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1000 Facts about the Greatest Movies Ever vol. 1

ByJames Egan

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The time machine in Back to the Future was meant to be a refrigerator. Steve Carell wanted to play the Joker in The Dark Knight. William Wallace was never called Braveheart. Die Hard started off as a sequel to Commando. Aliens were meant to appear in Dr. Strangelove. ET – The Extra-Terrestrial was nearly called A Boy’s Life. Blade Runner and Alien take place in the same universe. The line “Play it again, Sam” is never said in Casablanca. Russell Crowe thought his dialogue in Gladiator was “garbage.” The shark barely appears in Jaws because it kept malfunctioning. The Lion King is the most successful VHS film ever. Although Viggo Mortensen stars in The Return of the King, he thinks the film is overrated. Orson Welles hated the twist in Citizen Kane. In Star Wars, Han Solo was meant to be a green, gilled, noseless alien. Christopher Walken, Sean Connery, Samuel L. Jackson, and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role of Morpheus in The Matrix.

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Publication Date
Dec 23, 2015
Language
English
ISBN
9781326513832
Category
Entertainment
Copyright
All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
Contributors
By (author): James Egan

Specifications

Pages
144
Binding
Perfect Bound
Interior Color
Black & White
Dimensions
Pocket Book (4.25 x 6.875 in / 108 x 175 mm)

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