TheIrishMovieBuff

27th Feb 2024

The Ipcress File (1965)

Trivia: Many years after the film's release, Michael Caine revealed that the studio wanted to cut the scene of Palmer cooking as they feared it would make audiences think that Palmer was gay.

TheIrishMovieBuff

19th Jan 2024

Casino Royale (1967)

Trivia: While filming his first scene with Jacqueline Bisset, Peter Sellers fired a gun into her face. Although the weapon was loaded with blanks, the shards tore open Bisset's skin nevertheless, leaving blood pouring down her face. The noise of the shot also startled her so much that she dropped the bottle of champagne she was holding on her foot. Bisset would later call Sellers her worst leading man.

TheIrishMovieBuff

19th Jan 2024

A View to a Kill (1985)

Trivia: The stunt of May Day leaping off the Eiffel Tower was originally supposed to be performed twice; once by stuntman BJ Worth and again by Calvedt. Worth performed the stunt perfectly on the first attempt, making a second take redundant. However, Calvedt snuck up to the tower and leapt off it, being spotted by the crew as he did so. He was subsequently fired for jeopardising the crew's ability to shoot in Paris.

TheIrishMovieBuff

Trivia: The sequence of the Devonshire sinking and several others were shot in the same water tank that was used in Titanic. Both films were released in the United States on the same day.

MrMovieBuff

Continuity mistake: While on his way to the Wailing Wall, Poirot gets camel dung on both of his shoes. When he arrives at the Wall mere moments later, however, his shoes are completely clean.

MrMovieBuff

11th Jun 2023

The Mask of Zorro (1998)

Trivia: A bad back nearly prevented Sir Anthony Hopkins from starring in the film. It was only after having a laser operation on his back that Hopkins was able to take the part.

MrMovieBuff

10th Feb 2023

Goldeneye (1995)

26th Nov 2022

Titanic (1997)

Trivia: The shot of the lifeboats sailing towards the Carpathia was the only one in the film that was actually taken at sea.

MrMovieBuff

16th Nov 2022

Aliens (1986)

Trivia: Stephen Lang auditioned to play Hicks, a role eventually filled by Michael Biehn. Over twenty years later, Lang would be cast in Avatar as Colonel Quaritch, ironically a part that Biehn was initially considered for.

MrMovieBuff

7th Nov 2022

The Incredibles (2004)

Trivia: Despite playing husband and wife in the film, Craig T. Nelson and Holly Hunter did not meet each other throughout the production. In fact, they wouldn't meet until 2017, thirteen years after the film's release.

MrMovieBuff

4th Nov 2022

Doctor Who (2005)

Rose - S1-E1

Character mistake: When Rose thinks Mickey is dead, she says she'll have to tell his mother. But in Rise of the Cybermen in Series 2, she says that Mickey's mother has been dead since he was a child.

MrMovieBuff

Question: How does Sarah know the precise date when Judgment Day will occur? Kyle never told her that in the first film.

MrMovieBuff

Chosen answer: There's always the possibility that Kyle told Sarah the date of Judgment Day offscreen.

18th Oct 2022

The Terminator (1984)

Trivia: This is the only Terminator film set in the same year it was released; all the sequels are set in either the near or distant future from their years of release.

MrMovieBuff

10th Oct 2022

Batman (1989)

Trivia: The power plant used for Axis Chemicals was previously used for the alien hive in Aliens. As a matter of fact, some of the hive set was still there when the Batman team moved in.

MrMovieBuff

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