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Everything you think you know about famous movies might be wrong! Join us as we debunk Hollywood's biggest myths and misconceptions. From misquoted lines and behind-the-scenes legends to casting decisions and special effects secrets, we're setting the record straight on cinema's most persistent falsehoods.
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00:00If it's not true, that's impossible!
00:04Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the top 50 misconceptions people have about famous movies.
00:11There may be spoilers.
00:12Shut off that engine!
00:15Number 50. The Body Double, The Crow.
00:18Alex Proyas' The Crow is infamous for the on-set death of Brandon Lee.
00:22I'm your passenger.
00:30Drive.
00:32Due to this tragedy, many believed most of Lee's scenes were completed using a stunt double.
00:36In truth, Chad Stahelski stepped in as a stand-in after Lee's death, but not for the majority of the film as often assumed.
00:42Before his death, Lee had nearly finished all his scenes, with only three shooting days left for him.
00:47What are you supposed to be, a clown or something?
00:51Sometimes.
00:52A few shots, including the opening scenes and apartment return sequences, used digital face replacement to overlay Lee's face on Stahelski's body.
01:00Some scenes were also rewritten or restructured to minimize the need for Lee's presence.
01:04While some fans claim more scenes involved a double, those theories remain speculative.
01:09You're gonna say I shouldn't be in a cemetery in the middle of the night, right?
01:12Safest place in the world to be.
01:14Number 49. No CGI Bulge Shrinkage.
01:17Superman Returns.
01:19Beyond Superman's noble qualities and superpowers, other elements of his design have long been subjects of speculation.
01:25There are questions to be asked.
01:26His Bulge, made more obvious by his skin-tight costume, is one of those.
01:31When Brandon Routh donned the iconic suit in Superman Returns, rumors circulated that his crotch area had been digitally reduced using CGI.
01:39Sorry, didn't mean to startle you.
01:40No, I'm fine, really.
01:41That is completely false.
01:42The buzz began after reports claimed the studio was worried about Ralph's too prominent bulge and might digitally tone it down.
01:49However, director Bryan Singer denied any such edits, and the costume team confirmed they handled it the old-fashioned way.
01:56Using a redesigned codpiece and strategic padding, they ensured no CGI touch-ups were needed.
02:01So, CGI was used in the film, but definitely not for a crotch shrinkage.
02:05Well, I hope this experience hasn't put any of you off flying.
02:09Number 48.
02:10Isaac and Tracy Stay Together.
02:12Manhattan.
02:13At its core, Manhattan explores love, career, and midlife uncertainty against the romanticized backdrop of Manhattan.
02:20Chapter 1.
02:21He adored New York City.
02:24He idolized it all out of proportion.
02:25It follows Isaac Davis, caught between his teenage girlfriend Tracy, his friend's mistress Mary, and the lingering shadow of his ex-wife.
02:33By the movie's end, Isaac realizes Tracy was the only genuine person in his life and rushes to win her back.
02:39I think I made a big mistake, and I would prefer it if you didn't go.
02:44Isaac.
02:45It feels like a typical setup for a classic happy ending, but Woody Allen flips that expectation.
02:50When Isaac reaches Tracy, he's too late since she's already moving on.
02:53After realizing she's making the mature move, he finally lets her go, and the film ends with him all alone.
02:59This ambiguous ending has led many to assume they ended up together, which doesn't seem so.
03:04Everybody gets corrupted.
03:08You have to have a little faith in people.
03:11Number 47.
03:12Magic Mirror on the Wall.
03:13Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
03:15It's quite common for people to misquote famous movie lines, and this is one of the best examples.
03:20Slave in the magic mirror.
03:23Come from the farthest space.
03:27In one of the scenes, the Queen consults the Mirror to confirm she is the fairest of them all,
03:31only to realize Snow White has surpassed her.
03:34She never actually says, mirror, mirror on the wall.
03:37Instead, the actual line is magic mirror on the wall.
03:40Magic mirror on the wall.
03:43Who is the fairest one of all?
03:46The confusion likely stems from the Brothers Grimm's 1812 fairy tale,
03:49where the Queen's line is closer to the misquote we know today.
03:52Over time, memory slips and endless pop culture references from books, parodies,
03:57later adaptations, and films like Shrek cemented the wrong version in our minds.
04:01It is the Mandela effect at work.
04:03And I've been tricked.
04:05Number 46.
04:06Poster wasn't sabotaged.
04:08The Little Mermaid.
04:08Those who grew up watching Disney classics might remember the strange controversy that rocked their 1989 hit,
04:14The Little Mermaid.
04:15But if you would just listen...
04:16Not another word!
04:18When the VHS covers hit the shelves, sharp-eyed consumers noticed something odd.
04:22One of King Triton's castle spires looked suspiciously like a phallic symbol.
04:27Rumors spread that it was a hidden joke by a disgruntled Disney artist,
04:30and some stores even pulled copies from their shelves.
04:33I'm not asking much.
04:34Just a token, really a trifle!
04:37In reality, the artwork had been designed by a freelance illustrator working under a tight deadline,
04:42and the resemblance was unintentional.
04:45Still, the supposed dirty joke caused quite a stir.
04:48While Disney never recalled the VHS,
04:50that particular design was quietly replaced in later prints.
04:53I love you, Daddy.
04:54Number 45, Jill's Death, Goldfinger.
04:58One of the most iconic James Bond movies,
05:00Goldfinger sees James facing off against Auric Goldfinger.
05:03How'd you do?
05:04How do you do?
05:05Shirley Eaton plays the role of Jill Masterson,
05:08Goldfinger's assistant who helps him cheat at games.
05:10After Bond exposes the scheme and spends the night with her,
05:13he wakes up to find her dead.
05:15Jill?
05:15She is completely painted in gold,
05:17and James claims she died of skin suffocation.
05:20This led to a long-standing myth that being painted head-to-toe can suffocate you.
05:24The rumor was so widespread that people even believed Eaton had died during filming
05:28since she stepped away from acting.
