Spirited Away is the only non-western animated film to win an Academy Award for best animated feature.
Domonic Monaghan can speak fluent German.
Despite Courtney's (unsurprisingly) batshit claims (see #72) Kurt Cobain did thank Quentin Tarantino in the liner notes to In Utero, allegedly due to the musician's love for Reservoir Dogs. QT returned the favour in the Pulp Fiction soundtrack notes by thanking Nirvana. Sadly, the timing of the release meant the thanks were followed by 'RIP Kurt'.
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The Alien series has a continuing obsession with alphabetising their androids chronologically. Ash, Bishop, Call. Could Michael Fassbender's David be an android in the upcoming Prometheus? SPOILER ALERT Yes. Although as it's a prequel it should really be Zeus or Zola or Zebedee.
Ian Mckellan and Patrick Stewart didn’t know how to play chess when they appeared in X-Men 2.
The author Aldous Huxley was hired by Disney to write a script for Alice in Wonderland. Walt Disney rejected the script because he said he could only understand every third word.
A hyena biologist sued Disney for portraying hyenas as villains in The Lion King.
Willow Smith’s musical debut is 8 years earlier than her Dad’s, making her the youngest debuting superstar in her family.
United Artists offered Stallone up to US$340 000 to sell them the rights to the screenplay of Rocky if he agreed to not star in the movie. He refused.
Charlie Chaplin made his movie mocking Hitler with his own money because Hollywood was afraid of losing money if they took a stand.
Johnny Depp has a fear of clowns and spiders.
The Emperor’s New Groove was originally a much more serious and dramatic film called Kingdom of the Sun.
Elvis Presley was a natural blonde.
The Movie "Paranormal Activity" cost less than $15 000 to make but grossed over $193 000 000.
The words sung at the beginning of The Lion King are Zulu for “Here comes a lion, father” and “Oh, yes, it’s a lion.”
Movie theater Popcorn costs more per ounce than filet mignon in U.S.A.
When the movie "Clue" was shown in theaters in 1985 each theater was given 1 of 3 possible endings.
Marc Okrand, who created the Klingon and Vulcan languages for Star Trek, create an entire Atlantean language for Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Samuel L. Jackson used the word mother-fucker to overcome his stammer/stutter.
Technically, alcohol and the resulting hallucinations are what unlock Dumbo’s potential in Dumbo. Go booze.
David Patrick Kelly’s infamous “Warriors, come out to play” line in The Warriors (1979) was completely improvised.
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