26The Quatermass Xperiment
The 1955 horror film The Quatermass Xperiment is noted as being the only movie to ever “officially” scare someone to death after a 9-year-old boy died of a ruptured artery while watching the movie in the theatre.
27. Dirty Dancing (1987) produced 2 multi-platinum music albums and is responsible for boosting attendance in dance classes across America. It was also the first film to sell over 1 million copies for home video. As of 2005, the film was still selling a million DVDs per year.
28. One of the special effects in Highlander (1985) was achieved by strapping car batteries to the actors’ legs and wiring them up so they’d spark when a sword struck. Production would pause while filming these scenes after three takes because the sword handles would get too hot.
29. When filming “The Lost Patrol” in Arizona, the cast only worked in the early morning and late afternoon, to avoid the intense day heat. The producer wanted longer filming hours, and to prove his point, walked around in the open at midday. He soon collapsed from the heat, requiring hospital treatment
30. During the filming of “Trading Places”, Aykroyd and Murphy’s presence on the trading floor distracted the active traders and over $6 billion worth of stock trading had to be halted.
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31Taxi Driver (1976)
Taxi Driver (1976) was made with a low budget of only $1.9 million. Robert De Niro & Cybill Shepherd received only $35,000 for the film while Scorsese received only $65,000. Despite the low budget, it went on to receive 4 nominations at the 1977 Academy Awards.
32. Over 1,200 different animals were used during the filming of “Doctor Dolittle” (1967). Problems that the crew faced include; a goat that ate the script, a parrot that learned to yell “cut” and a bunch of ducks that forgot how to swim and had to be rescued.
33. The first Star Wars (1977) movie was offered by George Lucas to Disney but got declined. It was released by FOX instead and it then became the highest-grossing movie ever. Decades later, Disney would buy both the Star Wars franchise and 20th Century Fox in deals worth billions.
34. Since the movie ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin’ had pornographic scenes, Romany Malco pleaded with the director to cut his scenes. He was worried about the reaction of his mom who was an ordained minister. He later found out his mom ended up taking all of her church friends to see it, multiple times.
35. Disney paid Paramount at least $115 million in 2010 to buy the distribution rights of Marvel’s “The Avengers”. As part of the deal, it was Paramount that was shown in the movie’s opening title despite not being the one who owned, financed, marketed, and distributed the film. It later grossed over $1.5 billion.