05:29But scientifically, this is inaccurate.
05:32No one died a paint-related death on the set of Goldfinger.
05:36While covering the skin can block sweat glands and cause overheating,
05:39we don't breathe through our skin.
05:41So, yeah, Bond is wrong.
05:43Number 44, Khan Noonien Sings Muscles, Star Trek II, The Wrath of Khan.
05:48Nicholas Meyer's 80s sci-fi flick was both a critical and commercial success.
05:52Much of its lasting power comes from Khan Noonien Singh,
05:55the vengeful villain played by Ricardo Montalban.
05:57Ah, Kirk, my old friend.
06:01Do you know the Klingon proverb that tells us revenge is a dish that is best served cold?
06:08His commanding presence made him one of the most unforgettable antagonists in Star Trek history.
06:13At 62, Montalban's muscular, broad-chested look stunned fans,
06:17sparking a persistent rumor that his impressive physique was all prosthetics.
06:21But that myth has been officially debunked.
06:24Both Montalban and Meyer made it clear it was all the actor.
06:26Khan, you bloodsucker.
06:28You're gonna have to do your own dirty work now.
06:30Do you hear me?
06:31Do you!
06:35Kirk.
06:39Kirk, you're still alive, my old friend.
06:42The director even said that Montalban was in great shape
06:45and maintained a strict fitness routine.
06:48So that powerful physique fans still admire came from discipline, not padding.
06:52To the last, I will grapple with you.
06:56Number 43.
06:58George Wasn't Really Crying.
07:00Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.
07:02The Harry Potter franchise has inspired countless behind-the-scenes rumors,
07:05and one of the most persistent involves the Weasley twins.
07:08During the Battle of Hogwarts, Fred dies in an explosion,
07:16and the Weasleys are devastated.
07:18It's been widely shared among fans that Oliver Phelps was so overwhelmed
07:22at the thought of his twin dying that he broke down for real.
07:24But as touching as that sounds, what happened on set was the opposite.
07:28According to Oliver and James Phelps, the atmosphere wasn't somber at all.
07:33It was lighthearted and full of jokes.
07:35The twins reveal that they were even laughing between takes
07:37and trying to get each other to break out of character.
07:39It was different to a lot of other days we had on Potter.
07:42So, there you have it.
07:43They were professionals through and through.
07:45You okay, Freddy?
07:47Yeah.
07:50Me too.
07:51Number 42.
07:52Stanley Kubrick directed the moon landing, The Shining.
07:55After the Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969,
07:58some people began insisting it was fake.
08:00There's even a long-running conspiracy theory
08:02that Stanley Kubrick helped NASA stage the event.
08:05The theory goes that NASA hired Kubrick fresh off directing 2001 A Space Odyssey.
08:10What's the problem?
08:12I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
08:15Not only that, some conspiracy believers claim Kubrick confessed symbolically through The Shining,
08:20pointing to details like Danny's Apollo 11 sweater and the mysterious room 237.
08:26But the truth is, none of this actually holds true.
08:29The so-called Kubrick confession video was proven to be a hoax,
08:32featuring an actor and manipulated footage.
08:34The clues in The Shining?
08:36They are probably just artistic choices, not indication of guilt.
08:39Even Kubrick's daughter has publicly called the moon hoax theory, quote,
08:43a grotesque lie.
08:44Is it the truth?
08:45Really?
08:46Number 41.
08:47Not Enterplaned.
08:48Gladiator.
08:49Ridley Scott's award-winning epic Gladiator takes place in ancient Rome,
08:53the last place you would expect to spot an aircraft.
08:55Yet one of its most iconic moments, where Maximus roars to the crowd, became the center of such false claims.
09:01Some fans insisted a small aircraft was visible in the sky, but there's no such thing in the original scene.
09:07It likely began after someone photoshopped a plane into a still from the movie, probably as a joke or meme.
09:13That edited photo began circulating across social media and movie mistake pages, fooling viewers into believing it was real.
09:19Over time, people forgot or never knew how it came to be, and the story evolved into a supposed production blooper.
09:25Are you not entertained?
09:27Number 40.
09:28Curse of Poltergeist.
09:29Poltergeist.
09:30Not just a classic horror film.
09:32Poltergeist also spawned one of Hollywood's most chilling urban legends, the Poltergeist Curse.
09:37They're here.
09:39The movie itself is terrifying, with the Freeling family being haunted by restless evil spirits.
09:44After its release, several cast members died under mysterious or tragic circumstances, including Heather O'Rourke and Dominique Dunn.
09:52What's happening?
09:53Julian Beck died from stomach cancer, and Will Sampson from surgery complications.
09:58Are you in cahoots with the lady in there?
10:01I cahoot with no one.
10:02This led fans to believe the movie production was haunted, though it's likely just coincidence.
10:07While the film's plot makes these deaths seem more mysterious, there's no evidence there's any supernatural connection.
10:13Besides, many of the cast members are still alive and well, which undercuts the idea of a true curse.
10:21Number 39.
10:22Based on a true story.
10:23The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
10:25Toby Hooper's The Texas Chainsaw Massacre follows a group of friends who travel to rural Texas and stumble upon a family of cannibals.
10:32There's no need to do that.
10:34Nobody's gonna hurt you.
10:36With its gritty documentary style, the film feels disturbingly real.
10:40It even begins with a title card claiming it's based on true events, convincing many viewers they were watching something real.
10:46In truth, it was just a clever marketing trick.
10:49There was no real Chainsaw Massacre or cannibal family in Texas.
10:56Hooper got the idea after spotting a chainsaw display in a hardware store, while Leatherface was loosely inspired by real-life killer Ed Gein.
11:03Unlike Leatherface, Gein didn't use a chainsaw and was a grave robber who murdered two women.
11:08So that true story claim?
11:10That is mostly false.
11:15Number 38.
11:16Dorothy Made Less Than a Dog.
11:18The Wizard of Oz.
11:19It's true that Toto, the little Cairn Terrier, was an important part of the Wizard of Oz.
