Below you can read various facts from the world of American cinema. 
1. Sharon Stone didn’t even suspect that the director, without her knowledge, would include in the film that very scene with “switching legs” in the film “Basic Instinct.” According to her, she was extremely unpleasant, although he initially supported the idea of posing without underwear. 
2. When they filmed the kissing scene between Leonardo DiCaprio and Joanna Lumley for the film “The Wolf of Wall Street,” it took 27 takes because Leonardo was too nervous, and therefore it didn’t turn out the way the director wanted. 
3. James Cameron originally wanted to film Avatar in 1999. The film's budget was supposed to be $400 million. But even though Titanic was very successful at the box office and collected large fees, not a single film studio was able to allocate that kind of money. I had to put the project on the shelf for 10 years. 
4. Stephen King sold the rights to film “The Shawshank Redemption” for purely symbolic money, as he was on good terms with director Frank Darabont. He was confident that the director would not spoil his work, since Frank had previously filmed the story “The Woman in the Ward.” 
5. To create some scenes in space, footage was used that was shot with an IMAX camera mounted on the fairing of a Learjet aircraft. 
6. For a long time they could not find a suitable actor for the role of John Coffey in the film “The Green Mile”. And then Bruce Willis recommended actor Michael Duncan, with whom Willis had starred in Armageddon. 
7. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was the first Walt Disney Pictures film to have an age limit of +13. 
8. Every time Forrest Gump's age changes, you can notice that in the first scene he is always wearing a blue shirt. 
9. Actress Gloria Stewart, who played Rose at the age of 101, was upset that she was aged so much before filming. She herself was only 86 years old, and therefore it was unpleasant for her to become an “old woman”. 
10. After the film "The Matrix" was released, in just three years the "slow-flying bullet" effect was used in cinema 20 times. 
11. The image of the heroine Uma Thurman in the film “Pulp Fiction” was created in the likeness of the image of Anna Karina from “Band of Outsiders” in 1964. This was one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. 
12. When creating the film “Back to the Future,” they couldn’t decide for a long time what the time machine should look like. At first it was a kind of laser installation. Then they decided to use a refrigerator as a machine (but refused, since young spectators could lock themselves in the refrigerator). Only in the third scenario did they decide to use a DeLorean. 
13. The mission to Mars in The Martian is a simulation of a real mission that NASA plans to someday carry out. 
14. During the filming of The Hateful Eight, the film script fell into the hands of journalists. Quentin Tarantino freaked out and refused to continue making the film. And only at the personal request of the actors who starred in the film, he continued filming. 
15. The film "Avatar" consists of 40 percent live action, and 60 percent computer graphics. 
16. Oddly enough, the American Humane Society criticized the film "The Shawshank Redemption". The only fauna that was featured in this film was Old Man Brooks' raven. In one episode, a bird is fed a worm. Representatives of society did not like this. They insisted that the crow be fed a larva that had died of its own accord. 
17. Almost all of John Lennon's lines in the movie Forrest Gump were taken from his song "Imagine." 
18. The scene in The Matrix where Neo dodges bullets was originally filmed using mannequins. But a lot of film and dummies were used, and the director was not happy with the result. And then they decided to use computer graphics. A computer program was created especially for the filming of this episode, which became the object of desire of many directors. 
19. The film "Schindler's List" became the highest-budget black-and-white film in world history. It cost $22 million to film. 
20. The Silence of the Lambs was originally planned to star Michelle Pfeiffer. But after reading the script, she was afraid of unnecessary cruelty. And then they invited Jodie Foster, who was perfect for the role. 
21. The film "Bruce Almighty" was officially banned in Egypt. The reason is clear - “religious content”. 
22. During the filming of Groundhog Day, Bill Murray was bitten twice by a groundhog. 
23. The Mask was originally planned as a "violent horror film." But then the script was turned into a comedy. 
24. During the filming of The Revenant, the snow melted in Canada. The film crew had to move to Argentina, where there was still snow. 
25. Mario Puzo, who wrote “The Godfather,” admitted in an interview that he took all his knowledge about the mafia from other books. 
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