According to an article by Nicholas Pileggi in The New York Times, Paramount planned to release a line of spaghetti sauce bearing The Godfather (1972) logo to promote the film. It also planned Godfather restaurant franchises that would sell pizza, hero sandwiches, Italian ices and Italian breads and pastries. A spin-off television series was also planned but none of these ideas came to fruition.
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Amity Island in Jaws(1975) was actually Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, with locals used as extras.
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003) was the first Hollywood feature film to ever film on the Galapagos Islands.
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I have just discovered Listverse the other night and while looking through the various lists, I realized how many dealt with fascinating aspects of movies. I have subsequently put together a list (in no particular order) of some of my favorite lists that are about movies in some way. I submitted it, but there is no guarantee that it will get published. Therefore, I am posting it here. Take that fancy websites!
Anyway, you can click on the title to open the link to the list. So enjoy and hopefully this doesn’t waste as much of your time as it did mine.
- Movie J
From the more famous death of Brandon Lee in "The Crow" to the lesser known death of Paul Mantz in "The Flight of The Phoenix", this list reports on some of Hollywood's most tragic moments during filming.
For those who love historical accuracy in their movies, this list even gives links to Amazon.com to purchased the well-researched movies.
I, for one, love to go to IMDB and read about all the goofs and errors in movies and science fiction is full of them. Everything from sounds in space to humanoid alien species is on this list for the enjoyment of sci-fi lovers.
Now, I've only heard of a few of these movies, and haven't seen a single one, so I'll have to take the author's word on how "good" they are, but it is an interesting list of some obscure movies.
There are quite a few people on this list that really surprised me (including those in the "Notable omissions" footnote). This is just proof at how the Academy is as fallible as a drunken sailor on leave.
Religion is a touchy subject for many people around the world and those who mess with religion can often be retaliated against. This is a list of films that have gotten quite a bit of flack for their religious views, jabbings, factual errors and propaganda.
Not surprisingly, this list is somewhat dominated by movies from M. Night Shyamalan, who is known for his incredible plot twists.
The most hardcore women of the movies now have a spot in Listverse history. Whether you think these movies are good or not, you can't deny that these women kick some booty.
Most of the movies featured on this list are B-list movies, but they all try to combine one of the all-time favorite holidays, Christmas, with one of the all-time cheesiest movie genres, the horror flick.
I am a fan of swordfighting far more than I am a fan of gunfights and this list is right down my alley. Covering a good sampling of movie history, this is the perfect list for the wanna-be swashbuckler.
Although I haven't heard most of these used in any conversation I've had, this list-maker does include which "aspect of society and the human condition" that each quote deals with. I found it pretty interesting.
This is another list of obscure movies that I have not seen personally, but I have heard of most of them. From the plot descriptions and the weirdest moments, these movies are very low on my "to see" list.
How many times have we seen these clichés in movies? Then again, how many times have we seen lists and articles about these same clichés? Makes you wonder...
Another list that I don't 100% agree to, but it is still interesting to see what other people think of as "best". You're probably thinking that about my list now, aren't you?
Sound effects are something we usually don't think of unless they seem odd or out of place, however, without sound effects, movies would not be as convincing.
This is actually a list that I feel is quite accurate, at least in my personal opinion. I mean, more could be added, but for a short, 15 movie list, it's pretty good. Be careful, because it's basically a list of spoilers.
Like this list says, everyone likes a good shootout and this list contains at least a couple of my favorite movies, so I will, in turn, add it to my list.
This list goes down the line of the best of each aspect of film making, from the best director to the best special effects supervisor. I don't exactly agree with the list 100%, it is interesting nonetheless.
Villains have been fan favorites since they first appeared in stories all over the world. The antagonist is what makes the hero, well, the hero. Without darkness, there is no light they say.
I wanted to try and find a list with the top superheroes or movie heroes in general, but I got bored when I couldn't find one in the first three search pages. However, I did find this list which is pretty funny in that a lot of it is true.
MGM studios restricted the budget for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954) so more money could be put into the production of Rose Marie (1954) and Brigadoon (1954) - each of which MGM had greater expectations for. However,Seven Brides for Seven Brothers was by far the most commercially and critically successful, as well as being the best remembered of the three.