11:23Toto?
11:24I have a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore.
11:28Without him getting Dorothy in trouble, she might have never ended up in Oz.
11:31But that's not enough reason to believe the dog made more money than Judy Garland.
11:35That statement has been widely exaggerated for years.
11:38While Toto was paid $125 weekly, which is more than some human characters got, it didn't earn more than Garland.
11:45Don't be silly, Toto.
11:50Scarecrows don't talk.
11:51It's pleasant down that way, too.
11:53As the film star, Garland was paid $500 per week.
11:56Four times more than Toto.
11:58Yes, the Wicked Witch and other key cast members made more than her, but the dog didn't.
12:02I'll get you, my pretty.
12:04And your little dog, too.
12:06Speaking of long-standing myths, probably heard that of the Munchkin actor hanging in the forest scene.
12:11That is false, too.
12:12Number 37.
12:13The Infected Are Zombies.
12:1528 Days Later, Danny Boyle's survival thriller follows Cillian Murphy as Jim,
12:19a man who wakes up from a coma only to find London eerily deserted.
12:24Turns out a mysterious virus has spread through the UK,
12:27turning people into violent, blood-crazed attackers.
12:29While the infected basically act like zombies, they are biologically alive,
12:34contrary to what some believe.
12:35Not only are they still living humans, they don't reanimate like typical zombies.
12:39They're consumed by uncontrollable rage.
12:42Do you have any clothes here?
12:45Um, I, yes.
12:47Then get them and get dressed. We have to leave now.
12:50Even Boyle has confirmed that it isn't a zombie film,
12:53but a story about human rage and societal collapse.
12:55Still, when it came out, the film injected new life into the dying zombie genre.
13:00So it's easy to see why many categorize it as one,
13:03even though it is just a rage virus survival thriller.
13:06Hey, Selina.
13:07What? What is it?
13:10Where'd you get to sleep?
13:11Number 36. Dead Rat Gift. Suicide Squad.
13:15In preparation for playing the maniacal Joker in Suicide Squad,
13:18Jared Leto allegedly sent some bizarre gifts to his fellow cast members.
13:22What do you got?
13:23I got your kitty.
13:25So thoughtful.
13:27Many even believed he gave Margot Robbie an exceptionally disturbing one.
13:31The rumor probably began after Viola Davis made a comment about his unsettling gestures to co-stars,
13:36especially the black rat he sent Robbie.
13:39Soon, headlines twisted the story, claiming he gifted Robbie a dead rat.
13:43It had spread like wildfire.
13:45Would you die for me?
13:49Yes.
13:50That's too easy.
13:52Would you...
13:53Would you live for me?
13:58However, Leto later cleared the air,
14:01saying he never sent a dead rat, but cinnamon buns as a playful gesture.
14:05Robbie later confirmed that he did in fact send her a live rat,
14:08which she kept as a pet.
14:09So, while odd, it wasn't nearly as dark as the rumor suggested.
14:13Oh, I'm not gonna kill you.
14:16I'm just gonna hurt you really, really bad.
14:22Number 35.
14:23The kids didn't see the pirate ship before filming.
14:26The Goonies.
14:27Remember the scene in The Goonies where the kids finally see the pirate ship
14:30after being swept into the water?
14:35For years, fans believed director Richard Donner kept the ship hidden from the cast
14:42to capture their genuine reaction.
14:44While that is a great story, it's not entirely true.
14:47You really think there's a treasure here?
14:49Andy, this whole ship's a treasure.
14:51At a reunion panel, Sean Astin revealed he'd already seen the ship
14:55and just acted surprised.
14:56Meanwhile, Martha Plimpton hadn't seen it,
14:59and Corey Feldman admitted to sneaking a peek.
15:01The film's 2001 DVD commentary, where the story got oversimplified,
15:05probably helped fuel this urban legend.
15:07In reality, some cast members were genuinely shocked.
15:10Others were just great actors.
15:12But of course, the myth makes an already magical moment sound exceptional,
15:16so we understand why it stuck.
15:18Goonies never say die!
15:20Number 34.
15:21Anthony Hopkins never blinks.
15:23The Silence of the Lambs.
15:24Everyone knows Anthony Hopkins was terrifyingly brilliant
15:28as the creepy Hannibal Lecter.
15:29Morning.
15:30The idea that he never blinks during his short but chilling presence
15:34in The Silence of the Lambs adds to his legend
15:36as one of cinema's greatest villains.
15:38But how true is that myth?
15:39Yes, Hopkins mastered that chilling stillness and piercing gaze
15:43to keep audiences in suspense.
15:45He doesn't actually blink as much as normal humans do,
15:48giving him that predator-like aura.
15:50I don't imagine the answer is on those secondary shoes, Clarine.
15:53But keen observers have noticed he does blink,
15:56though rarely and often in emotionally charged scenes.
15:59You can spot it during the fava beans and a nice Chianti
16:02and quid pro quo scenes.
16:04So the idea that he never blinked is just likely a classic Mandela effect.
16:08Quid pro quo.
16:10I tell you things, you tell me things.
16:12Number 33.
16:13The Drunk Extra.
16:14Being John Malkovich.
16:15Praised for its bizarre concept,
16:18Being John Malkovich is a surreal drama about a man
16:20who discovers a portal leading directly into actor John Malkovich's mind.
16:24There's a tiny door in my office, Maxine.
16:27It's a portal.
16:28And it takes you inside John Malkovich.
16:31In one scene, as John angrily walks along the highway,
16:34a drunk driver hurls a beer can at him.
16:36I'm Malkovich.
16:37Think fast.
16:39The moment feels so spontaneous that many fans actually believed it wasn't scripted
16:43and that a drunk extra actually did it.
16:45Wild, right?
16:46But Malkovich later debunked the claim,
16:48confirming it was in the script all along
16:50and that a writer nailed the throw on the first try.
16:53People may be confused because director Spike Jonze's commentary video
16:56made it seem like it was improvised.
16:58But hey, it wasn't spontaneous.
