Best movie trivia of 1986

Trivia: In the movie, when we first see Lady Jane Grey, we see a painting of Helena Bonham Carter as Jane. The portrait this was based on was long believed to be the only known portrait of Lady Jane but is now reclassified as Henry VIII's last wife, Catherine Parr. It is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, England.

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Trivia: Kristy Swanson received coaching from a professional mime in order to properly move like a cyborg.

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Trivia: Laurene Landon threatened to quit when she hadn't been paid for several weeks of work.

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Trivia: The priest you see in the police line-up is the film's director, Jerry Paris.

Trivia: Bill Moseley got the role of Chop-Top because he made a parody short film of the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre". Moseley's film was called "The Texas Chainsaw Manicure". Series co-creator Tobe Hooper saw the short and loved it so much that he cast Moseley in a major part when "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" went into production.

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Trivia: John "Juke" Logan did the harmonica parts for the soundtrack. He also is the same person who did the harmonica on Home Improvement when the "boys from K&B Construction" did their musical "Ratchet Rhapsody" on Tool Time. If you listen closely, even Rock says "Ol' Juke whipped out his..."

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Trivia: Marlee Matlin won the Best Actress Academy Award for her role of Sarah Norman. At the age of 21, Matlin became the youngest winner in the Best Actress category in Academy history.

Trivia: John Cleese and Ann Way both starred in the Fawlty Towers episode "Gourmet Night", in which Cleese played his recurring role of Basil Fawlty and Way played the guest Mrs Hall.

Trivia: The lead actor, Simon Scuddamore, committed suicide a few weeks after finishing filming.

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Trivia: While the film is often viewed as a knock-off the movie "Gremlins," the script had actually been written some time before "Gremlins" came out, based on a nightmare the writer had when he was child about being chased by tiny creatures.

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Trivia: Diana Scarwid ab-libbed the famous opening line, "There is no God!".

Trivia: If you compare both times that the signature on the painting is revealed (in 1968 and in 1985), you'll notice that the "b" in Sebastian Deardon is different. You have to pause and make a screenshot of both to spot it.

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Trivia: Fievel was named after Steven Spielberg's grandfather.

Trivia: When Noah Hathaway goes to check on his sister Wendy in the basement, if you look at Wendy's shadow near the washing machines it shows the Troll's shadow (since he has taken over her body).

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Trivia: Paul Bartel and Mary Woronov play Paul and Mary Bland in this film. These are the characters they played in the film "Eating Raoul."

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