Art of Cinema: 50 Movie Details You May Have Missed – Part 8

In 'The Wrestler' (2008), they didn't shut down the deli counter while filming Randy working there. Those are real customers, and everything Mickey Rourke does is improvised.

In 'Dazed and Confused' (1993), when Matthew McConaughey said, "Hey, watch the leather, man!" and started laughing, he was genuinely high.

In 'Django Unchained' (2012), one of Django's outfits is based on an outfit that Michael Landon wore in the TV Western Bonanza.

In 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' (1996), Esmerelda's purple and red costume references the Whore of Babylon from the Bible. From Revelations 17: "And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet color, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls."

In Nolan's '1917' (2019), while Schofield is running along a trench, another soldier runs into him, causing him to trip. This was unscripted: an extra accidentally ran into George MacKay during a particular take, but MacKay recovered and kept running.

The mountain fortress from 'Conan the Destroyer' (1984) was a physical model fitted to the contours of the real mountain on set.

In 'Hobbs and Shaw' (2019), Brixton's (Idris Elba's) exoskeleton displays force and velocity when Hobbs (Dwayne Johnson) punches him, while it displays trajectory and velocity when Shaw (Jason Statham) attacks. This illustrates that Rock's threat is more about absolute power, while Jason's is more about technique.

In 'Home Alone' (1990), when the McAllisters are trying to remember what they forgot at home, the dad says he forgot to close the garage. He genuinely did forget to close the garage.

In 'Ratatouille' (2007), Git, the jacked rat, has a tag on his ear reading A113. Not only is this a frequently used Pixar Easter egg, but it also implies that Git was a lab rat, explaining his large size. A113 was the classroom number for many of the original Pixar artists at Cal Arts. It appears in numerous movies and twice in 'Ratatouille.'

In 'The Incredibles' (2004), the superhero Thunderhead has five children he was/is raising with his "roommate" Scott. This is possibly a coded way of suggesting that he is gay.