17:00Just brilliantly executed.
17:02Jesus, why couldn't I have found the portal to a younger body?
17:06Number 32.
17:07Back to the Future 2 predicted a future MLB champion.
17:10Back to the Future Part 2.
17:12Wouldn't it be great if movies could actually predict the future?
17:14Sadly, real life doesn't work that way.
17:17Though this film came eerily close.
17:19In one scene, Marty travels to 2015
17:21and discovers that the Chicago Cubs have won the World Series.
17:24Oh, wait a minute.
17:26Cubs win World Series.
17:30Against Miami?
17:31Yeah, it's something, huh?
17:33Who would have thought?
17:34Back then, the idea sounded like a joke.
17:36The Cubs hadn't won since 1908.
17:39Then in 2016, just a year after the movie's predicted date,
17:43they finally did.
17:45And the Cubs have finally won it all!
17:48It was close enough to make fans wonder if the filmmakers had glimpsed the future.
17:51But the real win wasn't against a fictional Miami team or in 2015 like the film showed.
17:57Screenwriter Bob Gale added it as a joke.
17:59A team that never wins beating one that doesn't exist.
18:02Decades later, that joke turned prophetic.
18:05Sort of.
18:06What did you just say?
18:07I said I wish I could go back to the beginning of the season.
18:09Put some money on the Cubbies!
18:11Number 31.
18:12All of the clocks are set to 420.
18:15Pulp Fiction.
18:15Sounds mind-blowing that all the clocks in Pulp Fiction are set to 420.
18:19Except this isn't true.
18:21What time you got?
18:247.22 in the a.m.
18:26No, ain't quite time yet.
18:28Come on, let's hang back.
18:30Quentin Tarantino's cult classic weaves together the lives of gangsters,
18:33hitmen, and a boxer in a stylish blend of humor and violence.
18:36Because 420 is famously linked to cannabis culture,
18:39many believed Tarantino set every clock to that time as a clever weed reference.
18:44But that theory does not hold up.
18:45Look, you want to play blind man, go walk with the shepherd.
18:48But me, my eyes are wide f***ing open.
18:50While a few clocks do read 420,
18:52others clearly show different times like 817, 940, and 720.
18:57Fact-checkers and fan sleuths have proven the 420 detail is just an urban legend.
19:01While it is a fun myth, it's not a hidden knot to weed,
19:04just another layer of Tarantino cool.
19:06You know, I'd go for some breakfast.
19:08You feel like having breakfast with me?
19:10Cool.
19:10Number 30.
19:11People ran away.
19:13L'arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat.
19:16Well, we might as well go all the way back to the beginning.
19:18The year?
19:191896.
19:20The movie?
19:21L'arrivée d'un train en gare de la Ciotat.
19:23A 50-second video of a train pulling into a French station.
19:27It's not much today,
19:28but just imagine how mind-blowing this must have been back in the late 19th century.
19:32In fact, it's said to have been so mind-blowing
19:34that people in the audience burst from their chairs and ran screaming from the cinemas,
19:38so terrified they were of being run over by the train.
19:41She's coming right at us!
19:46Alas, there are zero contemporary accounts of people fleeing their seats in terror,
19:50and the story is now widely regarded as an urban legend.
19:54Panicked?
19:54Maybe.
19:55Running for their lives?
19:57No.
19:58Number 29.
19:59Jenny dies from AIDS.
20:00Forrest Gump.
20:01I have some kind of virus,
20:04and the doctors don't,
20:05they don't know what it is,
20:07and there isn't anything they can do about it.
20:09Forrest's childhood friend Jenny has a terrible upbringing and a difficult adulthood,
20:13and the way many interpret what happens to her is that she dies of AIDS.
20:17Only, that's never made clear in the movie,
20:19and it has long just been an assumption.
20:22All Jenny says is that she has an incurable virus,
20:24which, yes, could very well be AIDS.
20:26But the author of the book, Winston Groom,
20:28actually intended the virus to be hepatitis C,
20:31which at the time of publication was not defined.
20:34In fact, this is explicitly confirmed in the follow-up novel Gump & Co.
20:38Furthermore, the climax of the film takes place in 1981,
20:42a full eight years before hepatitis C was discovered,
20:45so Jenny wouldn't have known what she had.
20:47Ultimately, all signs point to hepatitis as her killer, not AIDS.
20:51You died on a Saturday morning.
20:56I had you placed here under a tree.
21:00Number 28.
21:01Play it again, Sam.
21:03Casablanca.
21:04There are a number of quotes from Casablanca that have become cultural icons.
21:08We'll always have Paris.
21:09Here's looking at you, kid.
21:10Play it again, Sam.
21:20Play it again, Sam.
21:21There's even a Woody Allen movie named after that last one.
21:25Only, it's not real.
21:26Seriously, not once in the movie does Humphrey Bogart,
21:29or anyone else for that matter,
21:30utter the words, play it again, Sam.
21:32In reality, this is one of those famous misquotes that people always get wrong.
21:36Both Rick and Ilsa tell Sam to play it on separate occasions,
21:40and at one point Ilsa says, play it once, Sam.
21:43But the famous line, as we all know it, simply does not exist.
21:46Play it once, Sam.
21:48For old time's sake.
21:50I don't know what you mean, Miss Ilsa.
21:53Play it, Sam.
21:54Number 27.
21:55It's based on a true story.
21:57Catch me if you can.
21:58How do you know I'll come back?
22:03Look.
22:05Frank.
22:07Nobody's chasing you.
22:08You know what they say.
22:09If something seems too good to be true, it probably is.
22:11Catch me if you can is a literally unbelievable story about conman Frank Abagnale.
22:16The film is portrayed as a true story, and was heavily marketed as such.
22:21Only, it's almost completely made up.
22:23A number of historians have debunked large swaths of the story,
22:26and records show that the real Frank Abagnale
22:29was either in prison or the Navy during the time frame of the movie.
22:32And while he did briefly pose as a Pan Am pilot,
22:35there is no evidence that he passed the Louisiana bar
22:37or that he worked for the FBI.
