Top 75 Things Everyone Gets Wrong About Famous Movies

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Think you know everything about your favorite films? Think again! Join us as we count down the most surprising misconceptions, myths, and misquotes surrounding some of cinema's most beloved classics! From legendary misremembered lines to shocking behind-the-scenes truths, we're setting the record straight on everything movie fans consistently get wrong. Which myth surprised you the most? Let us know!

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00:00:00That's not true. That's impossible!

00:00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 75 misconceptions people have about famous movies.

00:00:11There may be spoilers.

00:00:13Shut off that engine!

00:00:15Number 75. What if I told you this isn't in the movie? The Matrix.

00:00:20You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to be unplugged.

00:00:24And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it.

00:00:33Are you listening to me, Neo? Or were you looking at the woman in the red dress?

00:00:37It's one of the most legendary memes in history.

00:00:40Morpheus in his slick sunglasses, accompanied by the text,

00:00:43What if I told you? But what if we told you that Morpheus never actually says this in the movie?

00:00:48While he does explain the true nature of The Matrix to Neo in a similarly dramatic fashion,

00:00:53that exact phrasing is never actually said.

00:00:55It's a classic case of the Mandela effect, where pop culture collectively fabricated a quote

00:01:00and then fooled themselves into believing it was in the movie itself.

00:01:03Morpheus says plenty of memorable things, but that internet famous quote certainly isn't one of them.

00:01:09What are you trying to tell me?

00:01:11That I can dodge bullets?

00:01:15No, Neo.

00:01:17I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready,

00:01:20you won't have to.

00:01:22Number 74, Saul Bass directed the shower scene, Psycho.

00:01:27And the, uh, over there?

00:01:32The bathroom.

00:01:34Yeah.

00:01:34The infamous shower scene in Psycho is arguably the most famous sequence in horror history.

00:01:40For decades, a persistent rumor claimed that legendary graphic designer Saul Bass

00:01:44actually stepped in to direct it instead of Alfred Hitchcock.

00:01:47Bass himself even fueled this myth later in his life,

00:01:50directly claiming that he shot the scene himself.

00:01:53However, cast and crew members, including the late Janet Leigh,

00:01:57have firmly shut this down and confirmed that the master of suspense

00:02:00was in the director's chair the entire time.

00:02:02Bass's meticulous storyboards were undoubtedly crucial to the visual pacing of the sequence,

00:02:07but the actual on-set execution was entirely handled by Hitchcock himself.

00:02:31The name Rambo conjures the very essence of the modern action blockbuster.

00:02:36Guns, muscles, and booming explosions.

00:02:38But those watching the series for the first time may be extremely disappointed in First Blood.

00:02:44Not because it's a bad movie, but because it's not what they were expecting.

00:02:47First Blood is very much a survival thriller,

00:02:49with most of the action taking place in the woods,

00:02:52with Rambo picking off cops with primitive traps.

00:02:54If you're expecting explosive arrows and fighter jets, they ain't here.

00:02:58In fact, it's a very dark and morose film,

00:03:01and the original ending had Rambo ending his own life.

00:03:04But the studio changed the ending and brought the character back for First Blood Part 2,

00:03:08which is where the Rambo that everyone knows begins.

00:03:18Number 72.

00:03:20If you build it, they will come.

00:03:21Field of Dreams.

00:03:23If you build it, they will come.

00:03:27This beloved baseball fantasy is built entirely around a mysterious voice whispering from a magical cornfield.

00:03:33Most people quote the spectral voice as saying,

00:03:36if you build it, they will come.

00:03:37It's one of the most famous quotes in movie history,

00:03:39and it's even referenced in other movies.

00:03:42Only those movies are wrong.

00:03:44If you listen closely, the haunting voice actually says,

00:03:47if you build it, he will come.

00:03:48The he is a direct reference to Ray Kinsella's late father,

00:03:52making the film's emotional climax much more personal than a mere business prediction.

00:03:56Pop culture just pluralized it to make it a generic motivational slogan.

00:04:00If you build it, he will come.

00:04:12Hey, Annie!

00:04:14Annie, what was that?

00:04:16Number 71.

00:04:17Timothy Dalton's Bond movies flopped,

00:04:19The Living Daylights, and License to Kill.

00:04:22The girl did know one end of her rifle from the other.

00:04:25Go ahead, tell him what you want.

00:04:27If he fires me, I'll thank him for it.

00:04:30Whoever she was must have scared the Living Daylights out of her.

00:04:34There's an enduring misconception that Timothy Dalton's two James Bond movies were huge flops,

00:04:39and that the actor was fired owing to their disappointing performances.

00:04:42Neither of these facts is true.

00:04:44In fact, The Living Daylights was a huge hit,

00:04:47and actually outgrossed Roger Moore's final two Bond films.

00:04:49They even beat out big contemporary blockbusters of the time,

00:04:53like Die Hard and Lethal Weapon at the international box office.

00:04:56And yes, License to Kill had a softer box office run,

00:04:59but it was still a hit and made five times its budget.

00:05:02Finally, Dalton was never fired.

00:05:04A legal dispute halted the franchise for six years,

00:05:06and when it was over, the studio actually asked him to return for four more movies.

00:05:11However, he wasn't willing to commit and politely declined.

00:05:14In my business, you prepare for the unexpected.

00:05:16And what business is that?

00:05:19I help people with problems.

00:05:22Problem solver.

00:05:25I'm more of a problem eliminator.

00:05:27Number 70.

00:05:28Historical Kilts.

00:05:29Braveheart.

00:05:30Would you be willing to trade all the days,

00:05:34from this day to that,

00:05:35for one chance,

00:05:37just one chance,

00:05:38to come back here and tell our enemies

00:05:41that they may take our lives,

00:05:44but they'll never take our freedom!

00:05:48Mel Gibson's sweeping historical epic won Best Picture,

00:05:51but it definitely wouldn't win any awards for historical accuracy.

00:05:55One of the most glaring visual misconceptions

00:05:57is the standard attire of William Wallace and his fierce Scottish warriors.

00:06:01In the film, they are famously clad in belted tartan kilts.

00:06:05The massive problem with this?

00:06:07The movie takes place in the late 13th century,

00:06:09and the belted kilt wasn't actually invented for another 300 years.

00:06:14The real historical Wallace would have worn standard medieval tunics,

00:06:17cloaks, and armor.

00:06:18However, the filmmakers freely admitted they chose the anachronistic kilt

00:06:22simply because they looked much cooler and more uniquely Scottish.

00:06:25The rule of cool wins out again.

00:06:27There's a difference between us.

00:06:30You think the people of this country exist to provide you with position.

00:06:34I think your position exists to provide those people with freedom.

00:06:40And I go to make sure that they have it.

00:06:42Number 69.

00:06:43100% Practical Effects

00:06:45Mad Max Fury Road

00:06:47At least that way, you know, we might be able to

00:06:52together

00:06:54come across some kind of redemption.

00:06:56When George Miller unleashed this high-octane masterpiece,

00:07:00the marketing heavily emphasized its breathtaking practical stunts.

00:07:03This led to a widespread myth that the film used absolutely no CGI

00:07:07and that everything was done for real.

00:07:09This could not be further from the truth.

00:07:12While many of the stunts are brilliantly real,

00:07:15Fury Road still contains well over 2,000 visual effects shots.

00:07:18CGI was extensively used to replace dreary skies,

00:07:21erase safety rigs,

00:07:23composite multiple stunt shots together,

00:07:25and, of course, create that apocalyptic sandstorm.

00:07:28The movie is actually a masterclass in blending practical action with digital enhancement,

00:07:33proving that CGI is incredible when used as an invisible supporting tool

00:07:37rather than a total crutch.

00:07:41Oh, what a day!

00:07:42What a lovely day!

00:07:44Number 68.

00:07:45The Spontaneous Gunshot

00:07:46Raiders of the Lost Ark

00:07:56Everyone loves the story of Harrison Ford suffering from severe dysentery

00:08:00and deciding to just shoot the flashy swordsman.

00:08:02The enduring myth is that Ford completely improvised the moment

00:08:06while cameras were rolling so that he didn't have to film an entire fight sequence while sick.

00:08:10But no, that is definitely not how filmmaking works.

00:08:13In reality, Ford and director Steven Spielberg

00:08:16discussed the potential change well beforehand

00:08:18and both agreed that it was a funny and practical solution to their time crunch.

00:08:22It was a brilliant on-the-fly revision born out of illness,

00:08:25but it certainly wasn't an unscripted surprise randomly sprung on the stuntman.

00:08:29It still would have been staged and rehearsed,

00:08:32not to mention vetted for safety.

00:08:33You're not the man I knew 10 years ago.

00:08:36It's not the years, honey.

00:08:38It's the mileage.

00:08:40Number 67.

00:08:41Max will go to prison.

00:08:42Collateral

00:08:43I read about this guy who gets on the MTA here, dies.

00:08:48Six hours he's riding the subway before anybody notices this.

00:08:51For some, the ending of Collateral is quite downbeat,

00:08:54with Max likely going to prison for murdering Vincent on the subway.

00:08:57But pretty much everything in the movie seems to point against this.

00:09:01Detective Ray Fanning had the whole thing figured out beforehand

00:09:04and knew that Vincent was a hitman trapping Max.

00:09:06And yes, he died, but his surviving colleagues still knew the theory.

00:09:10The crashed taxi is also full of evidence, including Vincent's briefcase.

00:09:14Best of all, Annie was there for the climactic chase.

00:09:17And being a federal prosecutor,

00:09:19her eyewitness testimony would have been taken as near gospel.

00:09:22Max would certainly face a grueling legal battle,

00:09:25but he would very likely avoid a murder charge

00:09:28and would never see the inside of a cell.

00:09:30Hey, Max.

00:09:35The guy gets on the MTA here in LA and dies.

00:09:44Think anybody will know this.

00:09:46Number 66, The Fake Horsehead, The Godfather.

00:09:50When am I going to California?

00:09:52I want you to go tonight.

00:09:53I want you to talk to this movie, Big Shot,

00:09:57and settle this business for Johnny.

00:09:59If there's nothing else, I'd like to go to my daughter's wedding.

00:10:02In one of cinema's most shocking moments,

00:10:04a sleazy Hollywood producer wakes up to find the severed head

00:10:07of his prized racehorse in his silk sheets.

00:10:10Because of strict animal cruelty laws and common sense,

00:10:13many modern viewers automatically assume

00:10:15that this horse head is nothing but a grisly prop.

00:10:17Unfortunately, that is not actually the case.

00:10:20The horse head is 100% real.

00:10:23Director Francis Ford Coppola acquired it

00:10:24from a local dog food plant that regularly slaughtered old horses

00:10:27for use in the food.

00:10:29He got the head, placed it in the bed,

00:10:31and slathered it up with prop blood,

00:10:33the only thing that was fake in the scene.

00:10:35Thank you for the dinner and a very pleasant evening.

00:10:39Maybe your car could take me to the airport.

00:10:43Mr. Corleone is a man who insists on hearing bad news immediately.

00:10:46Number 65, I want to suck your blood, Dracula.

00:10:49You look better like Bella.

00:10:51He's kind of got his ears.

00:10:54Oh, no.

00:10:55Cover your face with this.

00:10:58Oh, now I can see it.

00:11:00I want to suck your blood.

00:11:03I want to suck your blood.

00:11:06When you picture a stereotypical vampire,

00:11:08you probably picture Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula,

00:11:11complete with a thick Hungarian accent and a sweeping black cape.

00:11:15And if you do a Dracula impression,

00:11:17you almost certainly say the line,

00:11:18I want to suck your blood.

00:11:20Yeah, you know where we're going with this.

00:11:21Lugosi never once utters that famous phrase

00:11:24during his entire tenure as Dracula.

00:11:26The phrase was actually popularized decades later

00:11:29by cheap Halloween parodies,

00:11:30cartoon characters, and comedic sketches.

00:11:32Lugosi's actual dialogue is much more atmospheric and subtle,

00:11:36focusing on things like children of the night

00:11:38and the music they make.

00:11:41Listen to them.

00:11:44Children of the night.

00:11:48What music they make.

00:11:51Number 64.

00:11:52It was a massive hit.

00:11:53The Shawshank Redemption.

00:11:55I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really.

00:12:01You're busy living.

00:12:03You're good as you die.

