You Won't Believe How Much These Famous Movie Props Sold For

A Hidden Gem 

For over 40 years, the model sat in the home of an art school teacher in Hertfordshire, England, the long time secret home base for Kubrick. The Aries 1B sold for $344,000 to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who are now displaying the model in a museum in Los Angeles. 

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The More You Know

  • The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
  • Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
  • Toto was paid more than some of the humans in 'The Wizard of Oz'
  • The location of Tony Stark’s mansion in Iron Man is the same cliff from Planet of the Apes where the Statue of Liberty is sticking out from the sand.
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