22:39The events of the film are, if not outright made up,
22:43then enormously exaggerated.
22:45Is that the truth, Frank?
22:47Is that the truth?
22:49Number 26.
22:50It's all CGI.
22:51Jurassic Park.
22:52God, she was my favorite when I was a kid,
22:55and now I'd say she's the most beautiful thing I ever saw.
22:57There's a common misconception among film lovers
22:59that Jurassic Park is filled with CGI,
23:02and that this CGI still looks better than 99% of movies today.
23:06Only, most of what you see on screen was done practically
23:08by Stan Winston using puppets and animatronics.
23:11That includes the star of the show,
23:13the famous T-Rex,
23:14which was made using a 40-foot-long robot
23:16that weighed over 17,000 pounds.
23:19And yes, what sparing CGI was used does still look pretty good,
23:23especially considering its age.
23:24But aged it has,
23:26and the full-blown CGI dinosaurs look decidedly fake today.
23:30With modern eyes,
23:31you can easily spot which dinosaurs were done practically
23:33and which ones are digital.
23:35Number 25.
23:46The Dollars Trilogy is Connected.
23:48The Dollars Trilogy.
23:49When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle,
23:53you said the man with the pistol is a dead man.
23:56Let's see if that's true.
23:58Much confusion has grown surrounding this famous set of movies from Sergio Leone.
24:02Some people are of the opinion that these films are connected.
24:06It's called a trilogy,
24:07they all share the same director,
24:08and Clint Eastwood both looks and acts the same in all three movies.
24:12But the individual films were never intended to be a trilogy,
24:15and their stories have absolutely zero bearing on each other.
24:19The so-called man with no name is also not a single character,
24:23despite their similar personalities.
24:25Joe, Manco, and Blondie are three different people.
24:28The whole trilogy concept traces back to United Artists,
24:31who wish to group the movies together as a marketing gimmick.
24:34You see, in this world, there's two kinds of people, my friend.
24:38Those with loaded guns, and those who dig.
24:42Number 24.
24:43The cast didn't know about the chestburster, Alien.
24:47I'm gonna have something to eat before we come back.
24:49I need some more.
24:51Yeah, I'm gonna.
24:52One more meal before bedtime, I'm buying.
24:54Along with being a legendary film,
24:57Alien also claims one of the most famous pieces of movie lore.
25:00It is widely shared that the cast did not know about the chestburster beforehand,
25:05and that their horrified reactions are 100% genuine.
25:08But once again, this story is greatly exaggerated.
25:11The cast knew perfectly well what was gonna happen,
25:13as it's described in great detail in the screenplay.
25:16Furthermore, blood-pumping machines were placed under the table,
25:19and the crew were all wearing raincoats,
25:21so they knew blood would be shooting out of Kane's stomach.
25:24According to Veronica Cartwright,
25:25they were even shown mock-ups of what the alien would look like.
25:28As for their supposedly horrified reactions,
25:31that's just good old-fashioned acting.
25:33Can your head seal?
25:38Anybody want to see anything?
25:40Number 23.
25:42Viggo Mortensen deflects a knife.
25:44The Lord of the Rings.
25:45The Fellowship of the Ring.
25:46There are many famous stories about the making of these movies,
25:55many of them involving Viggo Mortensen.
25:57One of the coolest anecdotes is that the actor playing Lertz
25:59couldn't see properly out of his mask,
26:01so he missed his mark and threw a real knife at Mortensen's head.
26:05Another telling claims that the knife slipped out of his hand
26:07owing to the greasy makeup.
26:09Either way, a knife is thrown directly at Mortensen's face,
26:13and being the awesome dude that he is,
26:15he bats it away with his prop sword,
26:17cool as a cucumber.
26:18But no, this stunt was planned beforehand
26:20and was extensively choreographed.
26:22Yes, Mortensen did actually bat away a knife with the sword,
26:26but it was certainly not an accident.
26:28I would have gone with you to the end.
26:32Under the very fires of Mordor.
26:34Number 22.
26:35Leo rubbed his blood on Kerry Washington's face.
26:38Django Unchained.
26:40Hey!
26:40Don't lay your palm flat on that tabletop!
26:43If you lift those palms off that turtle shell tabletop,
26:46Mr. Pooch is gonna let loose with both barrels that sword off.
26:49You've all heard the story.
26:50Leonardo DiCaprio furiously slammed his hands onto the table,
26:53accidentally hitting one of the glasses and slicing his palm open.
26:57Ever the pro, he stayed in character and completed the scene,
27:00even improvising the part where Candy smears his blood over Hildy's face.
27:04Yes, it's true that Leo cut his hand open,
27:06and yes, he remained in character,
27:07but he absolutely did not smear his blood on Kerry Washington.
27:12This would have been absurdly unprofessional,
27:14and would have violated a book's worth of health and safety laws.
27:17In reality, the scene cut,
27:19Leo was cleaned up,
27:20and they made some fake blood to rub on Washington's face.
27:23So every moment after that moment in the movie,
27:26we shot twice.
27:27We would shoot completely bloody,
27:28with him touching my face with fake blood,
27:30and then we had to take everything off,
27:33and shoot it again totally clean,
27:34because he just wanted to have the option in the edit of blood or no blood.
27:37Number 21.
27:38The Joker's reaction was improvised.
27:41The Dark Knight.
27:42If Coleman Reese isn't dead in 60 minutes,
27:47then I blow up a hospital.
27:49Sorry to burst everyone's bubble,
27:50but no, Heath Ledger did not improvise
27:52a single second of the hospital explosion.
27:55It has long been reported that the special effects failed,
27:58and that Ledger remained in character,
27:59even smacking the detonator to add a moment of levity.
28:02But this was not an off-the-cuff thing.
28:04Quite the opposite, in fact.
28:06Christopher Nolan claims that they, quote,
28:08rehearsed endlessly,
28:09and that every second of the shot was planned in advance.