00:12:06Because it consistently ranks as one of the greatest movies ever

00:12:09and is universally beloved by audiences today,

00:12:11people naturally assume that Frank Darabont's prison drama

00:12:14was a massive cultural phenomenon.

00:12:16The truth is incredibly sobering.

00:12:18It was actually a massive flop.

00:12:20Competing against juggernauts like Pulp Fiction

00:12:23and Forrest Gump at the box office,

00:12:25The Shawshank Redemption only made $16 million

00:12:27in its original run.

00:12:28It wasn't until the film was nominated for multiple Oscars

00:12:31and subsequently exploded on the rental market

00:12:34that audiences actually discovered it.

00:12:35Its current status as a titan of modern cinema

00:12:38was a slow, hard-fought burn,

00:12:40not an overnight victory.

00:12:42You know, the funny thing is,

00:12:44on the outside,

00:12:45I was an honest man,

00:12:47straight as an arrow.

00:12:48I had to come to prison to be a crook.

00:12:50Number 63.

00:12:52Me, Tarzan, You, Jane.

00:12:53Tarzan, The Ape Man.

00:12:55Jane?

00:12:57Jane.

00:12:58And you?

00:13:00You.

00:13:01Tarzan.

00:13:03Tarzan.

00:13:03Johnny Weissmuller's portrayal

00:13:05of the Lord of the Jungle is legendary,

00:13:07but his most famous line

00:13:08is a complete pop culture fabrication.

00:13:11When Tarzan and Jane first meet

00:13:12and clumsily try to communicate,

00:13:14they simply point at each other

00:13:15and say their respective names over and over.

00:13:17Tarzan literally just points and says Tarzan

00:13:20and then Jane responds with Jane.

00:13:22Not once did he string the words

00:13:23Me, Tarzan, You, Jane together.

00:13:25Like many entries on this list,

00:13:27it's a cultural shorthand

00:13:29that eventually replaced the actual

00:13:30and much simpler dialogue

00:13:32in our collective cinematic memory.

00:13:34Jane, Tarzan, Jane, Tarzan, Jane.

00:13:38Oh, please stop.

00:13:40Let me go.

00:13:41I can't bear this.

00:13:42Number 62.

00:13:43People Thought It Was Real,

00:13:44The Blair Witch Project.

00:13:46Okay, I got you.

00:13:47This is my home.

00:13:48Okay.

00:13:50Which I am leaving the comforts of

00:13:52for the weekend

00:13:53to explore the Blair Witch.

00:13:55When it comes to genius marketing campaigns,

00:13:58it doesn't get much better

00:13:59than The Blair Witch Project.

00:14:00Using things like missing person posters

00:14:02and a fake documentary,

00:14:04the team successfully tricked people

00:14:05into thinking that the footage was real.

00:14:07Key word here being some people.

00:14:09The story goes that The Blair Witch Project

00:14:11fooled the entire world

00:14:12and everyone thought

00:14:13they were watching genuine lost footage.

00:14:15But the only people who were really fooled

00:14:17were those at the Sundance premiere

00:14:18who didn't know what they were getting into

00:14:20and the very young and gullible.

00:14:21By the time it rolled out

00:14:23in the summer of 1999,

00:14:25everyone else knew that it was just a movie.

00:14:35No. 61.

00:14:40Joe Pesci Improvised the Funny How Monologue.

00:14:43Goodfellas.

00:14:43You're really funny.

00:14:45You're really funny.

00:14:47What do you mean I'm funny?

00:14:49It's funny.

00:14:50You know,

00:14:51it's a good story.

00:14:53It's funny.

00:14:53You're a funny guy.

00:14:55What do you mean?

00:14:56You mean the way I talk?

00:14:57What?

00:14:57Joe Pesci's terrifying

00:14:59Funny How Monologue

00:15:00is an absolute masterclass

00:15:01in escalating tension.

00:15:03The longstanding legend goes

00:15:04that Pesci completely improvised the scene

00:15:06on the day of shooting

00:15:07and genuinely caught his co-stars off guard.

00:15:09While Pesci did bring the concept

00:15:11to director Martin Scorsese,

00:15:12having faced a similar confrontation himself

00:15:14with a real mobster,

00:15:15the scene was extensively rehearsed.

00:15:18Scorsese allowed Pesci and Ray Liotta

00:15:20to improvise the dialogue

00:15:21during private rehearsals,

00:15:22transcribed the best bits

00:15:23into the official script,

00:15:24and then filmed it exactly as written.

00:15:27It looks completely spontaneous,

00:15:28but it was actually highly orchestrated.

00:15:31The power of great acting.

00:15:33Frankie, was he shaking?

00:15:35I wonder about you sometimes, Henry.

00:15:38You may fold under questioning.

00:15:44I just want to make sure you're okay.

00:15:47Yeah, fine.

00:15:48I'm great.

00:15:48Top of the world, Ma!

00:15:49James Cagney delivers

00:15:51one of the most explosive finales in cinema

00:15:53when he stands atop a spherical gas tank

00:15:55and yells his famous last words

00:15:57before blowing it to kingdom come.

00:15:59The quote is almost universally remembered

00:16:01and parodied as top of the world, Ma.

00:16:03But if you listen to the actual scene

00:16:05as the police close in,

00:16:06Cagney's crazed gangster explicitly yells,

00:16:09Made it, Ma!

00:16:10Top of the world!

00:16:11It's another classic Hollywood misquote

00:16:13that's been subtly shortened

00:16:14for convenience over the decades.

00:16:15The real line has just a bit more

00:16:17tragic triumph to it

00:16:18before the fiery explosion.

00:16:21Made it, Ma!

00:16:22Top of the world!

00:16:26Number 59.

00:16:27The shark's name is Jaws.

00:16:29Jaws.

00:16:29Well, this is not a boat accident.

00:16:32It wasn't any propeller.

00:16:34It wasn't any coral reef.

00:16:36And it wasn't Jack the Ripper.

00:16:41It was a shark.

00:16:42It seems perfectly logical

00:16:44that the titular aquatic monster

00:16:45would be named Jaws.

00:16:46Ask any casual moviegoer

00:16:48and they'll probably refer to the Great White

00:16:50strictly by the title of the movie.

00:16:52But the massive shark itself

00:16:54is never actually named

00:16:55in Peter Benchley's original novel

00:16:57or Spielberg's movie.

00:16:58They just call it generic things

00:16:59like the shark.

00:17:00They don't even give it a nickname.

00:17:02Behind the scenes, however,

00:17:03the mechanical shark was named Bruce

00:17:05after Spielberg's bombastic

00:17:07entertainment lawyer Bruce Raymer.

00:17:08So the next time you watch

00:17:10the brilliant film

00:17:10and are scared out of your wits,

00:17:12just remember that you're being scared

00:17:13by a shark named Bruce.

00:17:15They caught a shark.

00:17:16Not the shark.

00:17:18Not the shark that killed Chrissy Watkins.

00:17:20And probably not the shark

00:17:22that killed the little boy.

00:17:23Number 58.

00:17:24An authentic Austrian anthem.

00:17:26The sound of music.

00:17:41The beautiful Edelweiss is sung

00:17:43by Captain Von Trapp

00:17:44as a deeply moving

00:17:44and defiant tribute

00:17:45to his beloved Austria

00:17:46in the face of creeping Nazi occupation.

00:17:49Because it sounds exactly

00:17:50like a traditional folk song,

00:17:52many viewers,

00:17:52and even some actual Austrians,

00:17:54believe it's an authentic piece

00:17:55of Austrian history.

00:17:57Back in 1984,

00:17:58the song was famously played

00:17:59at a White House state dinner

00:18:01honoring the Austrian president,

00:18:02which rankled many

00:18:03in the Austrian delegation and press.

00:18:05In reality,

00:18:06the song was written

00:18:07entirely from scratch

00:18:08by American composers

00:18:09Rodgers and Hammerstein

00:18:11specifically for the Broadway musical.

00:18:13It's a testament

00:18:13to their incredible songwriting abilities

00:18:15that they managed to fool the world

00:18:17into thinking

00:18:17it was a centuries-old folk tune.

00:18:33Number 57.

00:18:35Llewellyn Moss is killed by Chigurh.

00:18:37No country for old men.

00:18:38How do you know

00:18:39he's not on his way to Odessa?

00:18:45Why would he go to Odessa?

00:18:48Kill your wife.

00:18:49The Coen brothers' masterpiece

00:18:50is famous

00:18:51for subverting narrative expectations,

00:18:53like killing off its protagonist

00:18:54completely off screen.

00:18:56In fact,

00:18:56we only see his dead body

00:18:58for about two seconds,

00:18:59and some people even miss the fact

00:19:01that Moss had been killed.

00:19:02Those who do realize

00:19:03often assume

00:19:04that he was killed by Chigurh,

00:19:05but he was not.

00:19:06Tom Bell clearly sees

00:19:08a group of Mexicans

00:19:09fleeing the scene,

00:19:10implying that it was them

00:19:11who shot and killed Moss.

00:19:12Chigurh didn't arrive until later,

00:19:14at which point

00:19:14he simply walked into the crime scene

00:19:16and took the briefcase from the vent.

00:19:18The big showdown

00:19:18we were all expecting

00:19:19never actually occurred.

00:19:21You know how this is gonna turn out,

00:19:23don't you?

00:19:26Nope.

00:19:28I think you do.

00:19:29Number 56.

00:19:30Jack Haley was hospitalized.

00:19:32The Wizard of Oz

00:19:34Why, it's a man.

00:19:38A man made out of tin.

00:19:40The thing about old Hollywood

00:19:41is that they were

00:19:42really, really unsafe.

00:19:44We're talking zero

00:19:45health and safety standards.

00:19:46The set of The Wizard of Oz

00:19:48was basically a death trap,

00:19:49and many people faced

00:19:51some degree of injury or illness.

00:19:53There's an enduring myth

00:19:54that Jack Haley was one of them,

00:19:56having been hospitalized

00:19:56after inhaling the aluminum dust

00:19:58used for the tin man's makeup.

00:20:00He is frequently confused

00:20:01with Buddy Epson,

00:20:02the actor who was originally

00:20:04cast as the iconic character.

00:20:05He did inhale the aluminum dust

00:20:07and was even placed

00:20:08in an iron lung,

00:20:10forcing his replacement.

00:20:11Realizing the mistake,

00:20:12the makeup team changed

00:20:14the formula of the makeup

00:20:15once Haley was brought on board.

00:20:16He still suffered

00:20:17a severe eye infection

00:20:18from the new paste,

00:20:19but at least it's not

00:20:20an iron lung.

00:20:22Goodbye, tin man.

00:20:24Oh, don't cry.

00:20:26You rust so dreadfully.

00:20:29Number 55.

00:20:30An instant holiday classic.

00:20:32It's a Wonderful Life.

00:20:34Strange, isn't it?

00:20:36Each man's life

00:20:37touches so many other lives.

00:20:40When he isn't around,

00:20:41he leaves an awful hole,

00:20:42doesn't he?

00:20:43Frank Capra's heartwarming tale

00:20:44of George Bailey

00:20:45is a mandatory watch

00:20:46every December.

00:20:47Because it's such an established

00:20:49holiday tradition today,

00:20:50people naturally assumed

00:20:52that it was a massive

00:20:52and undisputed hit

00:20:53when it was originally released.

00:20:55Like The Shawshank Redemption,

00:20:57the truth is quite the opposite.

00:20:59The film was actually

00:21:00a huge commercial disappointment,

00:21:01which effectively killed

00:21:03Capra's independent

00:21:03production company.

00:21:05It was mostly forgotten

00:21:06until the 1970s,

00:21:07when its copyright

00:21:08accidentally lapsed

00:21:09and allowed frugal TV stations

00:21:11to broadcast it endlessly

00:21:12during the holidays.

00:21:13If it wasn't for that

00:21:14copyright mix-up,

00:21:15it's highly likely

00:21:16that It's a Wonderful Life

00:21:17would have been lost to time.

00:21:19How ironic is that?

00:21:21You see, George,

00:21:22you really had a wonderful life.

00:21:25Don't you see what a mistake

00:21:26it would be to throw it away?

00:21:28Number 54.

00:21:30The monster is Frankenstein.

00:21:32Frankenstein.

00:21:33It's alive!

00:21:34It's alive!

