You’ll Never Believe What Went on Behind the Scenes of These Award-Winning Films

Schindler’s List

In order to acquire costuming for 20,000 extras, the costume designer for Schindler’s List took out advertisements looking for clothes. Many people had been affected by poor economic conditions in Poland, meaning they were eager to sell clothing they had owned from the 1930s and 1940s.

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The More You Know

  • The Lion King was originally known as King of the Jungle until someone at Disney finally remembered that lions don’t actually live in jungles.
  • Pierce Brosnan was contractually forbidden from wearing a full tuxedo in any non-James Bond movie from 1995-2002.
  • Jim Caviezel was struck by lightening while he was on the cross in, Passion of the Christ.
  • In Home Alone, Buzz's girlfriend is actually a boy in a wig. The director thought it would be too mean to ask a girl to be in the film this way.
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