28:12In fact, the delayed explosion was the idea of special effects supervisor Chris Korbold,
28:17who used it as a practical means of getting Ledger away from the massive fireballs.
28:21Do I really look like a guy with a plan?
28:24You know what I am?
28:25I'm a dog chasing cars.
28:27I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it.
28:30You know, I just do things.
28:33Number 20.
28:34A person died looking for the money.
28:36Fargo.
28:36What Shep told us didn't make a whole lot of sense.
28:39Oh no, it's real sound.
28:41It's all worked out.
28:43You want your own wife kidnapped?
28:45Yeah.
28:45The film Fargo is a darkly comedic caper involving a substantial amount of ransom money.
28:51In one scene, Steve Buscemi's character stashes the cash on the side of a road in the snow.
28:56The money remains unfound by the film's end.
28:59A few years after the film debuted, a Japanese woman named Takako Konishi was found dead in Minnesota after passing through Fargo.
29:12Some incorrect reporting at the time of her death led to the false claim, and later urban legend,
29:17that she died searching for the hidden money in the mistaken belief that it was real.
29:20This myth even gave rise to a film of its own, called Kumiko The Treasure Hunter.
29:25I discover treasure right here.
29:29Number 19.
29:30A Death in the Chariot Race.
29:32Ben-Hur.
29:33The climactic chariot race is a major centerpiece of this legendary religious epic.
29:46In it, Judah Ben-Hur races against his childhood friend-turned-foe, Masala.
29:51Ben-Hur triumphs after Masala's attempt to kill him backfires.
29:54For years, rumors persisted that the stuntman for Masala actually died during the filming of this sequence,
30:00and that the death can be seen in the finished film.
30:07However, no one involved with the film has ever mentioned any accident during the making of this scene.
30:13These sorts of myths around race scenes are fairly common,
30:16but as one of the most famous in cinema history,
30:18the one from Ben-Hur has been particularly persistent.
30:21Ben-Hur.
30:24Ben-Hur.
30:24Ben-Hur.
30:25Ben-Hur.
30:25Ben-Hur.
30:25Ben-Hur.
30:26Ben-Hur.
30:26Ben-Hur.
30:27Ben-Hur.
30:27Ben-Hur.
30:28Ben-Hur.
30:28Ben-Hur.
30:28Ben-Hur.
30:29Ben-Hur.
30:29Ben-Hur.
30:29Number 18.
30:30The final match's outcome, Rocky.
30:33Given that it's one of the most popular sports movies ever made,
30:36you'd think everyone would know the story of Rocky.
30:38Ben-Hur.
30:39Ben-Hur.
30:40Ben-Hur.
30:41Ben-Hur.
30:41But arguably, the most crucial part of the first film in this storied franchise
30:45has a major misconception about it,
30:47because Rocky actually loses.
30:49Plenty of people assume that Rocky Balboa wins his match against Apollo Creed.
31:01And while Rocky does give Apollo one incredible fight over 15 rounds,
31:05Creed is ultimately declared the victor by split decision.
31:08Ben-Hur.
31:09Perhaps this myth has remained because Rocky's story is an underdog story.
31:13Here, it's chaos.
31:14Rocky, you went the distance.
31:15You went the 15 rounds.
31:16How do you feel?
31:16All right.
31:17What are you thinking about when that buzzer's on for that line?
31:19What do you think about when the fifth...
31:21So many other underdog stories result in the plucky up-and-comers triumphing despite the odds.
31:25And while Rocky does succeed in proving himself,
31:28he doesn't technically win.
31:30Apollo can't believe it.
31:34Number 17.
31:37Gremlins After Midnight.
31:38Gremlins Everybody knows the rules with gremlins, right?
31:42Ready?
31:43One, two, three.
31:47Fight, fight, fight, fight.
31:48Don't put them in light, don't get them wet, and don't feed them after midnight.
31:52Well, not really.
31:53Despite gremlins being the name of the film,
31:55these famous rules are for the Furby-like mogwai.
31:58Feeding these adorable creatures after midnight is what turns them into gremlins in the first place.
32:03That's a real gremlin, my child!
32:04However, for people who only know the movie through pop culture or who only saw it once,
32:13the name mogwai just doesn't have the same name recognition,
32:16which is probably how this misunderstanding came about.
32:19Bye!
32:20Bye!
32:20Bye!
32:21Number 16.
32:30Edna's Inspiration, The Incredibles
32:32This animated superhero film is loaded with fun characters,
32:36but superhero fashion designer Edna Mode is a fan favorite.
32:39It will be bold, dramatic, heroic.
32:43Yeah, something classic, like Dina guy.
32:47Oh, he had a great look.
32:49The diminutive diva walks all over everyone else and has some of the most quotable lines in the movie.
32:55I used to design for gods.
32:58Many viewers have long believed that Edna is based on Oscar-winning costume designer Edith Head,
33:04given their similar hairstyles and glasses.
33:06However, according to director Brad Bird himself,
33:09Edna Mode is not based on anyone in particular.
33:12She's her own thing.
33:13Like Edna's many creations, her design feels familiar,
33:17but she's still wholly unique, darling.
33:19There it is.
33:20The room is yours.
33:22They are lucky to be in your presence.
33:24Now the turn.
33:26Yes, you are a tiny god.
33:30Number 15.
33:31Jack Could've Fit, Titanic
33:33Everyone's probably had this argument.
33:41The end of Titanic sees Jack and Rose in the water with Jack floating on a door.
33:45Well, actually, it's an elaborate door frame, not a door.
33:48But the point is this.
33:49A lot of us have angrily believed that Jack could've survived if Rose had just moved over.
33:53However, as seen in the film and in several recreations after its debut,
34:03two people on Wreckage at the same time would have capsized it instead.
34:06Now, if they had just traded off with each other, that's a different story.
34:10Number 14.
34:12Singing in the Milk, Singing in the Rain
34:14As one of the most acclaimed films of all time,
34:17Singing in the Rain has had plenty of rumors about it bandied about over the years.