00:21:35It's alive!

00:21:37In the name of God!

00:21:40Now I know what it feels like

00:21:41to be God!

00:21:43This is the ultimate

00:21:44cinematic pet peeve

00:21:46for pedantic horror nerds everywhere.

00:21:48Thanks to the film's title,

00:21:49generations of casual fans

00:21:51have mistakenly referred

00:21:52to the hulking,

00:21:53bolt-necked creature

00:21:53as Frankenstein.

00:21:54In both Mary Shelley's

00:21:56original novel

00:21:56and the iconic Universal film,

00:21:58it's the arrogant scientist

00:21:59who is named Frankenstein.

00:22:00The stitched-together creature

00:22:02that he makes

00:22:02is simply referred to

00:22:03as the monster

00:22:04or the creature.

00:22:05So if you really

00:22:06want to be accurate,

00:22:07Frankenstein was just the doctor.

00:22:09However,

00:22:09you could definitely argue

00:22:11that the doctor

00:22:11was the real monster

00:22:12all along,

00:22:14making the title

00:22:14symbolically accurate.

00:22:16Dr. Baldwin's been murdered

00:22:17in the tower.

00:22:18It's a monster.

00:22:19He's been seen in the hills

00:22:20terrorizing the mountainside.

00:22:21Number 53.

00:22:22I'm ready for my close-up.

00:22:24Sunset Boulevard.

00:22:25I feel like Gloria Swanson.

00:22:27You look like her mother.

00:22:29I'm ready for my close-up,

00:22:30Mr. DeMille.

00:22:31Gloria Swanson's

00:22:32chilling descent

00:22:33into madness

00:22:34as fated film star

00:22:35Norma Desmond

00:22:36culminates in a creepy

00:22:37walk down a staircase

00:22:38towards the flashing

00:22:39news cameras.

00:22:40Everyone remembers

00:22:40her iconic final line

00:22:42as,

00:22:42I'm ready for my close-up,

00:22:43Mr. DeMille.

00:22:44But in a funny twist

00:22:45of reality,

00:22:46the line is actually

00:22:47reversed in the movie

00:22:48and she says,

00:22:49All right, Mr. DeMille,

00:22:50I'm ready for my close-up.

00:22:51This one is a bit easier

00:22:53to forgive

00:22:53than some of the

00:22:54other misquotes

00:22:54on this list,

00:22:55many of which

00:22:56are just straight made up.

00:22:57At least this one

00:22:58gets the general

00:22:59wording correct.

00:23:00There's nothing else.

00:23:01Just us.

00:23:04And the cameras.

00:23:06And those wonderful people

00:23:08out there in the dark.

00:23:12All right, Mr. DeMille,

00:23:13I'm ready for my close-up.

00:23:14Number 52.

00:23:15Real Rebellious Smoking.

00:23:17The Breakfast Club.

00:23:18Do you know how popular I am?

00:23:21I'm so popular.

00:23:23Everybody loves me so much

00:23:24at this school.

00:23:25John Hughes'

00:23:26defining teen movie

00:23:27features a famous sequence

00:23:28where the mismatched

00:23:29group of high schoolers

00:23:30bond over some weed

00:23:31in the school library.

00:23:32Due to the film's

00:23:33raw authenticity

00:23:34and the actor's

00:23:35convincing performances,

00:23:36a persistent urban legend

00:23:37sprang up claiming

00:23:38the cast was actually high

00:23:40while filming the sequence.

00:23:41They were not.

00:23:42At least,

00:23:42we don't think so.

00:23:43In reality,

00:23:44the weed they were smoking

00:23:45was just ordinary oregano

00:23:47and the only thing

00:23:48they were getting high on

00:23:49was pure teenage angst.

00:23:55Number 51.

00:23:56The Hoverboards Were Real.

00:23:58Back to the Future Part 2.

00:23:59Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

00:24:00Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.

00:24:01Stop.

00:24:02Little girl, little girl.

00:24:03Stop.

00:24:04Look.

00:24:05I need to borrow your...

00:24:08hoverboard.

00:24:08When Marty McFly

00:24:09zipped around

00:24:10on a floating pink Mattel hoverboard,

00:24:12kids everywhere

00:24:12instantly wanted one.

00:24:14The frenzy was massively amplified

00:24:16by director Robert Zemeckis,

00:24:17who stated with a straight face

00:24:19in a behind-the-scenes TV special

00:24:20that his hoverboards

00:24:21were 100% real.

00:24:23Zemeckis was totally joking,

00:24:24but deadpan sarcasm

00:24:25doesn't translate well

00:24:26to hopeful children,

00:24:27and Mattel's corporate switchboards

00:24:29were flooded

00:24:30with angry colors

00:24:31demanding the fictional floating toys.

00:24:33It took years

00:24:33for some people

00:24:34to finally accept

00:24:35that the awesome

00:24:36anti-gravity skateboards

00:24:37were nothing

00:24:38but clever special effects.

00:24:47Hey, McFly, you bojo!

00:24:49Don't burst all work on water!

00:24:52Unless you've got power!

00:24:54Number 50.

00:24:55The Body Double

00:24:55The Crow

00:24:56Alex Proyas'

00:24:57The Crow

00:24:58is infamous

00:24:59for the on-set death

00:25:00of Brandon Lee.

00:25:01I'm your passenger.

00:25:10Drive.

00:25:11Due to this tragedy,

00:25:12many believed

00:25:13most of Lee's scenes

00:25:14were completed

00:25:14using a stunt double.

00:25:15In truth,

00:25:16Chad Stahelski stepped in

00:25:17as a stand-in

00:25:18after Lee's death,

00:25:19but not for the majority

00:25:20of the film

00:25:20as often assumed.

00:25:21Before his death,

00:25:22Lee had nearly finished

00:25:23all his scenes,

00:25:24with only three shooting days

00:25:26left for him.

00:25:26What are you supposed to be,

00:25:27a clown or something?

00:25:30Sometimes.

00:25:31A few shots,

00:25:32including the opening scenes

00:25:33and apartment return sequences,

00:25:35used digital face replacement

00:25:36to overlay Lee's face

00:25:37on Stahelski's body.

00:25:39Some scenes were also

00:25:40rewritten or restructured

00:25:41to minimize the need

00:25:42for Lee's presence.

00:25:43While some fans claim

00:25:44more scenes involved a double,

00:25:46those theories

00:25:46remain speculative.

00:25:48You're gonna say

00:25:48I shouldn't be in a cemetery

00:25:50in the middle of the night, right?

00:25:51Safest place in the world to be.

00:25:53Number 49.

00:25:54No CGI Bulge Shrinkage

00:25:56Superman Returns

00:25:57Beyond Superman's

00:25:58noble qualities

00:25:59and superpowers,

00:26:00other elements of his design

00:26:02have long been

00:26:02subjects of speculation.

00:26:04There are questions

00:26:04to be asked.

00:26:05His Bulge,

00:26:07made more obvious

00:26:07by his skin-tight costume,

00:26:09is one of those.

00:26:10When Brandon Routh

00:26:10donned the iconic suit

00:26:11in Superman Returns,

00:26:13rumors circulated

00:26:14that his crotch area

00:26:15had been digitally reduced

00:26:16using CGI.

00:26:17Sorry,

00:26:18didn't mean to startle you.

00:26:19No, I'm fine, really.

00:26:20That is completely false.

00:26:21The buzz began

00:26:22after reports claimed

00:26:23the studio was worried

00:26:24about Routh's

00:26:25too prominent Bulge

00:26:26and might digitally

00:26:27tone it down.

00:26:28However,

00:26:29director Bryan Singer

00:26:30denied any such edits

00:26:31and the costume team

00:26:32confirmed they handled

00:26:33it the old-fashioned way.

00:26:34Using a redesigned codpiece

00:26:36and strategic padding,

00:26:37they ensured

00:26:38no CGI touch-ups

00:26:39were needed.

00:26:40So,

00:26:40CGI was used in the film,

00:26:42but definitely not

00:26:43for a crotch shrinkage.

00:26:44Well,

00:26:45I hope this experience

00:26:46hasn't put any of you

00:26:47off flying.

00:26:48Number 48.

00:26:49Isaac and Tracy

00:26:50Stay Together

00:26:51Manhattan

00:26:51At its core,

00:26:53Manhattan explores love,

00:26:54career,

00:26:55and midlife uncertainty

00:26:56against the romanticized

00:26:57backdrop of Manhattan.

00:26:58Chapter one.

00:27:00He adored New York City.

00:27:02He idolized it

00:27:03all out of proportion.

00:27:05It follows Isaac Davis,

00:27:06caught between

00:27:07his teenage girlfriend Tracy,

00:27:08his friend's mistress Mary,

00:27:10and the lingering shadow

00:27:11of his ex-wife.

00:27:12By the movie's end,

00:27:13Isaac realizes Tracy

00:27:14was the only genuine person

00:27:16in his life

00:27:16and rushes to win her back.

00:27:18I think I made a big mistake

00:27:19and I would prefer it

00:27:21if you didn't go.

00:27:23Isaac.

00:27:24It feels like a typical setup

00:27:25for a classic happy ending,

00:27:26but Woody Allen

00:27:27flips that expectation.

00:27:29When Isaac reaches Tracy,

00:27:30he's too late

00:27:31since she's already moving on.

00:27:32After realizing

00:27:33she's making the mature move,

00:27:34he finally lets her go

00:27:36and the film ends

00:27:36with him all alone.

00:27:38This ambiguous ending

00:27:39has led many to assume

00:27:40they ended up together,

00:27:41which doesn't seem so.

00:27:43Everybody gets corrupted.

00:27:47I think you have to have

00:27:48a little faith in people.

00:27:50Number 47.

00:27:51Magic Mirror on the Wall.

00:27:52Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

00:27:54By now,

00:27:55we've seen how common it is

00:27:56for people to misquote

00:27:57famous movie lines,

00:27:58and this is another good example.

00:28:00Slave in the magic mirror,

00:28:03come from the farther space.

00:28:07In one of the scenes,

00:28:08the queen consults the mirror

00:28:09to confirm she is

00:28:10the fairest of them all,

00:28:11only to realize

00:28:12Snow White has surpassed her.

00:28:13She never actually says

00:28:15mirror, mirror on the wall.

00:28:17Instead,

00:28:17the actual line

00:28:18is magic mirror on the wall.

00:28:20Magic mirror on the wall.

00:28:23Who is the fairest one of all?

00:28:25The confusion likely stems

00:28:27from the Brothers Grimm's

00:28:281812 fairy tale,

00:28:29where the queen's line

00:28:30is closer to the misquote

00:28:31we know today.

00:28:32Over time,

00:28:33memory slips

00:28:33and endless pop culture references

00:28:35from books,

00:28:36parodies,

00:28:36later adaptations,

00:28:37and films like Shrek

00:28:38cemented the wrong version

00:28:40in our minds.

00:28:40It is the Mandela effect at work.

00:28:43And I have been tricked.

00:28:45Number 46.

00:28:46Poster wasn't sabotaged.

00:28:47The Little Mermaid.

00:28:48Those who grew up

00:28:49watching Disney classics

00:28:50might remember

00:28:51the strange controversy

00:28:52that rocked their 1989 hit

00:28:54The Little Mermaid.

00:28:55But if you would just listen!

00:28:56Not another word!

00:28:58When the VHS covers

00:28:59hit the shelves,

00:29:00sharp-eyed consumers

00:29:01noticed something odd.

00:29:02One of King Triton's

00:29:03castle spires

00:29:04looked suspiciously

00:29:05like a phallic symbol.

00:29:06Rumors spread

00:29:07that it was a hidden joke

00:29:08by a disgruntled Disney artist,

00:29:10and some stores

00:29:11even pulled copies

00:29:12from their shelves.

00:29:13I'm not asking much.

00:29:14Just a token,

00:29:15really a trifle!

00:29:17In reality,

00:29:18the artwork

00:29:19had been designed

00:29:19by a freelance illustrator

00:29:21working under a tight deadline,

00:29:22and the resemblance

00:29:23was unintentional.

00:29:24Still,

00:29:25the supposed dirty joke

00:29:26caused quite a stir.

00:29:27While Disney

00:29:28never recalled the VHS,

00:29:30that particular design

00:29:31was quietly replaced

00:29:32in later prints.

00:29:33I love you, Daddy.

