Where Is the Shrimp Boat?
Today, the shrimp boat used in the film sits outside a Planet Hollywood Restaurant in Disney. A ping pong paddle signed by Hanks himself hangs on the wall of the restaurant!
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The More You Know
- No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.
- The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
- The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
- After a slew of drug related offences, Robert Downey Jr. was a semi-blacklisted celebrity until Kiss Kiss Bang Bang reignited his career.