John Hughes shot The Breakfast Club and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off back to back to save money. He also used the same crew and sets, including the high school with the same posters on the walls.
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Rather than use CGI, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts for Charlie & The Chocolate Factory.
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Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club, prefers the movie version to his own novel.
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In Ice Age, the drawings of characters during the end credit roll - and Sid's drawing of himself on a wall - were all done by the children of the animators.
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London's King's Cross railway station has a platform 9 3/4 in dedication to Harry Potter.
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The first couple to be shown in bed together on prime time TV were Fred and Wilma Flintstone.
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Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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