00:29:35Number 45.

00:29:36Jill's Death.

00:29:37Goldfinger.

00:29:37One of the most iconic

00:29:39James Bond movies,

00:29:40Goldfinger sees James

00:29:41facing off against

00:29:42Auric Goldfinger.

00:29:43How'd you do?

00:29:44How do you do?

00:29:45Shirley Eaton

00:29:46plays the role

00:29:46of Jill Masterson,

00:29:48Goldfinger's assistant

00:29:48who helps him cheat

00:29:49at games.

00:29:50After Bond exposes

00:29:51the scheme

00:29:52and spends the night

00:29:52with her,

00:29:53he wakes up

00:29:53to find her dead.

00:29:54Jill?

00:29:55She is completely

00:29:56painted in gold,

00:29:57and James claims

00:29:58she died of skin suffocation.

00:30:00This led to a long-standing myth

00:30:01that being painted

00:30:02head to toe

00:30:03can suffocate you.

00:30:04The rumor was so widespread

00:30:05that people even believed

00:30:06Eaton had died

00:30:07during filming

00:30:07since she stepped

00:30:08away from acting.

00:30:09But scientifically,

00:30:10this is inaccurate.

00:30:12No one died

00:30:13a paint-related death

00:30:14on the set of Goldfinger.

00:30:16While covering the skin

00:30:17can block sweat glands

00:30:18and cause overheating,

00:30:19we don't breathe

00:30:20through our skin.

00:30:21So yeah,

00:30:22Bond is wrong.

00:30:23Number 44.

00:30:24Khan Noonien Singh's Muscles.

00:30:26Star Trek II.

00:30:27The Wrath of Khan.

00:30:28Nicholas Meyer's

00:30:2880s sci-fi flick

00:30:29was both a critical

00:30:30and commercial success.

00:30:32Much of its lasting power

00:30:33comes from

00:30:33Khan Noonien Singh,

00:30:34the vengeful villain

00:30:35played by Ricardo Montalban.

00:30:37Ah, Kirk,

00:30:39my old friend.

00:30:41Do you know

00:30:42the Klingon proverb

00:30:43that tells us revenge

00:30:44is a dish

00:30:45that is best served cold?

00:30:48His commanding presence

00:30:49made him one of the most

00:30:50unforgettable antagonists

00:30:51in Star Trek history.

00:30:52At 62,

00:30:54Montalban's muscular,

00:30:55broad-chested look

00:30:56stunned fans,

00:30:57sparking a persistent rumor

00:30:58that his impressive physique

00:31:00was all prosthetics.

00:31:01But that myth

00:31:02has been officially debunked.

00:31:03Both Montalban and Meyer

00:31:04made it clear

00:31:05it was all the actor.

00:31:06Khan, you bloodsucker.

00:31:08You're gonna have to do

00:31:09your own dirty work now.

00:31:10Do you hear me?

00:31:11Do you?

00:31:15Kirk.

00:31:19Kirk,

00:31:20you're still alive,

00:31:21my old friend.

00:31:22The director even said

00:31:24that Montalban

00:31:24was in great shape

00:31:25and maintained

00:31:26a strict fitness routine.

00:31:27So that powerful physique

00:31:29fans still admire

00:31:30came from discipline,

00:31:31not padding.

00:31:32To the last,

00:31:34I will grapple with you.

00:31:36Number 43,

00:31:37George Wasn't Really Crying,

00:31:39Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

00:31:42The Harry Potter franchise

00:31:43has inspired countless

00:31:44behind-the-scenes rumors,

00:31:45and one of the most persistent

00:31:47involves the Weasley twins.

00:31:53During the Battle of Hogwarts,

00:31:54Fred dies in an explosion,

00:31:56and the Weasleys are devastated.

00:31:58It's been widely shared

00:31:59among fans

00:32:00that Oliver Phelps

00:32:01was so overwhelmed

00:32:02at the thought of his twin dying

00:32:03that he broke down for real.

00:32:04But as touching as that sounds,

00:32:06what happened on set

00:32:07was the opposite.

00:32:08According to Oliver

00:32:09and James Phelps,

00:32:10the atmosphere

00:32:11wasn't somber at all.

00:32:12It was lighthearted

00:32:13and full of jokes.

00:32:14The twins reveal

00:32:15that they were even laughing

00:32:16between takes

00:32:17and trying to get each other

00:32:18to break out of character.

00:32:19It was different

00:32:20to a lot of other days

00:32:20we had on Potter.

00:32:21So, there you have it.

00:32:22They were professionals

00:32:23through and through.

00:32:24You okay, Freddy?

00:32:26Yeah.

00:32:29Me too.

00:32:30Number 42,

00:32:32Stanley Kubrick

00:32:32directed the moon landing,

00:32:34The Shining.

00:32:34After the Apollo 11

00:32:35moon landing in 1969,

00:32:37some people began

00:32:38insisting it was fake.

00:32:40There's even a long-running

00:32:41conspiracy theory

00:32:42that Stanley Kubrick

00:32:43helped NASA stage the event.

00:32:45The theory goes

00:32:46that NASA hired Kubrick

00:32:47fresh off directing

00:32:482001 A Space Odyssey.

00:32:50What's the problem?

00:32:51I think you know

00:32:53what the problem is

00:32:54just as well as I do.

00:32:55Not only that,

00:32:56some conspiracy believers

00:32:57claim Kubrick confessed

00:32:59symbolically

00:32:59through The Shining,

00:33:00pointing to details

00:33:01like Danny's

00:33:02Apollo 11 sweater

00:33:03and the mysterious

00:33:04room 237.

00:33:05But the truth is,

00:33:06none of this

00:33:07actually holds true.

00:33:08The so-called

00:33:09Kubrick confession video

00:33:10was proven to be a hoax,

00:33:12featuring an actor

00:33:13and manipulated footage.

00:33:14The clues in The Shining?

00:33:15They are probably

00:33:16just artistic choices,

00:33:17not indication of guilt.

00:33:19Even Kubrick's daughter

00:33:20has publicly called

00:33:21the moon hoax theory

00:33:22quote,

00:33:22a grotesque lie.

00:33:24Is it the truth?

00:33:25Really?

00:33:26Number 41.

00:33:27Not Interplaned.

00:33:28Gladiator.

00:33:29Ridley Scott's award-winning

00:33:30epic Gladiator

00:33:31takes place in ancient Rome,

00:33:33the last place you would

00:33:34expect to spot an aircraft.

00:33:36Yet one of its most

00:33:37iconic moments

00:33:38where Maximus

00:33:38roars to the crowd

00:33:39became the center

00:33:40of such false claims.

00:33:41Some fans insisted

00:33:43that a small aircraft

00:33:43was visible in the sky,

00:33:45but there's no such thing

00:33:46in the original scene.

00:33:47It likely began

00:33:48after someone photoshopped

00:33:49a plane into a still

00:33:50from the movie,

00:33:51probably as a joke or meme.

00:33:52That edited photo

00:33:53began circulating

00:33:54across social media

00:33:55and movie mistake pages,

00:33:57fooling viewers

00:33:58into believing it was real.

00:33:59Over time,

00:34:00people forgot

00:34:00or never knew

00:34:01how it came to be,

00:34:02and the story evolved

00:34:03into a supposed

00:34:04production blooper.

00:34:05Are you not entertained?

00:34:07Number 40.

00:34:07Curse of Poltergeist.

00:34:09Poltergeist.

00:34:10Not just a classic horror film,

00:34:12Poltergeist also spawned

00:34:13one of Hollywood's

00:34:14most chilling urban legends,

00:34:15the Poltergeist Curse.

00:34:17They're here.

00:34:19The movie itself

00:34:20is terrifying,

00:34:21with the Freeling family

00:34:22being haunted

00:34:23by restless evil spirits.

00:34:24After its release,

00:34:26several cast members

00:34:26died under mysterious

00:34:27or tragic circumstances,

00:34:29including Heather O'Rourke

00:34:30and Dominique Dunn.

00:34:32What's happening?

00:34:33Julian Beck died

00:34:34from stomach cancer

00:34:35and Will Sampson

00:34:36from surgery complications.

00:34:37Are you in cahoots

00:34:38with the lady in there?

00:34:40I cahoot with no one.

00:34:42This led fans to believe

00:34:43the movie production

00:34:44was haunted,

00:34:45though it's likely

00:34:46just coincidence.

00:34:47While the film's plot

00:34:48makes these deaths

00:34:49seem more mysterious,

00:34:50there's no evidence

00:34:51there's any

00:34:51supernatural connection.

00:34:53Besides,

00:34:53many of the cast members

00:34:54are still alive and well,

00:34:55which undercuts

00:34:56the idea of a true curse.

00:35:00Number 39.

00:35:02Based on a true story,

00:35:03The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

00:35:05Toby Hooper's

00:35:05The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

00:35:07follows a group of friends

00:35:08who travel to rural Texas

00:35:09and stumble upon

00:35:10a family of cannibals.

00:35:11There's no need to do that.

00:35:14Nobody's gonna hurt you.

00:35:16With its gritty documentary style,

00:35:18the film feels disturbingly real.

00:35:20It even begins

00:35:21with a title card

00:35:22claiming it's based

00:35:23on true events,

00:35:24convincing many viewers

00:35:25they were watching

00:35:25something real.

00:35:26In truth,

00:35:27it was just a clever

00:35:28marketing trick.

00:35:29There was no real

00:35:29Chainsaw Massacre

00:35:30or cannibal family in Texas.

00:35:36Hooper got the idea

00:35:37after spotting

00:35:38a chainsaw display

00:35:38in a hardware store,

00:35:39while Leatherface

00:35:40was loosely inspired

00:35:41by real-life killer

00:35:42Ed Gein.

00:35:43Unlike Leatherface,

00:35:44Gein didn't use a chainsaw

00:35:46and was a grave robber

00:35:47who murdered two women.

00:35:48So that true story claim?

00:35:49That is mostly false.

00:35:55Number 38.

00:35:56Dorothy made less than a dog.

00:35:58The Wizard of Oz.

00:35:59It's true that Toto,

00:36:00the little Cairn Terrier,

00:36:01was an important part

00:36:02of the Wizard of Oz.

00:36:03Toto?

00:36:05I have a feeling

00:36:06we're not in Kansas anymore.

00:36:07Without him getting

00:36:08Dorothy in trouble,

00:36:09she might have never

00:36:10ended up in Oz.

00:36:11But that's not enough reason

00:36:12to believe the dog

00:36:13made more money

00:36:14than Judy Garland.

00:36:15That statement

00:36:15has been widely

00:36:16exaggerated for years.

00:36:18While Toto was paid

00:36:20$125 weekly,

00:36:21which is more than

00:36:22some human characters got,

00:36:23it didn't earn

00:36:24more than Garland.

00:36:32As the film star,

00:36:34Garland was paid

00:36:35$500 per week,

00:36:36four times more than Toto.

00:36:38Yes,

00:36:38the Wicked Witch

00:36:39and other key cast members

00:36:40made more than her,

00:36:41but the dog didn't.

00:36:42I'll get you,

00:36:43my pretty,

00:36:44and your little dog too.

00:36:46Speaking of

00:36:46long-standing myths,

00:36:47probably heard that

00:36:48of the Munchkin actor

00:36:49hanging in the forest scene.

00:36:51That is false too.

00:36:52Number 37.

00:36:53The Infected Are Zombies.

00:36:5428 Days Later.

00:36:56Danny Boyle's survival thriller

00:36:57follows Cillian Murphy

00:36:58as Jim,

00:36:59a man who wakes up

00:37:00from a coma

00:37:01only to find London

00:37:02eerily deserted.

00:37:03Hello!

00:37:04Turns out a mysterious virus

00:37:05has spread through the UK,

00:37:07turning people into

00:37:07violent,

00:37:08blood-crazed attackers.

00:37:09While the infected

00:37:10basically act like zombies,

00:37:11they are biologically alive,

00:37:13contrary to what some believe.

00:37:15Not only are they

00:37:16still living humans,

00:37:17they don't reanimate

00:37:18like typical zombies.

00:37:19They're consumed

00:37:20by uncontrollable rage.

00:37:22Do you have any clothes here?

00:37:25Um,

00:37:26I,

00:37:26yes.

00:37:27Then get them

00:37:28and get dressed.

00:37:29We have to leave now.

