50 Awesome Movie Details You Surely Missed – Part 6

In Dr. No (1962), Bond notices a painting in Dr. No’s lair and stares closely at it. This painting is the ‘Portrait of the Duke of Wellington’ by Francisco Goya. It had been stolen in 1961. The filmmakers included it as a little in-joke, suggesting that Dr. No had stolen it. It was recovered in 1965.

In E.T. (1982) the doctors trying to save E.T. were played by real-life doctors from the USC medical center in Los Angeles. Stephen Spielberg felt that actors wouldn’t be able to make the medical dialogue sound natural, so recruited real doctors to deliver the dialogue.

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011), Harry, Ron, and Hermione easily navigate past a troll, spiders, a werewolf, and dementors. These are all antagonists of the first 3 films and demonstrates how powerful our protagonists have become.

In Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018), you can see a poster for “From Dusk Till Shaun”, a sequel to Shaun of the Dead (2004). This was a real pitch written (as a joke) by Simon Pegg.

In Jurassic Park(1993), there is a scene where the raptor opens the door to the kitchen and you can spot an operator grab the raptor's tail.

In Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), during the parade, people seen dancing including the construction worker and the window washer had nothing to do with the film. They were simply dancing to the music being played, and John Hughes found it so humorous that he told the camera operators to record it.

In Wall-E (2008), the captain is physically incapable of wearing the original captain’s uniform, so he just wears it around his neck with the top button.

In Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince (2009), Cormac McLaggen is the only one of the Gryffindor fans not clapping and cheering for Ron Weasley, as he lost his place on the team to Ron in the Quidditch tryouts.

In The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), in the battle of Helm’s Deep, one of the Rohan soldiers only has one eye. This was real, not CGI. Peter Jackson let the extra, Wayne Phillips, show off his condition.

In Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018), the lab is portable and therefore can’t be connected to the main power grid. Since they needed portable energy, you can see in the background that they used enlarged Duracell batteries to power the lab.