Movie fact game

Maybe FarBeyond wants to name another movie other than Dune? The game has been dead in the water for 2 weeks.

Liv Ullman's daughter played her onscreen daughter in Cries and Whispers


The Godfather

Even though it won the Oscar for Best Picture, the film only won two other Oscars, including Best Actor for Brando, The big winner at the '73 Oscars was Cabaret, which won eight Oscars, including Best Director Bob Fosse





9 to 5

9 to 5 was Dolly Parton's screen debut


Norma Rae

Sally Field and Beau Bridges both spent time working in a factory as part of their research for their roles.


Pillow Talk

Thelma Ritter was also in the movie. She was great in The Misfits.


The Misfits

Arthur Miller specifically wrote The Misfits for his wife at the time, Marilyn Monroe. The film also was also the last completed film that Marilyn and Clark Gable appeared in.




Boogie Nights

Fairly sure it was Philip Seymour Hoffman's first movie


To Kill a Mockingbird

Hoffman made 12 movies before Boogie Nights

The exterior of the courthouse in To Kill a Mockingbird is the same building used in Back to the Future for the clock tower

Cliffhanger

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“Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. How much you can take and keep moving forward. That's how winning is done!” ~ Rocky Balboa

The film made the Guiness Book of World Records for the most expensive arial stunt ever executed for a movie.



The Sound of Music

Christopher Plummer reportedly hated working on The Sound of Music and hated working with Julie Andrews. But he still remains friends with her.

Aliens (1986)

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"Miss Jean Louise, Mr. Arthur Radley."

I think that has more to do with this game never being very popular rather than the film I picked

Aliens.

Lance Henriksen had privately pledged to quit acting if this part didn't work out for him after years of journeyman roles. It proved to be one of his most successful films.

Arachnophobia

Once again, another game dead in the water.

Arachnophobia was the first film production ever shot in a certain part of Venezuela.

Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin appears in the film playing her own grandmother.



On the Waterfront

Many people think it is set in New York, but it is, in fact, set in Hoboken, New Jersey


The Misfits

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I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.

The film was the final film appearances of Clark Gable, Marilyn Monroe, and Montgomery Clift. Arthur Miller wrote the screenplay especially for Marilyn (who was Mrs. Miller at the time), who allegedly hated it.


The Godfather

Pacino had 3 difficulties filming the movie. He could not speak Italian, he could not dance, and he could not drive.

Serpico

John G. Alvidsen, who won an Oscar for directing Rocky was original set to direct the film but was replaced by Sidney Lumet



Sixteen Candles