00:37:30Even Boyle has confirmed

00:37:31that it isn't a zombie film,

00:37:32but a story about human rage

00:37:34and societal collapse.

00:37:35Still,

00:37:36when it came out,

00:37:37the film injected new life

00:37:38into the dying zombie genre.

00:37:40So it's easy to see

00:37:41why many categorize it as one,

00:37:42even though it is

00:37:44just a rage virus

00:37:45survival thriller.

00:37:46Hey, Selina.

00:37:47What is it?

00:37:50I thought you'd get to sleep.

00:37:51Number 36.

00:37:52Dead Rat Gift.

00:37:54Suicide Squad.

00:37:55In preparation for playing

00:37:56the maniacal Joker

00:37:57in Suicide Squad,

00:37:58Jared Leto allegedly sent

00:38:00some bizarre gifts

00:38:00to his fellow cast members.

00:38:02What do you got?

00:38:03I got your kitty.

00:38:05So thoughtful.

00:38:07Many even believed

00:38:08he gave Margot Robbie

00:38:09an exceptionally disturbing one.

00:38:11The rumor probably began

00:38:12after Viola Davis

00:38:13made a comment

00:38:14about his unsettling gestures

00:38:15to co-stars,

00:38:16especially the black rat

00:38:18he sent Robbie.

00:38:19Soon,

00:38:19headlines twisted the story,

00:38:21claiming he gifted Robbie

00:38:22a dead rat.

00:38:22It had spread like wildfire.

00:38:24Would you die for me?

00:38:29Yes.

00:38:29That's too easy.

00:38:32Would you...

00:38:36Would you live for me?

00:38:38However,

00:38:39Leto later cleared the air,

00:38:40saying he never sent

00:38:41a dead rat,

00:38:42but cinnamon buns

00:38:43as a playful jester.

00:38:44Robbie later confirmed

00:38:45that he did in fact

00:38:46send her a live rat,

00:38:48which she kept as a pet.

00:38:49So,

00:38:50while odd,

00:38:50it wasn't nearly as dark

00:38:52as the rumor suggested.

00:38:53Oh,

00:38:54I'm not gonna kill you.

00:38:56I'm just gonna hurt you

00:38:58really,

00:39:00really

00:39:01bad.

00:39:02Number 35.

00:39:03The kids didn't see

00:39:04the pirate ship

00:39:05before filming.

00:39:06The Goonies.

00:39:06Remember the scene

00:39:07in The Goonies

00:39:08where the kids

00:39:08finally see the pirate ship

00:39:09after being swept

00:39:10into the water?

00:39:17For years,

00:39:18fans believed

00:39:19director Richard Donner

00:39:20kept the ship

00:39:21hidden from the cast

00:39:21to capture their

00:39:22genuine reaction.

00:39:23While that is a great story,

00:39:25it's not entirely true.

00:39:27You really think

00:39:27there's a treasure here?

00:39:29Andy,

00:39:30this whole ship's a treasure.

00:39:31At a reunion panel,

00:39:32Sean Astin revealed

00:39:33he'd already seen the ship

00:39:34and just acted surprised.

00:39:36Meanwhile,

00:39:37Martha Plimpton

00:39:37hadn't seen it,

00:39:38and Corey Feldman

00:39:39admitted to sneaking a peek.

00:39:41The film's 2001

00:39:42DVD commentary

00:39:43where the story

00:39:44got oversimplified

00:39:45probably helped fuel

00:39:46this urban legend.

00:39:47In reality,

00:39:48some cast members

00:39:49were genuinely shocked.

00:39:50Others were just

00:39:51great actors.

00:39:52But of course,

00:39:53the myth makes

00:39:53an already magical moment

00:39:55sound exceptional,

00:39:55so we understand

00:39:57why it stuck.

00:39:58Goonies never say die!

00:40:00Number 34.

00:40:01Anthony Hopkins

00:40:02never blinks.

00:40:03The Silence of the Lambs.

00:40:04Everyone knows

00:40:05Anthony Hopkins

00:40:06was terrifyingly brilliant

00:40:07as the creepy

00:40:08Hannibal Lecter.

00:40:09Good morning.

00:40:10The idea that he never

00:40:11blinks during his short

00:40:12but chilling presence

00:40:13in The Silence of the Lambs

00:40:14adds to his legend

00:40:15as one of cinema's

00:40:16greatest villains.

00:40:17But how true

00:40:18is that myth?

00:40:20Yes,

00:40:20Hopkins mastered

00:40:21that chilling stillness

00:40:22and piercing gaze

00:40:23to keep audiences

00:40:24in suspense.

00:40:24He doesn't actually blink

00:40:26as much as normal humans do,

00:40:27giving him that

00:40:28predator-like aura.

00:40:29I don't imagine

00:40:30the answer

00:40:30is on those

00:40:31second-rate shoes,

00:40:32Clarine.

00:40:33But keen observers

00:40:34have noticed

00:40:35he does blink,

00:40:36though rarely

00:40:37and often

00:40:37in emotionally charged scenes.

00:40:39You can spot it

00:40:40during the fava beans

00:40:41and a nice Chianti

00:40:42and quid pro quo scenes.

00:40:43So the idea

00:40:45that he never blinked

00:40:46is just likely

00:40:46a classic Mandela effect.

00:40:48Quid pro quo.

00:40:49I tell you things,

00:40:50you tell me things.

00:40:51Number 33.

00:40:53The Drunk Extra

00:40:54Being John Malkovich.

00:40:55Praised for its

00:40:56bizarre concept,

00:40:57Being John Malkovich

00:40:58is a surreal drama

00:40:59about a man

00:41:00who discovers a portal

00:41:01leading directly

00:41:02into actor

00:41:03John Malkovich's mind.

00:41:04There's a tiny door

00:41:05in my office, Maxine.

00:41:06It's a portal

00:41:07and it takes you

00:41:09inside John Malkovich.

00:41:11In one scene,

00:41:12as John angrily

00:41:13walks along the highway,

00:41:14a drunk driver

00:41:15hurls a beer can at him.

00:41:16Hey, Malkovich!

00:41:17Think fast!

00:41:18The moment feels

00:41:19so spontaneous

00:41:20that many fans

00:41:21actually believed

00:41:21it wasn't scripted

00:41:22and that a drunk extra

00:41:24actually did it.

00:41:25Wild, right?

00:41:26But Malkovich

00:41:27later debunked the claim,

00:41:28confirming it was

00:41:29in the script all along

00:41:30and that a writer

00:41:31nailed the throw

00:41:32on the first try.

00:41:33People may be confused

00:41:34because director

00:41:34Spike Jonze's

00:41:35commentary video

00:41:36made it seem

00:41:37like it was improvised.

00:41:38But hey,

00:41:39it wasn't spontaneous,

00:41:40just brilliantly executed.

00:41:42Jesus,

00:41:42why couldn't I have

00:41:43found the portal

00:41:44to a younger body?

00:41:46Number 32.

00:41:47Back to the Future 2

00:41:48predicted a future

00:41:49MLB champion.

00:41:50Back to the Future Part 2.

00:41:51Wouldn't it be great

00:41:52if movies could

00:41:53actually predict the future?

00:41:54Sadly,

00:41:55real life doesn't work

00:41:56that way.

00:41:56Though this film

00:41:57came eerily close.

00:41:58In one scene,

00:41:59Marty travels to 2015

00:42:01and discovers

00:42:02that the Chicago Cubs

00:42:03have won the World Series.

00:42:04Wait a minute.

00:42:06Cubs win World Series

00:42:09against Miami?

00:42:11Yeah, something, huh?

00:42:12Who would have thought?

00:42:13Back then,

00:42:14the idea sounded

00:42:15like a joke.

00:42:16The Cubs hadn't won

00:42:17since 1908.

00:42:19Then in 2016,

00:42:21just a year

00:42:21after the movie's

00:42:22predicted date,

00:42:23they finally did.

00:42:24And the Cubs

00:42:25have finally won it all!

00:42:28It was close enough

00:42:28to make fans wonder

00:42:29if the filmmakers

00:42:30had glimpsed the future.

00:42:31But the real win

00:42:32wasn't against

00:42:33a fictional Miami team

00:42:34or in 2015

00:42:35like the film showed.

00:42:36Screenwriter Bob Gale

00:42:37added it as a joke.

00:42:39A team that never wins

00:42:40beating one that doesn't exist.

00:42:42Decades later,

00:42:43that joke turned prophetic.

00:42:45Sort of.

00:42:45What did you just say?

00:42:46I said I wish

00:42:47I could go back

00:42:48to the beginning of the season.

00:42:49Put some money

00:42:50on the cubbies!

00:42:51Number 31.

00:42:52All of the clocks

00:42:53are set to 420.

00:42:54Pulp Fiction.

00:42:55Sounds mind-blowing

00:42:56that all the clocks

00:42:57in Pulp Fiction

00:42:58are set to 420.

00:42:59Except this isn't true.

00:43:01What time you got?

00:43:047.22 in the a.m.

00:43:06No, ain't quite time yet.

00:43:08Come on, let's hang back.

00:43:09Quentin Tarantino's

00:43:10cult classic

00:43:11weaves together

00:43:11the lives of gangsters,

00:43:13hitmen,

00:43:13and a boxer

00:43:14in a stylish blend

00:43:15of humor and violence.

00:43:16Because 420

00:43:17is famously linked

00:43:18to cannabis culture,

00:43:19many believed

00:43:20Tarantino set

00:43:21every clock to that time

00:43:22as a clever weed reference.

00:43:23But that theory

00:43:24does not hold up.

00:43:25Look, you want to play

00:43:26blind man,

00:43:27go walk with the shepherd.

00:43:28But me,

00:43:28my eyes are wide

00:43:29f***ing open.

00:43:30While a few clocks

00:43:31do read 420,

00:43:32others clearly show

00:43:33different times

00:43:34like 817,

00:43:35940,

00:43:35and 720.

00:43:37Fact checkers

00:43:37and fan sleuths

00:43:38have proven

00:43:38the 420 detail

00:43:39is just an urban legend.

00:43:41While it is a fun myth,

00:43:42it's not a hidden

00:43:43nod to weed,

00:43:44just another layer

00:43:45of Tarantino cool.

00:43:46You know,

00:43:46I'd go up for some breakfast.

00:43:47You feel like having

00:43:48breakfast with me?

00:43:50Cool.

00:43:50Number 30,

00:43:51People Ran Away,

00:43:52L'arrivée d'un train

00:43:53en gare de la Ciotat.

00:43:55Well,

00:43:56we might as well

00:43:56go all the way

00:43:57back to the beginning.

00:43:58The year,

00:43:591896.

00:44:00The movie,

00:44:01L'arrivée d'un train

00:44:02en gare de la Ciotat,

00:44:03a 50-second video

00:44:04of a train

00:44:05pulling into

00:44:05a French station.

00:44:06It's not much today,

00:44:07but just imagine

00:44:08how mind-blowing

00:44:09this must have been

00:44:10back in the late 19th century.

00:44:11In fact,

00:44:12it's said to have been

00:44:13so mind-blowing

00:44:14that people in the audience

00:44:15burst from their chairs

00:44:16and ran screaming

00:44:17from the cinemas,

00:44:18so terrified they were

00:44:19of being run over

00:44:20by the train.

00:44:21It's coming right at us!

00:44:26Alas,

00:44:26there are zero

00:44:27contemporary accounts

00:44:28of people fleeing

00:44:29their seats in terror,

00:44:30and the story

00:44:31is now widely regarded

00:44:32as an urban legend.

00:44:33Panicked?

00:44:34Maybe.

00:44:35Running for their lives?

00:44:36No.

00:44:37Number 29,

00:44:38Jenny Dies From AIDS,

00:44:40Forrest Gump.

00:44:41I have some kind of virus,

00:44:43and the doctors don't,

00:44:45they don't know what it is,

00:44:46and there isn't anything

00:44:47they can do about it.

00:44:48Forrest's childhood friend

00:44:49Jenny has a terrible upbringing

00:44:51and a difficult adulthood,

00:44:52and the way many interpret

00:44:54what happens to her

00:44:55is that she dies of AIDS.

00:44:56Only,

00:44:57that's never made clear

00:44:58in the movie,

00:44:59and it has long

00:45:00just been an assumption.

