2001: A Space Oddyssey To make the moon landing sequence appear white Kubrick imported several tons of sand and had it washed and painted to appear as white as possible.

Hugo Adventureland Kristen Wiig and Bill Hader were only on set for four days. All scenes with their characters, Paulette and Bobby, had to be condensed and shot quickly due to their commitments to Saturday Night Live.

Alien H.R. Giger’s initial designs for the facehugger were held by US Customs, who were alarmed at what they saw. Writer Dan O’Bannon had to go to LAX to explain to them that they were designs for a horror movie.

Edward Scissorhands Bonnie And Clyde Warner Brothers had so little faith in the film that, in an unprecedented move, it offered its first-time producer Warren Beatty 40% of the gross instead of a minimal fee. The movie then went on to gross over $50 million.

Dumbo Initially Walt Disney was uninterested in making this movie. To get him interested, story men Joe Grant and Dick Huemer wrote up the film as installments which they left on Walt's desk every morning. Finally, he ran into the story department saying, "This is great! What happens next?" Dumbo Initially Walt Disney was uninterested in making this movie. To get him interested, story men Joe Grant and Dick Huemer wrote up the film as installments which they left on Walt’s desk every morning. Finally, he ran into the story department saying, “This is great! What happens next?”

Edward Scissorhands Edward Scissorhands The little blonde boy on the Slip & Slide at the beginning of the film is Nick Carter of The Backstreet Boys. Though uncredited in the film, Carter himself has confirmed this in several interviews.

Ex Machina Caleb alludes to the fact that only Gods can create new life. The three main characters all have appropriate biblical names. Ava is a form of Eve, the first woman, Nathan was a prophet in the court of David, and Caleb was a spy sent by Moses to evaluate the Promised Land.

Fargo Despite the text crawl at the beginning of the film Fargo is not based on real events. The filmmakers thought it would set the mood better if they framed it as if it were based on real events.

Four Rooms Bruce Willis is not credited is because he violated SAG rules for acting in this film for no money. He appeared for fun and as a favor to Quentin Tarantino, and acting for free violated SAG rules. SAG agreed not to sue Willis if his name was not included in the credits.

Heat Michael Mann made the movie as tribute to a detective friend of his in Chicago who obsessively tracked and killed a thief (named Neil McCauley) he had once met under non-violent circumstances.

If you don’t include the credits, the film is exactly two hours long, down to the second.

Léon: The Professional The story of a hitman who accidentally adopts a 12-year-old girl when her family is murdered. Think Batman and Robin if they murdered people.

Locke The movie had an unconventional shooting schedule. Tom Hardy filmed his part in 6 days, shooting the movie twice per night as it was filmed in a single take. The other actors were in a hotel room, speaking on the phone with Hardy, who was on location.

Lost In Translation Sofia Coppola wasn’t sure if Bill Murray was actually going to show up for the film, going by only, according to Coppola, a verbal confirmation. It was on the first day of filming, that Murray showed up.

The Fellowship of the Ring Boromir’s speech at the Council of Rivendell is read from a sheet of paper sitting on Sean Bean’s lap as it was only given to him the night before.

MacGruber Lee David Zlotoff, creator of the TV series MacGyver felt that MacGruber damaged the chances of a MacGyver movie being made . His lawyer sent several cease-and-desist letters to the production company and met with litigators although ultimately, no legal action was taken.

Punisher: War Zone Seeing as he had absolutely no involvement with the creation of the original Punisher character, this is one of the few movies based on a Marvel Comic that Stan Lee does not appear in.

Raiders Of The Lost Ark Indy’s well-worn leather jacket was actually brand new. The costume director “aged” each jacket (there were 10 in all) with a metal brush and Ford’s own pocket knife.

The Fifth Element Luc Besson, the writer and director, wrote the first draft of the film while he was still in high school.

The Grandmaster Director Kar Wai Wong spent more than an entire year editing the film. The movie was announced a full decade before being finished, in part because of Kar Wai Wong’s perfectionism. Two movies based on Ip Man’s life were conceived of and released before the Grandmaster was completed.

The Hudsucker Proxy Jennifer Jason Leigh won the role of Amy Archer over Ellen Barkin, Nicole Kidman, Winona Ryder, and Bridget Fonda.

The Normal Heart The film was based on a play by the same name and despite the real world events surrounding the plot the characters were all fictional but based on real people. Jim Parsons was the only cast member of the play to reprise his role in the film.

The Wolf of Wall Street Jonah Hill wanted to eat a real goldfish because he wanted everything to be real. Regulations didn’t allow it. They had a real goldfish and three goldfish handlers/wranglers on set. Hill could keep the goldfish in his mouth for three seconds at a time and then they had to put it back in water unharmed.