Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters

Paying Pulp

The movie’s legacy lives on, and all based on an $8 million dollar budget. John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson probably contributed to the high grossing. It won an Oscar for best original screenplay.

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The More You Know

  • The mask used in Halloween is a modified Star Trek William Shatner mask.
  • Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
  • Paul Schrader wrote Taxi Driver in five days. It is rumoured he had a loaded gun by his desk for “inspiration and motivation”.
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger practiced with guns every day for a month to prepare for The Terminator.
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