00:45:01All Jenny says

00:45:02is that she has

00:45:03an incurable virus,

00:45:04which yes,

00:45:05could very well be AIDS.

00:45:06But the author of the book,

00:45:07Winston Groom,

00:45:08actually intended the virus

00:45:10to be hepatitis C,

00:45:11which at the time

00:45:12of publication

00:45:12was not defined.

00:45:14In fact,

00:45:14this is explicitly confirmed

00:45:16in the follow-up novel,

00:45:17Gump and Co.

00:45:18Furthermore,

00:45:19the climax of the film

00:45:20takes place in 1981,

00:45:22a full eight years

00:45:23before hepatitis C

00:45:24was discovered,

00:45:25so Jenny wouldn't have

00:45:26known what she had.

00:45:27Ultimately,

00:45:28all signs point to hepatitis

00:45:29as her killer,

00:45:30not AIDS.

00:45:31You died on a Saturday morning.

00:45:36I had you placed

00:45:39here under our tree.

00:45:40Number 28.

00:45:41Play it again, Sam.

00:45:43Casablanca.

00:45:43There are a number

00:45:44of quotes from Casablanca

00:45:46that have become

00:45:46cultural icons.

00:45:47We'll always have Paris,

00:45:49here's looking at you, kid.

00:45:50Play it again, Sam.

00:46:01There's even a Woody Allen movie

00:46:03named after that last one.

00:46:04Only,

00:46:05it's not real.

00:46:06Seriously,

00:46:06not once in the movie

00:46:07does Humphrey Bogart,

00:46:08or anyone else for that matter,

00:46:10utter the words

00:46:11play it again, Sam.

00:46:12In reality,

00:46:13this is one of those

00:46:13famous misquotes

00:46:14that people always get wrong.

00:46:16Both Rick and Elsa

00:46:17tell Sam to play it

00:46:19on separate occasions,

00:46:20and at one point,

00:46:21Elsa says,

00:46:22play it once, Sam.

00:46:23But the famous line

00:46:24as we all know it

00:46:25simply does not exist.

00:46:26Play it once, Sam.

00:46:28For old time's sake.

00:46:29I don't know what you mean,

00:46:30Miss Elsa.

00:46:32Play it, Sam.

00:46:34Number 27.

00:46:35It's based on a true story.

00:46:37Catch me if you can.

00:46:38How do you know

00:46:38I'll come back?

00:46:42Look.

00:46:45Frank.

00:46:46Nobody's chasing you.

00:46:47You know what they say.

00:46:48If something seems too good

00:46:49to be true,

00:46:50it probably is.

00:46:51Catch me if you can

00:46:52is a literally unbelievable story

00:46:54about conman Frank Abagnale.

00:46:56The film is portrayed

00:46:57as a true story

00:46:58and was heavily marketed

00:47:00as such,

00:47:00only it's almost

00:47:01completely made up.

00:47:02A number of historians

00:47:04have debunked

00:47:05large swaths of the story,

00:47:06and records show

00:47:07that the real Frank Abagnale

00:47:08was either in prison

00:47:09or the Navy

00:47:10during the time frame

00:47:11of the movie.

00:47:12And while he did

00:47:13briefly pose

00:47:13as a Pan Am pilot,

00:47:15there is no evidence

00:47:16that he passed

00:47:16the Louisiana bar

00:47:17or that he worked

00:47:18for the FBI.

00:47:19The events of the film

00:47:20are,

00:47:21if not outright made up,

00:47:22then enormously exaggerated.

00:47:25Is that the truth, Frank?

00:47:27Is that the truth?

00:47:28Number 26.

00:47:29It's all CGI.

00:47:31Jurassic Park.

00:47:32She was always my favorite

00:47:34when I was a kid,

00:47:35and now I see

00:47:35she's the most beautiful thing

00:47:36I ever saw.

00:47:37There's a common misconception

00:47:38among film lovers

00:47:39that Jurassic Park

00:47:40is filled with CGI

00:47:41and that this CGI

00:47:42still looks better

00:47:43than 99% of movies today.

00:47:45Only,

00:47:46most of what you see

00:47:47on screen

00:47:47was done practically

00:47:48by Stan Winston

00:47:49using puppets

00:47:50and animatronics.

00:47:51That includes

00:47:52the star of the show,

00:47:53the famous T-Rex,

00:47:54which was made

00:47:55using a 40-foot-long robot

00:47:56that weighed

00:47:57over 17,000 pounds.

00:47:59And yes,

00:47:59what sparing CGI

00:48:00was used

00:48:01does still look pretty good,

00:48:03especially considering

00:48:03its age.

00:48:04But aged it has,

00:48:06and the full-blown

00:48:07CGI dinosaurs

00:48:08look decidedly fake today.

00:48:09With modern eyes,

00:48:10you can easily spot

00:48:12which dinosaurs

00:48:12were done practically

00:48:13and which ones

00:48:14are digital.

00:48:22It's a dinosaur.

00:48:24Number 25.

00:48:25The Dollars Trilogy

00:48:26is connected.

00:48:27The Dollars Trilogy.

00:48:29When a man with a .45

00:48:30meets a man with a rifle,

00:48:33you said the man

00:48:34with the pistol

00:48:34is a dead man.

00:48:36Let's see if that's true.

00:48:38Much confusion

00:48:39has grown surrounding

00:48:40this famous set of movies

00:48:41from Sergio Leone.

00:48:42Some people are of the opinion

00:48:44that these films

00:48:44are connected.

00:48:45It's called a trilogy,

00:48:47they all share

00:48:47the same director,

00:48:48and Clint Eastwood

00:48:49both looks and acts

00:48:50the same in all three movies.

00:48:52But the individual films

00:48:53were never intended

00:48:54to be a trilogy,

00:48:55and their stories

00:48:56have absolutely

00:48:57zero bearing

00:48:58on each other.

00:48:59The so-called

00:48:59man with no name

00:49:00is also not a single character,

00:49:02despite their

00:49:03similar personalities.

00:49:04Joe,

00:49:05Manco,

00:49:05and Blondie

00:49:06are three different people.

00:49:07The whole trilogy concept

00:49:09traces back

00:49:09to United Artists,

00:49:11who wish to group

00:49:12the movies together

00:49:12as a marketing gimmick.

00:49:14You see,

00:49:14in this world,

00:49:15there's two kinds

00:49:16of people,

00:49:16my friend.

00:49:18Those with loaded guns

00:49:20and those who dig.

00:49:22Number 24.

00:49:23The cast didn't know

00:49:24about the chestburster,

00:49:26Alien.

00:49:34Along with being

00:49:35a legendary film,

00:49:36Alien also claims

00:49:38one of the most famous

00:49:38pieces of movie lore.

00:49:40It is widely shared

00:49:41that the cast

00:49:42did not know

00:49:43about the chestburster

00:49:44beforehand,

00:49:44and that their horrified

00:49:45reactions are 100% genuine.

00:49:48But once again,

00:49:49this story is

00:49:50greatly exaggerated.

00:49:51The cast knew

00:49:52perfectly well

00:49:52what was going to happen,

00:49:53as it's described

00:49:54in great detail

00:49:55in the screenplay.

00:49:56Furthermore,

00:49:57blood pumping machines

00:49:58were placed under the table

00:49:59and the crew

00:49:59were all wearing raincoats,

00:50:01so they knew blood

00:50:02would be shooting

00:50:02out of Kane's stomach.

00:50:03According to Veronica Cartwright,

00:50:05they were even shown

00:50:06mock-ups of what

00:50:07the alien would look like.

00:50:08As for their

00:50:09supposedly horrified reactions,

00:50:11that's just good

00:50:11old-fashioned acting.

00:50:12Get your head sealed.

00:50:18Anybody want to say anything?

00:50:20Number 23.

00:50:21Viggo Mortensen

00:50:22deflects a knife,

00:50:23the Lord of the Rings,

00:50:24The Fellowship of the Ring.

00:50:26Find the halflings!

00:50:29Find the halflings!

00:50:31There are many famous stories

00:50:33about the making

00:50:33of these movies,

00:50:34many of them involving

00:50:35Viggo Mortensen.

00:50:36One of the coolest anecdotes

00:50:38is that the actor

00:50:39playing Lertz

00:50:39couldn't see properly

00:50:40out of his mask,

00:50:41so he missed his mark

00:50:42and threw a real knife

00:50:43at Mortensen's head.

00:50:45Another telling claims

00:50:46that the knife slipped

00:50:47out of his hand

00:50:47owing to the greasy makeup.

00:50:48Either way,

00:50:49a knife is thrown

00:50:50directly at Mortensen's face.

00:50:52And being the awesome

00:50:54dude that he is,

00:50:54he bats it away

00:50:55with his prop sword,

00:50:56cool as a cucumber.

00:50:58But no,

00:50:58this stunt was planned

00:50:59beforehand

00:51:00and was extensively choreographed.

00:51:02Yes,

00:51:03Mortensen did actually

00:51:04bat away a knife

00:51:05with the sword,

00:51:05but it was certainly

00:51:06not an accident.

00:51:07I would have gone

00:51:08with you to the end

00:51:11under the very fires

00:51:13of Mordor.

00:51:13Number 22.

00:51:15Leo rubbed his blood

00:51:16on Kerry Washington's face,

00:51:18Django Unchained.

00:51:19Hey!

00:51:20Don't lay your palm

00:51:21flat on that tabletop!

00:51:22If you lift those palms

00:51:24off that tunnel-shell tabletop,

00:51:26Mr. Pooch is gonna let loose

00:51:27with both bells that sword off!

00:51:28You've all heard the story.

00:51:30Leonardo DiCaprio

00:51:31furiously slammed

00:51:32his hands onto the table,

00:51:33accidentally hitting

00:51:34one of the glasses

00:51:35and slicing his palm open.

00:51:36Ever the pro,

00:51:37he stayed in character

00:51:38and completed the scene,

00:51:40even improvising the part

00:51:41where Candy smears his blood

00:51:43over Hildy's face.

00:51:44Yes,

00:51:44it's true that Leo

00:51:45cut his hand open

00:51:46and yes,

00:51:46he remained in character,

00:51:47but he absolutely

00:51:48did not smear his blood

00:51:50on Kerry Washington.

00:51:51This would have been

00:51:53absurdly unprofessional

00:51:54and would have violated

00:51:55a book's worth

00:51:56of health and safety laws.

00:51:57In reality,

00:51:58the scene cut,

00:51:59Leo was cleaned up,

00:52:00and they made some fake blood

00:52:01to rub on Washington's face.

00:52:03So every moment

00:52:04after that moment

00:52:05in the movie,

00:52:05we shot twice.

00:52:06We would shoot

00:52:07completely bloody

00:52:08with him touching my face

00:52:09with fake blood.

00:52:11And then we had to

00:52:11take everything off

00:52:12and shoot it again

00:52:13totally clean

00:52:14because he just wanted

00:52:15to have the option

00:52:16and the edit

00:52:16of blood or no blood.

00:52:17Number 21,

00:52:18The Joker's reaction

00:52:19was improvised,

00:52:20The Dark Knight.

00:52:21If Coleman Reese

00:52:23isn't dead

00:52:24in 60 minutes,

00:52:26then I blow up

00:52:27a hospital.

00:52:28Sorry to burst

00:52:29everyone's bubble,

00:52:30but no.

00:52:31Heath Ledger did not

00:52:32improvise a single second

00:52:33of the hospital explosion.

00:52:35It has long been reported

00:52:36that the special effects

00:52:37failed and that Ledger

00:52:38remained in character,

00:52:39even smacking the detonator

00:52:41to add a moment of levity.

00:52:42But this was not

00:52:43an off-the-cuff thing.

00:52:44Quite the opposite,

00:52:45in fact.

00:52:45Christopher Nolan claims

00:52:47that they, quote,

00:52:47rehearsed endlessly

00:52:49and that every second

00:52:50of the shot

00:52:50was planned in advance.

00:52:52In fact,

00:52:52the delayed explosion

00:52:53was the idea

00:52:54of special effects

00:52:55supervisor Chris Korbold,

00:52:56who used it

00:52:57as a practical means

00:52:58of getting Ledger

00:52:59away from the

00:53:00massive fireballs.

00:53:01Do I really look

00:53:02like a guy with a plan?

00:53:03You know what I am?

00:53:05I'm a dog chasing cars.

