"Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted."
- Albert Einstein
- Albert Einstein
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The movie that was most weekends at #1 was E.T: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982). The movie that occupied the most consecutive weeks at #1 was Titanic (1997). The lowest grossing #1 movie of all time was Jerry Maguire (1996).
"I'm living so far beyond my income that we may almost be said to be living apart."
- e e cummings
- e e cummings
Nope, he was never in the military, though he was color blind, as well as a vegetarian that never smoked or drank.
The movie to hit $100 million the fastest was The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009).
The original title for Ghostbusters (1984) was “Ghost Smashers.”
The original title for Ghostbusters (1984) was “Ghost Smashers.”
"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."
- Martin Luther King Jr
- Martin Luther King Jr
After a difficult battle with censors, Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966) was the first movie released with the stipulation that no one under age 18 would be allowed in the theater.
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford
The first feature film created solely with Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) was Toy Story (1995). Over 800,000 hours of mathematical equations went into the film, which works out to more than a week of computer time for every second on the screen.
Hershey's Kisses are called that because the machine that makes them looks like it's kissing the conveyor belt.
In Hitchcocks The Birds (1963), live trained birds were thrown at actress Tippi Hedren (1930-). For part of the sequence, some birds were tied to her with nylon threads so they wouldnt fly away. Shooting would stop every few minutes so blood could be painted on her skin and her clothing could be torn.
In The Exorcist (1973), Regan (Linda Blair) turns her head almost completely around to face backward. A life-like dummy with a swivel neck performed the famous scene. The sound of her neck turning was made by twisting an old leather wallet around a microphone.
In The Exorcist (1973), Regan (Linda Blair) turns her head almost completely around to face backward. A life-like dummy with a swivel neck performed the famous scene. The sound of her neck turning was made by twisting an old leather wallet around a microphone.
The swimming pool used in the opening scene of Sunset Boulevard (1950) was the same one James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo played at the bottom of in Rebel Without a Cause (1955).
(Coincidentally, these are two of my favorite "old" movies!)
(Coincidentally, these are two of my favorite "old" movies!)
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