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The highest grossing film ever is Avatar, followed by Titanic and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 |
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The Land of Oz (from the Wizard of Oz) was named by the creator, Frank Baum's niece Ramona, looking at the letters on a filing cabinet and seeing A-G, H-N and O-Z |
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In The Wizard of Oz, it was reported that each Munchkin earned $50 per week, while Toto the dog earned $125 per week.
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William Holden and Alfred Hitchcock share the
record for shortest acceptance speech at the Oscars. They both said,
“Thank you.”
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In the Harry Potter films, 7 people have played Voldemort/Tom Riddle -Ralph Fiennes, Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, Frank Dillane, Christian Coulson, Richard Bremmer, Rupert
Degas and Rob Oldfield
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Batman was the first film to be released in the UK with the 12 rating.
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Warner Bros was founded by the 4 brothers Harry, Albert, Sam, and Jack Warner
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Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England is the castle used for the exterior and interior of Hogwarts in the Harry Potter films
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Wizard in Oz's full name is Oscar Zoroaster Phadrig Isaac Norman Henkel Emmannuel Ambroise Diggs.
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The smallest cinema in the world is at Broad Street, Hockley,
Nottingham, England, it has 21 seats
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R2-D2 from Star Wars got its name after George Lucas heard someone ask for Reel 2, Dialog Track 2, of a sound reel in the abbreviated form R2D2
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The Hollywood Walk of Fame is over two miles long
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The noise that E.T. made when walking was someone squishing their hands in Jelly
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When George Lucas approached Universal Studios to make Star Wars they turned him down
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Harrison Ford was a carpenter before becoming a famous actor
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Luke Skywalker from Star Wars was going to be called Luke Starkiller
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The films which won the most Oscars are Ben-Hur, Titanic and Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King, each won 11 Oscars
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The films that had the most Oscar nominations are Titanic and All About Eve with 14 each.
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The youngest ever Oscar winner was Tatum O'Neal, who was only ten in 1973 when she won Best Supporting Actress for Paper Moon
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The character of Henry VIII has been nominated 3
times for an Oscar, the 3 actors playing him were Charles Laughton,
Robert Shaw and Richard Burton
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Peter O'Toole has been nominated eight times for an Oscar but didn't
win any of them
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Liza Minnelli is the only Oscar winner whose parents also both won
Oscars (Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli)
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The person who won the most Oscars was Walt Disney, he won 32 and was
nominated 59 times
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Toto in the movie The Wizard of Oz was play by Terry the dog
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"Me Tarzan, you Jane", was never said in any of the Tarzan films.
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The original dog to play Lassie was called Pal and Pal's descendants continue to play Lassie today
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Indiana Jones was named after George Lucas's pet dog
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"Indiana Jones and the Temple of doom" was going to be called "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Death"
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James Bond's parents were called Andrew Bond and Monique Delacroix
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James Bond was named after a leading American ornithologist (a bird expert)
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The Oscar statue was modelled on Mexican actor Emilio Fernandez
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300,000 extras were used in the 1982 film Gandhi
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Laurel and Hardy appeared in a total of 107 films together
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The sorcerer in Disney's Fantasia is called Yen Sid, which is Disney
spelt backwards
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In the Wizard of Oz Dorothy's full name is Dorothy Gail.
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The longest film ever made, which lasted 240 hours (10 days), was "Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki)"
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The film Psycho cost US$800,000 to make but has earned more than US$40 million.
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Psycho was the first American film to show a toilet flushing
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In the movie "Psycho" chocolate syrup was used as blood in the shower scene.
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The Gaumont Film Company is the first and oldest continuously operating film company in the world
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"Hasta la vista" is Spanish for "See you later"
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The movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" was originally going to be called "The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy"
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The film Titanic had the working title of "Planet Ice"
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Avatar became the first film to make over $2 billion worldwide.
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The legs on the poster from the film "The Graduate" belonged to Linda Grey who also played Sue Ellen in Dallas
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Lina Wertmuller was first woman to be nominated for the Best Director Oscar for her film, Seven Beautie
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The phrase 'Spaghetti Western' was created by Italian journalist Alfonso Sancha, as many westerns were directed by Italians
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