935 French film.
8. The creators of the film “Braveheart” had to re-shoot some battle scenes, as the extras were seen wearing wristwatches and even sunglasses.
9. Before starring in the film Scent of a Woman, actor Al Pacino attended a school for the blind. He had to learn not to fix his gaze on individual objects.
10. The screams of demons in the movie "Ghost" are the most ordinary screams of children, but launched in slow motion.
11. When the film “Die Hard” appeared, at first it had different translations of the title - “Indestructible”, “Stubborn”, “Die hard, but with dignity”. Later they agreed to translate it as “Die Hard.”
12. In the movie "The Big Lebowski" the word "dude" is used 161 times.
13. In the movie “Jumanji,” photorealistic animal fur was computer-generated for the first time.
14. The only real functional Tiger was used for the filming of Fury, which is located in the Bovington Tank Museum. This is Tiger-131.
15. In the movie Pretty Woman, there is a scene in which Edward snaps a necklace case in front of Vivien's nose. Richard Gere did it as a joke - which made Julia Roberts laugh very much. They decided to leave this episode in the film.
16. To play Helen the Beautiful in the film "Troy", actress Diane Kruger had to gain 7 kilograms of weight. The concepts of female beauty were different then.
17. The role of Darling in the film Some Like It Hot could have been played by Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Mitzi Gaynor. But preference was given to Marilyn Monroe.
18. Demi Moore was cast in the movie "Ghost" because she could easily cry on command.
19. In the movie "Die Hard" the terrorists, who appear to be from Germany, speak to each other in "German gibberish" without any meaning. In the German box office, the terrorists were simply “from somewhere in Europe.”
20. Quentin Tarantino had to push back the filming of Kill Bill by a year due to Uma Thurman's pregnancy.
21. During the first screen tests for the film “Bridge to Terabithia”, the young actress Anna-Sophia Robb seemed too beautiful to the director. But she got used to the role so much that the director decided to approve her for this role. By the way, Dakota Fanning was also considered.
22. Tony Curtis was forced to bite a chicken leg 42 times while filming Some Like It Hot because star Marilyn Monroe couldn't perform the scene correctly. Because of her, the actors were forced to spend 47 takes in high heels, sweating under silk stockings.
23. A game from the movie “Jumanji” was sold on eBay for $60,800.
24. The film "Wonder Woman" is banned from showing in Lebanon because the main role in this film was played by a woman who served in the Israeli army.
25. Two actors who played commandos in the movie "Predator" became governors - Jesse Ventura became the governor of Minnesota, and Arnold Schwarzenegger became the governor of California. Sonny Landham also ran for governor of Kentucky, but was unsuccessful.