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Complete the Circle of Life With These ‘Lion King’ Facts
Complete the Circle of Life With These ‘Lion King’ Facts
Complete the Circle of Life With These ‘Lion King’ Facts
Everyone who knows The Lion King remembers that signature opening sequence with the classic musical number “The Circle of Life.” But did you know this great scene was originally planned without the song? Originally, Disney filmmakers thought this sequence would be heavy on dialogue, laying out all the various characters and aspects of the plot. But then they heard the instrumental version of “Circle of Life” and realized the scene would be much stronger by letting it play. That’s just one of the kingly facts in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
‘Batman & Robin’ Facts to Help You Chill Out
‘Batman & Robin’ Facts to Help You Chill Out
‘Batman & Robin’ Facts to Help You Chill Out
If you’ve seen a Batman movie, you can tell that rubber suit is heavy. It’s obvious by the way the actors lumber around in that thing. But did you know that George Clooney’s Bat-suit in Batman & Robin weighed 90 pounds? The cape alone tipped the scales at 40 pounds. The thing was so hard to get in and out of that George Clooney urinated inside it on more than one occasion when nature called. Holy incontinence, Batman! That’s just one of the facts that’s guaranteed not to piss you off in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Sink Your Claws Into These ‘Logan’ Secrets
Sink Your Claws Into These ‘Logan’ Secrets
Sink Your Claws Into These ‘Logan’ Secrets
You probably know that Logan is based on the Marvel Comics series “Old Man Logan” by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. But did you know that Logan really came together when Hugh Jackman woke up in the middle of the night after a long conversation (and a few drinks) about Wolverine with Chappie director Neill Blomkamp? Jackman recorded a voice memo on his phone of what he wanted the movie to look like and eventually that became Logan. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Enjoy These ‘300’ Facts Now, For Tonight We Dine in Hell
Enjoy These ‘300’ Facts Now, For Tonight We Dine in Hell
Enjoy These ‘300’ Facts Now, For Tonight We Dine in Hell
If you’ve seen 300, then you’re very familiar with the Spartan soldiers’ costumes: A helmet, a cape, a shield, and not a whole lot else. Among those Spartans, only one, Gerard Butler’s King Leonidas, has a helmet with a plume on it. Did you know that the real historical Spartans all had plumes on their helmets? Director Zack Snyder decided to change that detail in order to make Leonidas stand out, and easier to identify in the midst of the film’s battle scenes. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
We’re Not Monkeying Around With These ‘King Kong’ Secrets
We’re Not Monkeying Around With These ‘King Kong’ Secrets
We’re Not Monkeying Around With These ‘King Kong’ Secrets
If you saw 2005’s King Kong, you saw the great ape take on a giant T. rex. But did you know that scene was a close recreation of a similar battle in the original 1933 King Kong? In fact, both versions end with Kong playing with the jaw of the dead dinosaur. (Spoiler alert.) That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Don’t Be a Dope, Check Out These ‘Trainspotting’ Secrets
Don’t Be a Dope, Check Out These ‘Trainspotting’ Secrets
Don’t Be a Dope, Check Out These ‘Trainspotting’ Secrets
If you’ve seen Danny Boyle’s Trainspotting, you know that the Scottish accents of the main characters can be so thick that it’s sometimes hard to understand what they’re saying. But did you know that their accents were so thick initially that Boyle actually re-recorded the first 20 minutes of Trainspotting’s dialogue so that American audiences would be able to understand them without subtitles? We’re not entirely sure he was successful. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Serve Some Time With These ‘Shawshank Redemption’ Facts
Serve Some Time With These ‘Shawshank Redemption’ Facts
Serve Some Time With These ‘Shawshank Redemption’ Facts
Stephen King fans know the number 237 from its appearance in The Shining, where it was the room number of a particularly dangerous corner of the Overlook Hotel. But did you know 237 also appears in the film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Shawshank Redemption. Morgan Freeman’s Red resides in Cell #237 in the Shawshank Prison. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Be Our Guest and Enjoy These ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Facts
Be Our Guest and Enjoy These ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Facts
Be Our Guest and Enjoy These ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Facts
As you can probably imagine, animated movies are dubbed into other languages for distribution in other countries. But did you know that for the Chinese version of Beauty and the Beast featured Jackie Chan as the voice of the Beast? And not only did Jackie provide the Beast’s dialogue, he even sung his songs? He did a great job too; that’s just one of the timeless Beauty and the Beast facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Whoa, These Keanu Reeves Facts Will Blow Your Mind
Whoa, These Keanu Reeves Facts Will Blow Your Mind
Whoa, These Keanu Reeves Facts Will Blow Your Mind
You know him as Neo from The Matrix and as Ted from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. But did you know Keanu Reeves has a strange habit of playing guys named John? He was Johnny Utah in the original Point Break, Johnny Mnemonic in, uh, Johnny Mnemonic, and John Wick in John Wick and the new John Wick: Chapter 2. And there are lots more examples. The dude likes playing Johns. As Keanu himself might say: Whoa. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!
Fire up the Batcomputer for Some ‘Batman Begins’ Facts
Fire up the Batcomputer for Some ‘Batman Begins’ Facts
Fire up the Batcomputer for Some ‘Batman Begins’ Facts
If you’ve seen Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins, you probably remember the great scene where Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) and Ducard (Liam Neeson) fight on a frozen lake. But did you know that all throughout the day Bale and Neeson shot this scene, they could hear cracks in the ice beneath their feet? When the crew returned to the lake the next day, the entire thing had thawed. Yikes. That’s just one of the facts featured in the newest episode of You Think You Know Movies!

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