Trivia: Jim Carrey's makeup took 2 hours to put on and 1 hour to take off, every day for 92 days of filming.
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2nd Dec 2020
How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000)
2nd Dec 2020
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
Trivia: Chris Columbus was the original director and filmed some early shots, but left after meeting Chevy Chase, saying to John Hughes "I can't do it with this guy". He instead directed Home Alone.
2nd Dec 2020
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)
Trivia: Rudolph and others visit the island of misfit toys and promise to help them. In the original version, the Misfits don't get mentioned again, and the producers were swamped with letters from children, upset that the Misfits didn't get the help they were promised. A new scene was produced and included in future versions, where Santa and Rudolph give the toys new homes.
2nd Dec 2020
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Trivia: It was so cold during filming in New York in winter that the cameras froze several times.
2nd Dec 2020
Four Christmases (2008)
Trivia: Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn reportedly didn't get along at all during filming, allegedly due to their very different approaches - Witherspoon wanted to rehearse everything thoroughly while Vaughn wanted to improvise more. Reese Witherspoon ending up refusing to film a sex scene with him as a result of tension between them.
2nd Dec 2020
Four Christmases (2008)
Trivia: Vince Vaughn's father has a cameo during the Christmas play, sitting behind Reese Witherspoon.
2nd Dec 2020
Four Christmases (2008)
Trivia: Reese Witherspoon was accidentally struck with a real plate during the dinner sequences. Shooting had to be put on hold for a few days and she needed several stitches.
2nd Dec 2020
White Christmas (1954)
Trivia: Rosemary Clooney has said she took the role primarily to perform with Bing Crosby.
2nd Dec 2020
White Christmas (1954)
Trivia: Bob Wallace's theories about what dreams are caused by which types of foods were almost entirely improvised.
23rd Oct 2020
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (2020)
Trivia: The language Sacha Baron Cohen speaks is actually Hebrew. His daughter, played by Maria Bakalova, speaks Bulgarian, the actress' native language.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: One of the most expensive original films ever made, costing $205m.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: Its release was rescheduled multiple times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It was originally meant to be released on July 17th, and eventually ended up being released on August 26th. Warner Bros. mandated it could only be shown in cinemas where mask wearing was enforced.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: Features a surprisingly low number of effects shots, just 280, as opposed to The Dark Knight which had 650 and Inception which had 500.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: The Sator Square dates back to Pompeii and is a square of 5 Latin words making a palindrome: Sator, Arepo, Tenet, Opera, and Rotas. Whichever orientation the square is in the words line up in both directions. Each word features in the film - Kenneth Branagh's character is named Sator, the forger mentioned near the start is Arepo, the title is of course Tenet, the opening sequence takes place in an Opera, and the Ukranian special forces who arrive in that sequence have badges on their arms with "Rotas" on them.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: Christopher Nolan is a fan of the Bond films, and regularly watches them, but made a conscious effort not to watch any of them while preparing this film, despite going for a similar feeling, to best avoid any overt influences.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: Recording of the score hadn't yet begun when lockdown began due to the coronavirus outbreak. The final product had to be assembled by using orchestra members recording their parts in their own homes.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: The 747 crashing into a building was shot entirely practically, with a retired jumbo jet. Christopher Nolan costed out doing it with miniatures, but realised it would be cheaper (and better) to buy the shell of an old aircraft and really crash it.
27th Aug 2020
Tenet (2020)
Trivia: The script was kept as secret as possible, even from the stars. Robert Pattinson was only allowed to read it once before filming, in a locked room. Michael Caine was only given his specific scene to read, and has said that he had no idea what the film's plot was, despite his close links to Christopher Nolan.
29th Jul 2020
Desperado (1995)
Trivia: The gun shaped like a penis from From Dusk Till Dawn is in Antonio Banderas' guitar case in this movie.
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