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Trivia: The film was originally written to be an introspective, existential dramedy geared towards adults about a troubled man who is turned into a cat. As originally planned, the cat also wouldn't speak/the audience wouldn't hear his thoughts. However, after a change in leadership at the studio, the film was rewritten into a more generic family movie.

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Trivia: Director Peter Medak stated that part of the reason he took the job directing the film was because the screenplay terrified him.

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Trivia: George C. Scott actually learned how to play several classical piano pieces for his role in the film.

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Trivia: Co-writer Russell Hunter has alleged that the film was loosely inspired by actual supernatural events he experienced while living in the Henry Treat Rogers Mansion in the 1960's.

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Trivia: Martin Scorsese called "The Changeling" one of the eleven scariest movies ever made in a list he published.

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Revealing mistake: In the burning barn, watch closely when Zorro goes to jump on the horse. There's a low angle shot of his feet running up to the horse, and a piece of burning wood lands in the foreground. The fire on top of the burning wood is burning upwards like normal fire. However, the fire on the side of the board is somehow burning upside-down, with the fire moving downwards. Seems to be a slip-up in the digitally-added fire effect. It goes by quick, so slow-motion helps, but is not required.

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Revealing mistake: Watch closely when Zorro's horse bursts into the burning barn. The visual effect is comical. It, along with some debris in the air, simply appears between frames in an unrealistic way.

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Deliberate mistake: In the beginning of the film, the horse-drawn carriage driven by McGivens is able to crash through a brick pillar and keep moving forward... yet just one minute later in the scene, it's flipped and destroyed by a rope attached to a flimsy wooden spool. There's no consistency to the strength of the carriage.

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Continuity mistake: After the train explodes at the end, you see a closeup of Zorro and Elena behind a small stone wall. Zorro is covering Elena, and his head is to her left and he has his hand against the wall. However, when the camera cuts to a wideshot, suddenly his head is to her right and his hand is no longer on the wall.

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Trivia: The deformed baby's nickname on set was "Spike."

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Trivia: David Lynch has never explained how the disturbing "baby" was created for the film, even coyly suggesting at one point that it was something he found that had been "born nearby." A popular theory is that the baby is actually an animal fetus that had been hollowed out and made into a puppet, but this has never been confirmed.

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Trivia: "Twister" was the first theatrical Hollywood feature-film released on the DVD format. While a few other films had been released on the format prior, they were primarily direct-to-video B-movies and documentaries that were never shown in theaters.

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Trivia: Originally, there were many more scenes set in Kansas at the start of the film, including a scene of Dorothy and Aunt Em painting their faces and Belina getting into the kitchen of the farmhouse. They were removed for pacing reasons, so Dorothy would arrive in Oz earlier and the story could get moving.

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Trivia: The scenes featuring Ozma at the end of the film had to be reshot months later after filming had wrapped. Originally, Ozma wore a long, regal golden-colored gown. During editing, the crew realised that due to the lighting and all the gold paint used on set, Ozma blended in too much with the background, like she was wearing camouflage. They then scrambled to reshoot the scene, with Ozma now wearing a white and green dress to help her stand out.

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Trivia: Director Walter Murch's daughter redubbed the voice of Princess Ozma, as it was decided in post-production that the original actress' British accent didn't quite suit the role.

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Trivia: The film's interpretation of the Emerald City and Mombi's castle are featured as a location on the Storybrook Land Canal Boat attraction at Disneyland Paris.

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Trivia: Among others, Drew Barrymore and Alanis Morissette auditioned for and were considered for the part of Dorothy before Fairuza Balk was cast.

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Trivia: Fairuza Balk did all of her own stunts in the film, which is something of a rarity for child actors.

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Trivia: Christopher Lloyd and Tim Curry were both considered for the part of Dr. Worley/The Nome King.

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Trivia: Alan Ritchson, who portrays Rafael in this film and the sequel "Out of the Shadows," has stated that the actors portraying the four turtles were mistreated on-set and by the studio. As they were technically portraying animated characters through motion capture, their contracts were reportedly "full of loopholes" that didn't afford them equal treatment with the rest of the live-action cast, despite them being on-set full-time doing grueling work in motion-capture suits. One particular instant included the four turtle actors being kicked off set at the end of a 14-hour day without transportation home, while the rest of the cast and crew were given rides. They also weren't paid overtime like the rest of the crew, were barred from giving interviews despite portraying the titular characters, weren't invited to the premier, and were subsequently denied back-end profit shares from the sequel that they had been promised.

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