Best movie trivia of 2012

Please vote as you browse around to help the best rise to the top.

Prometheus picture

Trivia: When David opens the green vial and puts a small bit of the alien matter on his finger, look closely at his fingerprint. The Weyland logo is etched into it.

raywest

More Prometheus trivia
Lincoln picture

Trivia: Director Steven Spielberg obtained permission from the museum that holds Abraham Lincoln's original pocket watch to record the sound of the watch for use in the movie. So, in several scenes where Lincoln is in contemplative thought and fiddling with his watch, the ticking watch sound is actually the same as Lincoln heard 150 years ago.

MovieFan612

More Lincoln trivia
Looper picture

Trivia: Emily Blunt signed on to the film after reading the first half of the script. She hadn't even gotten to the scene where her character was introduced.

Brad

More Looper trivia
ParaNorman picture

Trivia: The movie offers tribute to Scooby Doo when the Sheriff mentions "Meddling Kids" followed by Velma's classic line "Jinkies" when the car she is in almost crashes. Her teenage partner also speaks in the same manner as Shaggy with his high-pitched, squeaky voice.

More ParaNorman trivia
Argo picture

Trivia: In 2013, this became the first film since 1989's Driving Miss Daisy to win the Academy Award for Best Picture without also earning a Best Director nomination.

Cubs Fan

More Argo trivia
Chronicle picture

Trivia: The backdrop piece that Andrew climbs through at the beginning of his "magic" act is a mock-up of the entrance to the Cave of Wonders from Disney's Aladdin.

Phixius

More Chronicle trivia
More Total Recall trivia
The Bourne Legacy picture

Trivia: During filming of the movie's opening scene, the water Jeremy Renner swims in was so cold that his facial hair frequently iced over.

Cubs Fan

More The Bourne Legacy trivia
Beasts of the Southern Wild picture

Trivia: Quvenzhane Wallis was nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her role as Hushpuppy. At the age of nine, Wallis became the youngest Best Actress nominee in history.

More Beasts of the Southern Wild trivia
The Sweeney picture

Trivia: The car chase at the end involves a Ford and a Jaguar, an homage to the TV series where Reagan and Carter would drive a Ford Granada and the villain a classic Mk 2 Jaguar.

More The Sweeney trivia
Paranormal Activity 4 picture

Trivia: The actors who play Alex's parents were actually married in real life. Tragically, the actor playing her father (Stephen Dunham) had a heart-attack and passed away less than a month before the film hit theaters.

TedStixon

More Paranormal Activity 4 trivia
Amour picture

Trivia: Emmanuelle Riva earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her portrayal as Anne Laurent. At the age of 85, Riva is the oldest nominee for a Best Actress Oscar.

More Amour trivia
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World picture

Trivia: The title of this movie comes from a line in the song "Preaching the End of the World" by Chris Cornell.

Phaneron

More Seeking a Friend for the End of the World trivia
Wrath of the Titans picture

Trivia: Bubo the owl makes another brief appearance in this film, as it did in its predecessor, when Perseus and the others are in Hephaestus' chambers.

More Wrath of the Titans trivia
More That's My Boy trivia
More Byzantium trivia
Jack Reacher picture

Trivia: A point in the score from this, by Joe Kraemer, inspired The Batman's signature motif by Michael Giacchino. After the phone call between Jack and Helen when he warns her potentially not to trust her father, he's driving across a bridge and the music is almost identical to the "bom...bombom...bom" theme from The Batman.

Jon Sandys

More Jack Reacher trivia
More Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning trivia
When the Lights Went Out picture

Trivia: Based on the true events that took place at 30 East Drive, Pontifract in 1974. An address that runs ghost hunts for people to attend.

Ssiscool

More When the Lights Went Out trivia
The Pirates! Band of Misfits picture

Trivia: When The Pirate King learns of Pirate Captain's royal pardon, he exclaims, "Is this true?" in exactly the same way that Richard IV does in 'The Foretelling'; the first episode of Blackadder Series 1. Both The Pirate King and Richard IV were portrayed by Brian Blessed.

More The Pirates! Band of Misfits trivia

Join the mailing list

Separate from membership, this is to get updates about mistakes in recent releases. Addresses are not passed on to any third party, and are used solely for direct communication from this site. You can unsubscribe at any time.

Check out the mistake & trivia books, on Kindle and in paperback.