Low Budget Movies That Later Became Massive Blockbusters

The More You Know

• Bela Lugosi was buried in full Dracula costume—cape and all.
• Orson Welles directed much of Citizen Kane from a wheelchair, after injuring himself on set.
• In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
• 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.