34:20I'm singing in the rain
34:24Just singing in the rain
34:27What a glorious feel
34:31And I'm happy again
34:34One of the most bizarre is about the legendary sequence with the eponymous song.
34:39While Gene Kelly is, well, singing in the rain,
34:41One myth goes that the rain on set was actually milk.
34:45The theory goes that milk was used to make it show up better on camera,
34:48given that Technicolor was relatively new.
34:57However, Kelly's widow, Patricia Ward Kelly, has flatly denied this absurd idea.
35:02Plus, it's not like Singing in the Rain was the only movie to have rain on film.
35:06It wasn't over.
35:09It still isn't over.
35:14Number 13.
35:15Do you feel lucky?
35:16Punk?
35:17Dirty Harry
35:17Clint Eastwood has made a career of playing grizzled badasses.
35:21Every gun makes its own tune.
35:24One of his most famous roles is as the titular not-so-clean cop Dirty Harry Callahan.
35:29When Harry confronts various criminals within the film,
35:32he utters the immortal signature line.
35:34Do you feel lucky, punk?
35:36Or at least that's how just about everyone misquotes his line.
35:39His actual line is far more involved and comes at the tail end of a speech.
35:43You've got to ask yourself one question.
35:45Do I feel lucky?
35:47Well, do you, punk?
35:50While parts of this misquote are in the two questions he asks the criminals,
35:54the exact wording most people use is merely paraphrasing the actual quote.
35:59So, you've got to ask yourself one question.
36:01Do you misquote it?
36:02Well, do ya, punk?
36:04Now, you have to ask yourself one question.
36:07Do I feel lucky?
36:10Well, do ya, punks?
36:17Number 12.
36:18George Lucas directed all three.
36:20The Star Wars Original Trilogy.
36:22Even if you're not a hardcore Star Wars fan,
36:25when you ask most people,
36:26they'll tell you that George Lucas wrote and directed the original Star Wars trilogy.
36:30Use the Force, Luke.
36:35Let go of Luke.
36:37Except he didn't.
36:38Well, not all of them.
36:40It's true that Lucas scripted and directed the original 1977 classic that originally bore the franchise's name,
36:45but he was not as fully in control with The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
36:50Lucas helped script the latter,
36:52but the screenplay for Empire was written by Lee Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan,
36:56and it was directed by Irvin Kershner.
36:58Meanwhile, Kasdan helped write Jedi with Lucas,
37:00and it was directed by Richard Marquand.
37:02The Star Wars universe was Lucas' overall vision,
37:05but he didn't do everything.
37:15Number 11.
37:16Background Ghost.
37:17Three Men and a Baby.
37:18One of my favorite movies ever,
37:20Three Men and a Baby.
37:21This 80s comedy features three guys roped into taking care of an infant girl dropped on their doorstep.
37:26The birth father is one of them, Jack.
37:28Whoa!
37:29These diapers are way too big.
37:31What size did you get?
37:32They're ultra-absorbent.
37:34The more absorbent, the better, if you ask me.
37:36In a scene where Jack discusses his new daughter with his mother,
37:39an urban legend claims that the figure of a ghost can be seen behind some curtains in the background.
37:44However, the figure is merely a standee,
37:47a cardboard cutout of Jack, who is an actor.
37:50The standee was largely cut from the final film,
37:52though you can still see it in a few shots.
37:55Even co-star Tom Selleck has debunked the rumor,
37:58and we don't want to refute a man with a mustache that impressive.
38:01I thought it was always like a poster, a full-size poster that had been knocked over.
38:06Yeah.
38:06That was my theory.
38:07It actually is.
38:08It is a cardboard cutout of Ted Danson.
38:11Number 10.
38:12Brandon Lee's Death, The Crow
38:14As relayed in an earlier entry, Brandon Lee was the star of The Crow,
38:24playing the protagonist Eric Draven, and died during filming.
38:27During a scene that called for a gun to be fired,
38:29a dummy bullet was left in the firearm and was not properly removed,
38:33as the gun specialist had gone home.
38:35When the gun went off, Lee was shot for real and died later in the hospital.
38:39However, despite popular belief,
38:42the take in which he was fatally wounded was not used in the final cut of the film,
38:46and was in fact destroyed after being used in evidence in the investigation into the accidental death.
38:50Come on!
38:59Number 9.
39:01Jason Voorhees is the Killer
39:02Friday the 13th
39:04Jason Voorhees is the famed killer of the Friday the 13th franchise,
39:11but he wasn't always.
39:12In the first installment,
39:14it's actually Jason's mother Pamela that kills teenagers,
39:17taking her revenge not only on the two camp counselors
39:19whose negligence led to her son's apparent death,
39:22but also on counselors decades later, too.
39:25Look what you did to him!
39:29It wasn't until the second film that Jason himself became the primary antagonist,
39:33and he didn't even acquire his iconic hockey mask until the third film.
39:36It just goes to show that while a property can become associated with one thing,
39:40it's not always representative of the whole.
39:42Don't let her live!
39:44I won't, Jason.
39:46I won't.
39:48Number 8.
39:49Sequel
39:49Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
39:51What a vivid imagination.
39:54It's a common misconception that the second film in the original Indiana Jones trilogy is a sequel.
39:59After all, that's generally how trilogies work,
40:01with one following the next.
40:02However, like the pulp adventure serials that inspired them,
40:06Indiana Jones doesn't follow a strict overarching narrative.
40:09Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom is actually a prequel,
40:12taking place the year prior to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
40:15Apparently, writer George Lucas didn't want Nazis to be the villains,
40:19and made the film take place prior to Raiders to avoid the hero running into them twice in a row,
40:23though the Third Reich would return in the third film.
40:26Nazis.
40:27I hate these guys.
40:28Number 7.
40:30Tim Burton directed it.
40:31The Nightmare Before Christmas.
40:32This is Halloween.
40:34This is Halloween.
40:35Pumpkins screaming in the middle of the moon.
40:38Given that it's often titled Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas,
40:41the general public can be forgiven for assuming that Burton was in the director's chair.
