Lie of Lyndon
The clip of Lyndon B. Johnson awarding Forrest with a Medal of Honor was actually real footage. The award was being given to Sammy L. Davis, and Tom Hanks’ face and body were superimposed later on.
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The More You Know
- The Dark Knight made more money in its first six days in the US than Batman Begins made in its entire domestic run.
- John Travolta would have played Maverick in Top Gun if his asking price wasn't too high.
- Each frame of the CGI scenes in James Cameron’s, Avatar (1/24 of a second) took an average of 47 hours to render.
- The location of Tony Stark’s mansion in Iron Man is the same cliff from Planet of the Apes where the Statue of Liberty is sticking out from the sand.