Paying The Part
The iconic movie has created Halloween costumes for generations and set the bar for thriller movies. It only had $300,000 in the budget, but they made it work!
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Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters
The More You Know
- Executive producer of Toy Story and Chief Pixar shareholder Steve Jobs picked Bob Dylan as his first choice to write and perform the soundtrack to the film over Randy Newman.
- Disney turned down the chance to make Back to the Future claiming the mother/son relationship was too risqué.
- Ronald Reagan was originally announced as the lead for Casablanca. The proclamation turned out to simply be a ruse to keep the actor’s name in the press.
- Straight Outta Compton movie was never played in Compton because the city has no movie theaters.