Did You Know These Classic Films Were All Remakes?

A Fistful of Dollars

For fans of the Western genre, "A Fistful of Dollars" is an obvious classic. The 1964 film was one of the first to have Clint Eastwood on the cast list and catapulted him into the spotlight. Do you think he knows that this film was a remake of a 1961 Japanese samurai flick titled "Yojimbo" that resulted in a massive lawsuit? Likely not...

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The More You Know

  • O.J. Simpson was considered for the lead in "The Terminator".
  • The Terminator script was sold for a dollar.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.
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