Best movie trivia of 1990

Trivia: Even though Lionel Jeffries plays Michael Caine's father, he was only 7 years his senior.

Trivia: Even though the characters themselves are constantly confused as to which of them is Rosencrantz and which is Guildenstern, there is a way for the audience to make sure: In the scenes where they take part in "Hamlet" and interact with others, Gary Oldman always delivers the lines of Rosencrantz, and Tim Roth always delivers Guildenstern's.

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Trivia: The two thieves that board the bus after the dog chases them are the Hudlin brothers - the directors of the film.

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Trivia: Glenn Close plays Mel Gibson's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only 9 years older than him.

Trivia: Much of the ending was restructured and reshot to make the climax more action packed. In fact, the entire exorcism scene and the character Father Morning was added in lengthy and rather expensive reshoots. In the original ending, Kinderman simply shoots Patient X/Father Karras/The Gemini Killer to stop the madness, then leaves the room. The studio felt the ending was a little too short and anti-climactic, and had William Peter Blatty write a new climax to end the film with a bang.

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Trivia: It took three full days to shoot the scene where Cordell is engulfed in flames and rampages through the prison.

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Trivia: Before Damon Wayans was cast as Eddie, Richard Pryor was offered the voice role, but had to decline due to ill health.

Trivia: The scene where Quigley triggers a booby trap by swinging his rifle from horseback, at full gallop, whilst holding it by the tip of the barrel with one hand, was only possible because an alternate aluminum barrel was created for that scene.

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Trivia: Sam Raimi has a cameo as the sniggering gunman at the siege of the Sons of Erin social club.

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Trivia: The church where Tommy has his first fight is the same one where Rocky fought in the first movie.

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Trivia: As an in-joke, Brian Hope and Charlie McManus are both credited as playing the flight attendants in the ending credits.

Trivia: The cook serving dinner before Perez pulls a knife on Hawkins is Mark Disalle, one of the producers of the film.

Trivia: Greg Samson's (the neighbor) name is a play off Gregor Samsa. Gregor Samsa is the main character in Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, who turns into a giant bug.

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Trivia: The Kray twins were played by the Kemp brothers Gary and Martin, who are not twins. The Kemps are the founders of the well-known British band Spandau Ballet, who were very well-known in the 1980s.

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Trivia: Miriam Margolyes plays Kevin Kline's mother in the film, even though in real life she's only six years older than Kline.

Trivia: When the agent pulls from the computer record Richard's file, an alias listed is "David Putnam - Columbia Pictures", employed from 06/04/1973 to 02/01/1975. That's an obvious reference to producer David Puttnam (two Ts), who had a brief stint as head of Columbia Pictures in 1986-87, not making many friends in the then Coca-Cola owned production company. (00:12:50)

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Trivia: Shirley MacLaine (born 1934) is only fifteen years older than Meryl Streep (born 1949), who plays her daughter.