Trivia: The iconic song "The Time Warp" was not in the original production of the show. It was added to pad out the the 40 minute play to feature film length, along with allowing a dance number to be added to the film. (Source: The Guardian).
wizard_of_gore
13th Oct 2021
The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
1st Oct 2021
Malignant (2021)
Factual error: It is not possible to have a conjoined twin of the opposite sex. They are similar to identical twins, which are always of the same sex, in that they are formed from a single zygote. In the case of conjoined twins, the zygote fails to divide normally.
Suggested correction: There are always exceptions to the rules and, although VERY rare, it IS possible for conjoined twins to be - rather, end up being - different sexes. There are about 10 documented cases. In one case, is my understanding the conjoined twins started out as males but a genetic mutation (or something) occurred and one male lost his Y chromosome, thereby developing into a female with no ovaries. (The now-female twin would have so-called Turner Syndrome.) I don't have any sources to quote off-hand.
The male would have lost his Y chromosome after the zygote "split", but he was a monozygotic male.
25th Sep 2021
Candyman (2021)
Trivia: At one point, the character of William Burke is reading "Weaveworld", by Clive Barker. The character of Candyman was created by Barker in his short story "The Forbidden."
25th Sep 2021
Candyman (2021)
Other mistake: At the Night Driver gallery showing, Haley is reading from a program that describes Anthony's "Say My Name" piece. The text states that Helen Lyle died from "self-emulation" instead of "self-immolation", immolation meaning death by fire.
27th Aug 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: At one point, Amanda Waller says that she is supposed to play golf with Senator Cray. Cray is a notable character in the comics and after he dies, his son, The Atom, joins the Suicide Squad.
27th Aug 2021
The Suicide Squad (2021)
Trivia: John Ostrander, who created the Suicide Squad team in the comics, has a cameo as the doctor who implants the brain bomb into Michael Rooker Savant.
19th Jul 2021
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Trivia: Mark Hamill's three children have cameos as Resistance fighters.
25th Jun 2021
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It (2021)
Factual error: When Ed and Lorraine Warren are trying to convince the lawyer to represent Arne, there are is a copy of "Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrel" on the shelf behind them, which was published in 2004. The film is set in 1981.
10th Jun 2021
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Trivia: Director Jared Hess and actor John Heder were college roommates at BYU. Heder didn't consider himself an actor, but he could relate to the character of Napoleon, so he agreed to be in Hess' short film "Peluca" and the rest is history. (Source: BYU Magazine).
10th Jun 2021
Army of the Dead (2021)
Stupidity: In the opening scene with the military convoy, the two soldiers in the lead vehicle never notice the car veer into their lane, even though their faces are bathed in bright light from the car's headlights. They simply ignore it and keep talking to one another.
10th Jun 2021
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Trivia: Jon Gries (Uncle Rico) actually nailed John Heder in the face with the steak throw. The impact gave Heder two black eyes that are visible in multiple scenes in the film. (Source: Slashfilm).
10th Jun 2021
Radioactive (2019)
Factual error: The film depicts the bombing of Hiroshima, and Colonel Paul Tibbets, commander of the Enola Gay, radioing Washington, DC, requesting permission to drop the bomb. This is inaccurate. To avoid detection, the atomic bomb missions maintained strict radio silence. Colonel Tibbets had permission to drop the weapon from the moment they took off. Not to mention the fact that a radio transmission would never reach the other side of the planet.
10th Jun 2021
Napoleon Dynamite (2004)
Trivia: Due to the low budget, most of the wardrobe was found at thrift stores. Napoleon's moon boots were 20 years old and borrowed from Jerusha Hess' uncle, and his glasses were a thrift store find and the prescription made John Heder's vision very uncomfortable. (Source: UTV).
9th Jun 2021
Army of the Dead (2021)
9th Jun 2021
Army of the Dead (2021)
Factual error: Another dumb movie trope. In the opening scene, when the car and the army vehicle collide, they both instantly explode into a giant fireball, as if they were both made of dynamite that had been soaked in gasoline.
7th Jun 2021
Radioactive (2019)
Factual error: Eve Curie is shown as having been born before the Curies are nominated for the Nobel Prize in physics, which they eventually won in 1903. However, Even Curie wasn't born until December 6th, 1904.
22nd May 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (2021)
Trivia: Wyatt Russell (John Walker) auditioned for Captain America in 2011's "Captain America: The First Avenger." It was his first-ever movie audition.
14th May 2021
Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade (1989)
Trivia: During the book burning scene, the Nazi uniforms worn by the extras are real, authentic uniforms. The costume designer, Anthony Powell, located them in Germany and had the extras wear them. (Source: CheatSheet.com).
12th Apr 2021
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
Trivia: The gloved hand that grabs Han Solo's dice at the end of the movie belongs to director Rian Johnson. (Source: Film School Rejects).
22nd Mar 2021
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Trivia: Over a thousand actresses auditioned for the role of Willie Scott, including many soap opera stars and a then unknown Sharon Stone.
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