00:53:07I wouldn't know

00:53:08what to do with one

00:53:08if I caught it.

00:53:10You know,

00:53:10I just do things.

00:53:13Number 20,

00:53:13A Person Died

00:53:14Looking for the Money.

00:53:16Fargo.

00:53:16What Shep told us

00:53:17didn't make

00:53:17a whole lot of sense.

00:53:19Oh no,

00:53:20it's real sound.

00:53:21It's all worked out.

00:53:23You want your own

00:53:24wife kidnapped?

00:53:25Yeah.

00:53:26The film Fargo

00:53:27is a darkly comedic caper

00:53:28involving a substantial

00:53:30amount of ransom money.

00:53:31In one scene,

00:53:32Steve Buscemi's character

00:53:33stashes the cash

00:53:34on the side of a road

00:53:35in the snow.

00:53:36The money remains

00:53:37unfound by the film's end.

00:53:41I just don't understand it.

00:53:44A few years

00:53:45after the film debuted,

00:53:46a Japanese woman

00:53:47named Takako Konishi

00:53:48was found dead

00:53:49in Minnesota

00:53:50after passing through Fargo.

00:53:52Some incorrect reporting

00:53:53at the time of her death

00:53:54led to the false claim

00:53:55and later urban legend

00:53:56that she died

00:53:57searching for the hidden money

00:53:58in the mistaken belief

00:53:59that it was real.

00:54:00This myth

00:54:01even gave rise

00:54:02to a film of its own

00:54:03called Kumiko

00:54:04The Treasure Hunter.

00:54:05I discover treasure

00:54:07right here.

00:54:09Number 19.

00:54:10A Death in the Chariot Race

00:54:11Ben-Hur

00:54:12The climactic chariot race

00:54:14is a major centerpiece

00:54:15of this legendary

00:54:16religious epic.

00:54:26In it,

00:54:27Judah Ben-Hur

00:54:27races against

00:54:28his childhood friend

00:54:29turned foe,

00:54:30Masala.

00:54:30Ben-Hur triumphs

00:54:32after Masala's attempt

00:54:33to kill him backfires.

00:54:34For years,

00:54:35rumors persisted

00:54:36that the stuntman

00:54:37for Masala

00:54:37actually died

00:54:38during the filming

00:54:39of this sequence

00:54:39and that the death

00:54:40can be seen

00:54:41in the finished film.

00:54:47However,

00:54:48no one involved

00:54:48with the film

00:54:49has ever mentioned

00:54:50any accident

00:54:51during the making

00:54:52of this scene.

00:54:52These sorts of myths

00:54:53around race scenes

00:54:54are fairly common,

00:54:55but as one of the most famous

00:54:57in cinema history,

00:54:58the one from Ben-Hur

00:54:59has been particularly persistent.

00:55:09Number 18.

00:55:10The final match's outcome,

00:55:12Rocky.

00:55:13Given that it's one of the most

00:55:14popular sports movies

00:55:15ever made,

00:55:16you'd think everyone

00:55:17would know the story of Rocky.

00:55:21But arguably,

00:55:22the most crucial part

00:55:23of the first film

00:55:23in this storied franchise

00:55:24has a major misconception

00:55:26about it,

00:55:27because Rocky actually loses.

00:55:29Plenty of people assume

00:55:30that Rocky Balboa

00:55:31wins his match

00:55:32against Apollo Creed.

00:55:41And while Rocky does

00:55:42give Apollo

00:55:43one incredible fight

00:55:44over 15 rounds,

00:55:45Creed is ultimately

00:55:46declared the victor

00:55:47by split decision.

00:55:48Perhaps this myth

00:55:49has remained

00:55:50because Rocky's story

00:55:51is an underdog story.

00:56:00So many other

00:56:01underdog stories

00:56:02result in the plucky

00:56:03up-and-comers

00:56:04triumphing despite the odds.

00:56:05And while Rocky

00:56:06does succeed

00:56:07in proving himself,

00:56:08he doesn't technically win.

00:56:15Number 17.

00:56:16Gremlins After Midnight.

00:56:18Gremlins.

00:56:19Everybody knows

00:56:20the rules with gremlins, right?

00:56:21Ready?

00:56:23One, two, three.

00:56:26Right, right, right, right.

00:56:28Don't put them in light,

00:56:29don't get them wet,

00:56:30and don't feed them

00:56:31after midnight.

00:56:32Well, not really.

00:56:33Despite Gremlins

00:56:34being the name of the film,

00:56:35these famous rules

00:56:36are for the Furby-like mogwai.

00:56:38Feeding these adorable creatures

00:56:39after midnight

00:56:40is what turns them

00:56:41into gremlins

00:56:41in the first place.

00:56:42That's a real gremlin,

00:56:44my kid!

00:56:44Ah!

00:56:48However,

00:56:49for people who only know

00:56:50the movie through pop culture

00:56:51or who only saw it once,

00:56:53the name mogwai

00:56:54just doesn't have

00:56:54the same name recognition,

00:56:56which is probably

00:56:57how this misunderstanding

00:56:58came about.

00:56:59Bye!

00:57:08Number 16.

00:57:09Edna's Inspiration

00:57:11The Incredibles

00:57:12This animated superhero film

00:57:14is loaded with fun characters,

00:57:15but superhero fashion designer

00:57:17Edna Mode

00:57:18is a fan favorite.

00:57:19It will be bold,

00:57:21dramatic,

00:57:22heroic.

00:57:23Yeah,

00:57:23something classic,

00:57:25like, uh,

00:57:26Dinah guy.

00:57:27Oh,

00:57:27he had a great look.

00:57:29The diminutive diva

00:57:30walks all over everyone else

00:57:32and has some of the most

00:57:33quotable lines in the movie.

00:57:34I used to design for gods.

00:57:38Many viewers have long believed

00:57:40that Edna is based on

00:57:41Oscar-winning costume designer

00:57:43Edith Head,

00:57:44given their similar hairstyles

00:57:45and glasses.

00:57:46However,

00:57:47according to director Brad Bird himself,

00:57:49Edna Mode is not based

00:57:50on anyone in particular.

00:57:52She's her own thing.

00:57:53Like Edna's many creations,

00:57:55her design feels familiar,

00:57:56but she's still wholly unique,

00:57:58darling.

00:57:59There it is.

00:58:00The room is yours.

00:58:01They are lucky to be

00:58:02in your presence.

00:58:04Now the turn.

00:58:06Yes,

00:58:07you are a tiny god.

00:58:10Number 15.

00:58:11Jack Could've Fit

00:58:12Titanic

00:58:13I'm the king of the world!

00:58:16Woo-hoo-hoo!

00:58:19Everyone's probably

00:58:19had this argument.

00:58:20The end of Titanic

00:58:21sees Jack and Rose

00:58:22in the water

00:58:23with Jack floating on a door.

00:58:24Well, actually,

00:58:25it's an elaborate door frame,

00:58:26not a door.

00:58:27But the point is this.

00:58:28A lot of us have angrily believed

00:58:30that Jack could've survived

00:58:31if Rose had just moved over.

00:58:33I'll never let go.

00:58:35I promise.

00:58:38However,

00:58:38as seen in the film

00:58:40and in several recreations

00:58:41after its debut,

00:58:42two people on wreckage

00:58:44at the same time

00:58:44would've capsized it instead.

00:58:46Now,

00:58:46if they had just traded off

00:58:48with each other,

00:58:48that's a different story.

00:58:50Number 14.

00:58:51Singing in the Milk

00:58:52Singing in the Rain

00:58:53As one of the most

00:58:55acclaimed films of all time,

00:58:56Singing in the Rain

00:58:57has had plenty of rumors

00:58:58about it bandied about

00:58:59over the years.

00:59:00I'm singing in the rain

00:59:03Just singing in the rain

00:59:07What a glorious feeling

00:59:11I'm happy again

00:59:14One of the most bizarre

00:59:16is about the legendary sequence

00:59:17with the eponymous song.

00:59:18While Gene Kelly is

00:59:20singing in the rain,

00:59:21one myth goes

00:59:22that the rain on set

00:59:23was actually milk.

00:59:24The theory goes

00:59:25that milk was used

00:59:26to make it show up

00:59:27better on camera,

00:59:28given that Technicolor

00:59:29was relatively new.

00:59:36However,

00:59:37Kelly's widow,

00:59:38Patricia Ward Kelly,

00:59:39has flatly denied

00:59:40this absurd idea.

00:59:42Plus,

00:59:42it's not like

00:59:43Singing in the Rain

00:59:43was the only movie

00:59:44to have rain on film.

00:59:46It wasn't over.

00:59:49It still isn't over.

00:59:53Number 13.

00:59:55Do you feel lucky?

00:59:56Punk?

00:59:56Dirty Harry

00:59:57Clint Eastwood

00:59:58has made a career

00:59:59of playing grizzled

01:00:00badasses.

01:00:01Every gun makes

01:00:02its own tune.

01:00:04One of his most famous roles

01:00:05is as the titular

01:00:06not-so-clean cop

01:00:07Dirty Harry Callahan.

01:00:09When Harry confronts

01:00:10various criminals

01:00:10within the film,

01:00:11he utters the

01:00:12immortal signature line.

01:00:14Do you feel lucky,

01:00:15punk?

01:00:16Or at least,

01:00:16that's how just about

01:00:17everyone misquotes

01:00:18his line.

01:00:18His actual line

01:00:20is far more involved

01:00:21and comes at the

01:00:22tail end of a speech.

01:00:23You've got to ask

01:00:23yourself one question.

01:00:25Do I feel lucky?

01:00:27Well, do you, punk?

01:00:29While parts of this

01:00:31misquote are in

01:00:31the two questions

01:00:32he asks the criminals,

01:00:34the exact wording

01:00:35most people use

01:00:36is merely paraphrasing

01:00:37the actual quote.

01:00:38So, you've got to

01:00:39ask yourself one question.

01:00:41Do you misquote it?

01:00:42Well, do you, punk?

01:00:43Now, you have to

01:00:44ask yourself one question.

01:00:47Do I feel lucky?

01:00:52Well, do you, punks?

01:00:57Number 12.

01:00:58George Lucas directed

01:00:59all three.

01:01:00The Star Wars

01:01:01Original Trilogy.

01:01:02Even if you're not

01:01:03a hardcore Star Wars fan,

01:01:05when you ask most people,

01:01:06they'll tell you that

01:01:07George Lucas wrote

01:01:07and directed

01:01:08the original Star Wars

01:01:09trilogy.

01:01:10Use the Force, Luke.

01:01:17Except he didn't.

01:01:18Well, not all of them.

01:01:20It's true that Lucas

01:01:20scripted and directed

01:01:21the original 1977 classic

01:01:23that originally bore

01:01:24the franchise's name,

01:01:25but he was not

01:01:26as fully in control

01:01:27with The Empire Strikes Back

01:01:29and Return of the Jedi.

01:01:30Lucas helped script

01:01:31the latter,

01:01:32but the screenplay

01:01:33for Empire was written

01:01:34by Lee Brackett

01:01:34and Lawrence Kasdan,

01:01:36and it was directed

01:01:36by Irvin Kirshner.

01:01:38Meanwhile,

01:01:38Kasdan helped write

01:01:39Jedi with Lucas,

01:01:40and it was directed

01:01:41by Richard Marquand.

01:01:42The Star Wars universe

01:01:43was Lucas's overall vision,

01:01:45but he didn't do everything.

01:01:55Number 11.

01:01:56Background Ghost.

01:01:57Three Men and a Baby.

01:01:58One of my favorite movies ever,

01:02:00Three Men and a Baby.

01:02:01This 80s comedy

01:02:02features three guys

01:02:02roped into taking care

01:02:04of an infant girl

01:02:04dropped on their doorstep.

01:02:06The birth father

01:02:06is one of them,

01:02:08Jack.

01:02:08Whoa!

01:02:09These diapers are way too big.

01:02:11What size did you get?

01:02:12They're ultra-absorbent.

01:02:14The more absorbent,

01:02:15the better,

01:02:15if you ask me.

01:02:16In a scene where Jack

01:02:17discusses his new daughter

01:02:18with his mother,

01:02:19an urban legend claims

01:02:20that the figure of a ghost

01:02:22can be seen behind

01:02:22some curtains in the background.

