Low Cost, High Reward
The movie only cost about $1 million to make. It was nominated for seven Academy Awards and won three including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. Not bad!
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Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters
The More You Know
- Nestlé supplied 1,850 bars of real chocolate for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
- Samuel L. Jackson has a clause in his film contracts that allows him to play golf during film shoots whenever he wants.
- When filming Chinatown Jack Nicholson was dating Anjelica Huston, the daughter of his screen nemesis John Huston.
- Orson Welles directed much of Citizen Kane from a wheelchair, after injuring himself on set.