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For her role as Mammy, in Gone with the Wind (1939), Hattie McDaniel became the first African-American to be nominated for, and win, an Oscar (specifically: Best Actress in a Supporting Role). However, due to racial segregation issues at the time, Hattie was unable to attend the world premiere in Atlanta, Georgia.
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At $90 million, The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997) broke the record for the biggest opening weekend ever and held that record until the release of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone in November of 2001.
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For her role in Erin Brockovich (2000), Julia Roberts (Erin Brockovich) became the first actress to break the $20 million salary level for starring in a Hollywood film.
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Double Movie Trivia Saturdays:
Roman Holiday (1953), which starred Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck was the first American film to be filmed entirely in Italy.
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David Bamber (Adolf Hitler) was the only non-German cast member in the film Valkyrie, who speaks with a German accent. The filmmakers felt that audiences would be distracted by Hitler speaking in Bamber's natural British accent.
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I was just going to blog about the upcoming Resident Evil movie, the fourth in the franchise, but while surfing the web, I have learned that they are already planning a fifth movie! The interesting/confusing part is that is sounds like it is basically a remake of the first film, yet the fourth film is supposed to begin a new Resident Evil trilogy… [breath]
Confused yet? Let me explain, beginning from the fourth movie.
Set for release September 17, 2010 (some sources say August 27, 2010), Resident Evil 4 is supposed to start a brand new trilogy for the Resident Evil film franchise. Shocktillyoudrop.com had an exclusive quote from writer/director Paul W.S. Anderson. One thing he mentioned is that this movie will be done in 3D (which seems to be the new/retro movie fad), using the same equipment as the upcoming movie Avatar by James Cameron.
Here’s what the site had to say about this fourth installment:
Anderson, who will write and direct, told us that the fourth film in the franchise will have the largest budget of all the films so far. "I always envisioned Resident Evil as a trilogy of films," he said. "And we've been very lucky where it's a trilogy where the audience has built and built. I wanted to kick off a brand new trilogy. I'm really excited we're doing it [in 3-D] and we're using the same camera system [James] Cameron used for Avatar. There are a lot of exciting things about this one. I don't regard it as Resident Evil 4, I regard it as a re-tooling and rebirth of the entire franchise."
Paul W.S. Anderson wrote and directed the first Resident Evil movie, but bowed out directing the following two sequels, yet he did write the screenplay for them. He also produced all three earlier installments and is producing this fourth one as well.
Shocktillyoudrop.com also talked to Anderson’s fiancé, Milla Jovovich about his preparations for the 3D element:
Anderson has really been getting prepared to make his return to directing the franchise since the first movie, especially with the 3D factor being added to the equation. "He's been really studying it and seeing all the different things they have and watching every 3D movie ever made pretty much," Milla told us. "Especially for a movie like this, because it's wild and a lot of action and a lot of potential for 3D to use the medium at its best. Paul has been going to every 3D company and he's now signed a deal to go with Jim Cameron's 3D company--they did 'Avatar'--It should be pretty interesting. I've never actually seen a 3D movie."
Resident Evil: Afterlife will start filming September 28th in Toronto, Canada.
So, even though they have just started filming the fourth movie, Sony Screen Gems, the studio that has brought the previous three Resident Evil movies, has announced a fifth movie. However, instead of continuing the story where Resident Evil: Afterlife leaves off, it is planned to do a “rehash” of the first movie, sans Alice (Milla Jovovich).
Bloody-disgusting.com has this to say:
Instead of moving forward with the ongoing story, the studio is planning a quasi-reboot, which is tentatively titled Resident Evil Begins. While it's a long, long, long way off, the idea is to redo the story of a special military unit who fights a powerful, out-of-control supercomputer and hundreds of scientists who have mutated into flesh-eating creatures after a laboratory accident.
This news comes as a bit of a surprise since we recently heard that Resident Evil: Afterlife, the fourth film in the franchise, would kick off a new trilogy. How can the fifth movie be a reboot and yet still be part of that trilogy? Is the term “reboot” being assigned too readily? And is it more along the lines of a sequel, just following a different set of people? It’s hard to tell at this very early stage in the game, but nonetheless, it’s a bit miffing.
However, I remember at the end of the first movie, you hear a man (I forget who, it’s been a while) order a group of people to re-open the Hive and find out what happened. My thoughts are that the fifth film will be about that group and what happened, but who knows…
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