40:45Given Burton's track record of whimsical yet creepy movies,
40:48it seems right up his alley.
40:49While Burton did create the story and characters and co-produced,
40:53the screenplay and direction were handled by others.
40:56This year, Christmas will be ours!
41:02Burton's name was likely attached for marketing reasons,
41:05since he did provide the seed of the film's idea and was already a big name by that point,
41:10both in the industry and with cinema goers.
41:12The actual director, however, was Henry Selick,
41:15who went on to direct James and the Giant Peach and Coraline.
41:19Small world.
41:19Number 6.
41:21Shelved Because of Shame.
41:22The Day the Clown Cried.
41:24And in terms of that film, I was embarrassed.
41:29In the early 1970s, comedian, actor, and director Jerry Lewis directed and starred in a movie
41:34about a clown imprisoned by the Nazis during World War II.
41:38Lewis was reportedly embarrassed with the end result,
41:40which is often cited as the reason for the film's lack of release.
41:44However, in reality, The Day the Clown Cried was tied up in legal issues once it was completed,
41:48with the rights being retained by the screenwriter Joan O'Brien,
41:52which delayed and ultimately halted its release.
41:54That being said, Lewis's embarrassment may have played a part in its continued lack of exposure.
41:59In 2015, a copy was finally given to the Library of Congress,
42:03but with the stipulation it not be made available until 2024.
42:07Are we going to ever going to get to see The Day the Clown Cried?
42:11No.
42:13Number 5.
42:14Sunglasses.
42:15Risky Business.
42:17The most famous scene from Risky Business has protagonist Joel Goodson,
42:20played by Tom Cruise,
42:21celebrating his parents' free independence at home.
42:24With that old-time rock and roll.
42:27He dances around to Bob Seger's old-time rock and roll in nothing but his underwear,
42:35a white shirt, and sunglasses.
42:36Or at least, that's the way every parody of the moment shows it.
42:39In the original scene,
42:41Cruise wears a light pink shirt and has no sunglasses.
42:44While he wears the sunglasses prominently in the poster and in other scenes in the film,
42:56it's likely that his look outside of the scene is so iconic
42:59that everyone misremembers Cruise wearing them in this one.
43:02Or it's a Mandela effect.
43:04But that's another list.
43:05No, no, you get out.
43:07Well, I think it could be fun.
43:08Number 4.
43:09Bigger Boat.
43:10Jaws.
43:10This blockbuster is important and iconic in pretty much every way.
43:24However, when it comes to quotes from the film,
43:27arguably the most famous one is also one of the most frequently misquoted.
43:31In the famous scene,
43:32Martin Brody is throwing chum behind Quint's boat
43:35and spots the massive shark they're hunting.
43:37Retreating into the cabin,
43:38he tells Quint,
43:39You're gonna need a bigger boat.
43:42However,
43:43most times the scene is referenced in other media,
43:46people say we're gonna need a bigger boat.
43:48Or whatever else they need something bigger of.
43:50Sure, it has pretty much the same meaning and effect,
43:53but it ain't a direct quote.
43:55We're gonna need a bigger boat.
43:57Number 3.
43:58Hello, Clarice.
43:59The Silence of the Lambs.
44:01A census taker once tried to test me.
44:04I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.
44:10Since we're on a misquote streak,
44:12here's another imaginary line everyone thinks is real.
44:14Over the years,
44:15whether in scripted pop culture references
44:17or just regular movie fans having conversations,
44:19The Silence of the Lambs is misquoted.
44:22Hannibal Lecter is remembered as saying,
44:24Hello, Clarice,
44:25in his menacing greeting to FBI agent-in-training Clarice Starling.
44:28However,
44:29although it's become iconic,
44:31it isn't accurate.
44:32Good morning.
44:33Hannibal's greetings to her in the film
44:35are limited to a good morning and a good evening, Clarice.
44:38Good evening, Clarice.
44:39Sure, he says the exact phrase to her in the sequel,
44:42but that was a decade later.
44:44Silence of the Lambs.
44:48Hello, Clarice.
44:50It's good to see you again.
44:52Number 2.
44:53Luke, I am your father.
44:55Star Wars Episode 5,
44:56The Empire Strikes Back.
44:58Search your feelings,
44:59you know it to be true.
45:02No!
45:04Back to the original trilogy.
45:06You'd think it'd be hard for people
45:07to get something so famous so wrong,
45:09but if you search your feelings,
45:11you'll know it to be true.
45:12Despite being one of the most oft-quoted lines
45:14in film history,
45:16the phrase,
45:16Luke, I am your father,
45:17is never actually said by Darth Vader.
45:20The line is,
45:21no, I am your father.
45:22No,
45:24I am your father.
45:26The misremembered line has,
45:28through misquoting and paraphrasing in pop culture,
45:30become so prevalent
45:31that people mistakenly believe
45:32it's actually present in The Empire Strikes Back.
45:35But like,
45:35Play It Again Sam from Casablanca,
45:37it isn't.
45:38Play it, Sam.
45:39Play as time goes by.
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45:56Number 1.
46:00SEX in the Sky.
46:01The Lion King.
46:02Can you feel the love tonight?
46:10Midway through this Disney classic,
46:12Simba the Lion flops down on a cliffside
46:14and knocks up a cloud of dust.
46:16When played back very slowly,
46:17the dust appears to form
46:18the vague outline of the letters SEX.
46:21Religious organizations have used this
46:23as an example of Disney's apparent lack of morality,
46:25and the supposed message
46:27has been the subject of playground rumor for decades.
46:30However,
46:31the generally accepted explanation
46:32is that the letters are actually SFX,
46:35a common abbreviation for special effects,
46:38and were inserted by someone
46:39from that particular department
46:40who worked on The Lion King.
46:42What mook made that up?
46:44Yeah, pretty dumb, huh?
46:47What other popular movie myth do you know of?
46:49Let us know in the comments section.
46:50We'll be right back with you there,
46:59Sans.
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