01:02:24However,

01:02:25the figure is merely

01:02:26a standee,

01:02:27a cardboard cutout

01:02:28of Jack,

01:02:29who is an actor.

01:02:30The standee was largely cut

01:02:31from the final film,

01:02:32though you can still see it

01:02:34in a few shots.

01:02:35Even co-star Tom Selleck

01:02:36has debunked the rumor,

01:02:37and we don't want

01:02:38to refute a man

01:02:39with a mustache

01:02:40that impressive.

01:02:41I thought it was always

01:02:41like a poster,

01:02:43a full-size poster

01:02:44that had been knocked over.

01:02:46Yeah.

01:02:46That was my theory.

01:02:47It actually is.

01:02:48It is a cardboard cutout

01:02:49of Ted Danson.

01:02:51Number 10.

01:02:52Brandon Lee's Death,

01:02:53The Crow.

01:02:58Eric?

01:03:00As relayed in an earlier entry,

01:03:02Brandon Lee was the star

01:03:03of The Crow,

01:03:04playing the protagonist

01:03:05Eric Draven,

01:03:05and died during filming.

01:03:07During a scene

01:03:08that called for a gun

01:03:08to be fired,

01:03:09a dummy bullet

01:03:10was left in the firearm

01:03:11and was not properly removed

01:03:13as the gun specialist

01:03:14had gone home.

01:03:15When the gun went off,

01:03:16Lee was shot for real

01:03:17and died later in the hospital.

01:03:19However,

01:03:20despite popular belief,

01:03:22the take in which

01:03:22he was fatally wounded

01:03:23was not used

01:03:24in the final cut of the film

01:03:25and was in fact destroyed

01:03:27after being used in evidence

01:03:28in the investigation

01:03:29into the accidental death.

01:03:47Jason Voorhees is the famed killer

01:03:49of the Friday the 13th franchise,

01:03:51but he wasn't always.

01:03:52In the first installment,

01:03:54it's actually Jason's mother,

01:03:55Pamela,

01:03:55that kills teenagers,

01:03:56taking her revenge

01:03:57not only on the two camp counselors

01:03:59whose negligence

01:04:00led to her son's apparent death,

01:04:01but also on counselors

01:04:03decades later too.

01:04:04Look what you did to him!

01:04:08It wasn't until the second film

01:04:10that Jason himself

01:04:11became the primary antagonist,

01:04:13and he didn't even acquire

01:04:14his iconic hockey mask

01:04:15until the third film.

01:04:16It just goes to show

01:04:17that while a property

01:04:18can become associated

01:04:19with one thing,

01:04:20it's not always representative

01:04:21of the whole.

01:04:22Don't let her live!

01:04:24I won't, Jason.

01:04:26I won't.

01:04:28Number 8.

01:04:29Sequel.

01:04:29Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

01:04:31What a vivid imagination.

01:04:33It's a common misconception

01:04:35that the second film

01:04:36in the original

01:04:36Indiana Jones trilogy

01:04:37is a sequel.

01:04:38After all,

01:04:39that's generally how trilogies work,

01:04:41with one following the next.

01:04:42However,

01:04:43like the pulp adventure serials

01:04:44that inspired them,

01:04:45Indiana Jones doesn't follow

01:04:47a strict overarching narrative.

01:04:49Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

01:04:50is actually a prequel,

01:04:52taking place the year prior

01:04:53to Raiders of the Lost Ark.

01:04:55Apparently,

01:04:56writer George Lucas

01:04:57didn't want Nazis

01:04:57to be the villains,

01:04:58and made the film

01:04:59take place prior to Raiders

01:05:01to avoid the hero

01:05:01running into them

01:05:02twice in a row,

01:05:03though the Third Reich

01:05:04would return in the third film.

01:05:06Nazis.

01:05:07I hate these guys.

01:05:09Number 7.

01:05:09Tim Burton directed it.

01:05:11The Nightmare Before Christmas.

01:05:12This is Halloween.

01:05:14This is Halloween.

01:05:15Pumpkins scream

01:05:16in the dead of me.

01:05:18Given that it's often titled

01:05:19Tim Burton's

01:05:20The Nightmare Before Christmas,

01:05:21the general public

01:05:22can be forgiven

01:05:22for assuming that Burton

01:05:23was in the director's chair.

01:05:25Given Burton's track record

01:05:26of whimsical yet creepy movies,

01:05:28it seems right up his alley.

01:05:29While Burton did create the story

01:05:31and characters

01:05:31and co-produced,

01:05:33the screenplay and direction

01:05:34were handled by others.

01:05:35This year,

01:05:36Christmas will be ours!

01:05:42Burton's name was likely attached

01:05:43for marketing reasons,

01:05:45since he did provide

01:05:46the seed of the film's idea

01:05:47and was already a big name

01:05:49by that point,

01:05:49both in the industry

01:05:51and with cinema goers.

01:05:52The actual director, however,

01:05:54was Henry Selick,

01:05:55who went on to direct

01:05:56James and the Giant Peach

01:05:57and Coraline.

01:05:58Small world.

01:05:59Number 6.

01:06:00Shelved Because of Shame.

01:06:02The Day the Clown Cried.

01:06:04And in terms of that film,

01:06:06I was embarrassed.

01:06:09In the early 1970s,

01:06:11comedian, actor,

01:06:11and director Jerry Lewis

01:06:13directed and starred

01:06:13in a movie about a clown

01:06:15imprisoned by the Nazis

01:06:16during World War II.

01:06:17Lewis was reportedly embarrassed

01:06:19with the end result,

01:06:20which is often cited

01:06:21as the reason

01:06:22for the film's lack of release.

01:06:23However, in reality,

01:06:25The Day the Clown Cried

01:06:26was tied up in legal issues

01:06:27once it was completed,

01:06:28with the rights being retained

01:06:29by the screenwriter

01:06:30Joan O'Brien,

01:06:31which delayed

01:06:32and ultimately halted

01:06:33its release.

01:06:34That being said,

01:06:35Lewis's embarrassment

01:06:36may have played a part

01:06:37in its continued

01:06:38lack of exposure.

01:06:39In 2015,

01:06:40a copy was finally given

01:06:41to the Library of Congress,

01:06:43but with the stipulation

01:06:44it not be made available

01:06:45until 2024.

01:06:47Are we going to ever

01:06:48going to get to see

01:06:49The Day the Clown Cried?

01:06:51No.

01:06:53Number 5.

01:06:54Sunglasses.

01:06:55Risky Business.

01:06:56The most famous scene

01:06:57from Risky Business

01:06:58has protagonist Joel Goodson,

01:07:00played by Tom Cruise,

01:07:01celebrating his parents'

01:07:02free independence at home.

01:07:04With that old-time rock and roll.

01:07:10He dances around

01:07:11to Bob Seger's

01:07:12old-time rock and roll

01:07:13in nothing but his underwear,

01:07:14a white shirt,

01:07:15and sunglasses.

01:07:16Or at least,

01:07:17that's the way

01:07:17every parody of the moment

01:07:18shows it.

01:07:19In the original scene,

01:07:21Cruise wears a light pink shirt

01:07:22and has no sunglasses.

01:07:31While he wears

01:07:32the sunglasses prominently

01:07:33in the poster

01:07:34and in other scenes

01:07:35in the film,

01:07:36it's likely that his look

01:07:37outside of the scene

01:07:38is so iconic

01:07:39that everyone

01:07:39misremembers Cruise

01:07:41wearing them in this one.

01:07:42Or it's a Mandela effect.

01:07:44But that's another list.

01:07:45No, no.

01:07:46Get out.

01:07:46Well, I thought it could be fun.

01:07:47Number 4.

01:07:48Bigger Boat.

01:07:49Jaws.

01:07:50This blockbuster

01:07:51is important

01:07:52and iconic

01:07:53in pretty much every way.

01:08:04However,

01:08:05when it comes to quotes

01:08:06from the film,

01:08:07arguably the most famous one

01:08:08is also one of the most

01:08:09frequently misquoted.

01:08:11In the famous scene,

01:08:12Martin Brody

01:08:13is throwing chum

01:08:13behind Quint's boat

01:08:14and spots the massive shark

01:08:16they're hunting.

01:08:17Retreating into the cabin,

01:08:18he tells Quint,

01:08:19You're gonna need

01:08:20a bigger boat.

01:08:22However,

01:08:23most times the scene

01:08:24is referenced

01:08:25in other media,

01:08:26people say,

01:08:27we're gonna need

01:08:27a bigger boat.

01:08:28Or whatever else

01:08:29they need something bigger of.

01:08:30Sure,

01:08:31it has pretty much

01:08:31the same meaning

01:08:32and effect,

01:08:33but it ain't a direct quote.

01:08:34We're gonna need

01:08:35a bigger boat.

01:08:49Since we're on

01:08:50a misquote streak,

01:08:52here's another imaginary line

01:08:53everyone thinks is real.

01:08:54Over the years,

01:08:55whether in scripted

01:08:56pop culture references

01:08:57or just regular movie fans

01:08:58having conversations,

01:08:59the Silence of the Lambs

01:09:01is misquoted.

01:09:02Hannibal Lecter

01:09:02is remembered as saying,

01:09:03hello Clarice

01:09:05in his menacing greeting

01:09:06to FBI agent-in-training

01:09:07Clarice Starling.

01:09:08However,

01:09:09although it's become iconic,

01:09:11it isn't accurate.

01:09:12Good morning.

01:09:13Hannibal's greetings

01:09:14to her in the film

01:09:14are limited to

01:09:15a good morning

01:09:16and a good evening Clarice.

01:09:18Good evening Clarice.

01:09:19Sure,

01:09:20he says the exact phrase

01:09:21to her in the sequel,

01:09:22but that was a decade later.

01:09:23Silence

01:09:24of the land.

01:09:28Hello Clarice.

01:09:30It's good to see you again.

01:09:32Number two,

01:09:32Luke,

01:09:33I am your father.

01:09:34Star Wars Episode 5,

01:09:36The Empire Strikes Back.

01:09:37Search your feelings,

01:09:39you know it to be true.

01:09:42No!

01:09:44Back to the original trilogy.

01:09:46You'd think it'd be hard

01:09:47for people to get something

01:09:48so famous so wrong,

01:09:49but if you search your feelings,

01:09:51you'll know it to be true.

01:09:52Despite being one of the most

01:09:53oft-quoted lines

01:09:54in film history,

01:09:55the phrase Luke,

01:09:56I am your father

01:09:57is never actually said

01:09:59by Darth Vader.

01:10:00The line is

01:10:01no,

01:10:01I am your father.

01:10:02No,

01:10:04I am your father.

01:10:06The misremembered line

01:10:07has,

01:10:07through misquoting

01:10:08and paraphrasing

01:10:09in pop culture,

01:10:10become so prevalent

01:10:11that people mistakenly believe

01:10:12it's actually present

01:10:13in The Empire Strikes Back.

01:10:15But like,

01:10:15play it again,

01:10:16Sam from Casablanca,

01:10:17it isn't.

01:10:18Play it, Sam.

01:10:20Play as time goes by.

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01:10:34Number one,

01:10:35S-E-X in the Sky,

01:10:37The Lion King.

01:10:38Can you feel the love tonight?

01:10:44Can you feel the love tonight?

01:10:46Midway through this Disney classic,

01:10:48Simba the Lion flops down

01:10:49on a cliffside

01:10:50and knocks up a cloud of dust.

01:10:51When played back very slowly,

01:10:53the dust appears to form

01:10:54the vague outline

01:10:55of the letters S-E-X.

01:10:57Religious organizations

01:10:58have used this

01:10:59as an example

01:10:59of Disney's

01:11:00apparent lack of morality.

01:11:01And the supposed message

01:11:03has been the subject

01:11:04of playground rumor

01:11:05for decades.

01:11:06However,

01:11:07the generally accepted explanation

01:11:08is that the letters

01:11:09are actually S-F-X,

01:11:11a common abbreviation

01:11:12for special effects,

01:11:13and were inserted

01:11:14by someone

01:11:15from that particular department

01:11:16who worked

01:11:17on The Lion King.

01:11:18What mook

01:11:18made that up?

01:11:20Yeah,

01:11:21pretty dumb, huh?

01:11:22What other popular movie myth

01:11:24do you know of?

01:11:25Let us know in the comments.

01:11:27If you think that's it,

01:11:30Bye-bye.

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