Prayas: Hey I didn’t knew that…!! by Somdeb Karmakar

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The weird barking sound the raptors use to communicate in “Jurassic Park”, is actually
the mating sound of tortoises. Another interesting fact is that it took 6 hours to render a
single frame of the rain soaked T-Rex
Source - http://www.dorkly.com/post/60320/7-inconsequentially-cool-things-from-
movies-that-took-an-age-to-film

Although not as successful as the sequels, the first “Paranormal Activity” movie cost less
than $15,000 to make, but grossed over $193,000,000. That’s some return of investment.
Source - http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml

The budget to film “Titanic” was actually larger than the cost to build the actual Titanic. The
cost to construct the Titanic in 1910-1912 was £1.5 million or $7.5 million (at the time).
Adjusted to inflation this was $120-150 million in 1997. However, the movie cost around
$200 million to make. Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/trivia

The movie “Gravity” had a $100,000,000 budget and was more expensive than the Indian
Mars Mission. The Indian Mars mission was the cheapest successful mission to date and
cost $74 million. This was less than three quarters the cost to film the movie “Gravity”.
Source - http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/ampp3d/indias-mars-mission-cheaper-making-
4314952

The 1976 classic “Rocky” was shot in just 28 days.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky

The iconic DeLorean time machine in the movie “Back to the Future” was originally meant
to be a refrigerator! In the original draft of “Back to the Future”, Marty was meant to climb
into a fridge which was strapped to the back of a truck hurtling toward an atomic
explosion. The plan was for the energy from the nuclear reaction to provide the necessary
power for time travel.
Source - http://www.slashfilm.com/how-back-to-the-future-almost-nuked-the-fridge/

Before Keanu Reeves was offered the part of Neo in “The Matrix“, the role was also
offered to Will Smith, Tom Cruise, Nicolas Cage and Leonardo DiCaprio.
Source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/trivia

When adjusted for inflation “Gone with the Wind” is the highest grossing movie of all time.
Source - http://calculatorgames.info/mogul/

“Saving Private Ryan” depicted battle scenes of D-Day so realistically that it caused or
exacerbated post traumatic stress disorder in combat veterans when they watched the
movie.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan#Critical_response

There is a Starbucks cup in every single scene in the movie “Fight Club“. Fight Club made a
huge point of the effects that consumerism has on our lives. So much so, that director David
Fincher decided to hide a Starbucks cup in every single scene to make a point.
Source - http://whatculture.com/film/10-incredible-movie-easter-eggs-that-went-totally-over-
your-head.php/2#6QQIuHgwC5l8JXsc.99

There is a scene in “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” with 2 seconds of footage that took
months to create. The scene in which Isabel Lucas looks to seduce Shia LaBeouf but
transforms into a Decepticon took 3 months to create. In fact, it was sent to a specialist team
of people who created the frames by hand.
Source - http://www.dorkly.com/post/60320/7-inconsequentially-cool-things-from-movies-
that-took-an-age-to-film/page:2

The director of the movie “Cannibal Holocaust” was arrested for murder and had to prove his
innocence by calling in all his “murdered” actors. This is because the courts could not
understand how an impalement scene was done and believed an actress was murdered for
the sake of the movie.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannibal_Holocaust#Snuff_film_allegations

There is a scene in “Matrix Reloaded” when Trinity hacks into a power station’s computer
that’s actually very accurate. The scene in which Trinity hacks into the power station’s
computer is realistic and exposes an SSH vulnerability. While the program Trinity uses once
she’s gained access is fictitious, it shows just how much research was made into filming the
Matrix movies to ensure they were believable.
Source - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/05/16/matrix_sequel_has_hacker_cred/

“300” is well known as a battle-happy film, although is actually the most death-packed
film ever made with an average of 5 people dying every minute.
Source - http://www.randalolson.com/2013/12/31/most-violence-packed-films/

Steven Callahan is a real shipwreck survivor who helped film the movie “Life of Pi” as a
technical adviser. Steven Callahan spent 76 days at sea and drifted over 1,800 miles across
the perilous Atlantic in a rubber raft – facing sharks, storms and thirst.
Source - http://www.npr.org/2013/02/24/172632549/real-life-shipwreck-survivor-helped-
life-of-pi-get-lost-at-sea

The iconic roar that Godzilla made in the 1954 movie was actually created by rubbing a
leather glove across the strings of a double bass instrument.

There are over 24 minutes of just staring during the Twilight movies.

In “Charlie & the Chocolate Factory”, Tim Burton had 40 squirrels trained to crack nuts
rather than use CGI. Tim Burton made a lot of effort to ensure “Charlie & the Chocolate
Factory” was as real as possible. Part of this meant training squirrels to crack nuts rather
than use readily available computer graphics. Some of the squirrels came from rescues and
private homes, while others had to be hand reared and required bottled milk on set.
Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4702653.stm

The directors who filmed “Despicable Me” actually wrote a language that the minions
speak throughout the movie. They called it “minion-ese” and every word they speak
can be translated into English.

The Incredible Hulk’s skin was originally meant to be grey, but turned out to be green
due to a printing error which Stan Lee liked.
Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk_%28comics%29#Publication_history

The famous shot featured in the Bond films’ introduction was actually filmed through the
barrel of a gun.

The train-top fight scene in “Skyfall” was actually filmed on top of a real moving train.

While filming “The Passion of Christ”, multiple cast and crew members were struck by
lightning, including the actor who played Jesus.
Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3209223.stm

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