- The ruby red slippers in the movie "The Wizard of Oz" were sold off at an auction for $660,000.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - In the movie Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock, chocolate syrup was used for blood in the shower scene.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - The youngest actress to be nominated as best actress is Keisha Castle-Hughes who was nominated at just 13 years old.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - Ian Fleming named his character "James Bond" after real-life ornithologist and author.
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(Added: Wed Sep 20 2006) - For the blockbuster movie "The Terminator," O.J. Simpson was considered to play the role of the Terminator, but producers did not choose him as they thought he would not be taken seriously.
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(Added: Thu Jan 12 2006) - The movie that grossed the most money that was adapted from a T.V. cartoon is Scooby-Doo.
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(Added: Mon May 31 2004) - In the movie "Babe", the piglet was played by over 30 different piglets they outgrew the part so quickly during the production of the film.
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(Added: Sat Feb 19 2005) - Actress Debra Winger helped to perform the voice of E.T. in the movie E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - King Kong was Adolf Hitler's favorite movie.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Because metal was scarce; the Oscars given out during World War II were made of plaster.
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(Added: Thu Sep 21 2006) - In the movie "The Wizard Of Oz," Toto the dog's salary was $125 a week, while Judy Garland was $500 a week.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - India's movie industry, Bollywood, is the largest in the world producing over eight hundred movies a year. Hollywood only produces half of this number in a year.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - James Bond is also known as Mr. Kiss-Kiss-Bang-Bang.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The MGM lion, whose name was Leo, lived in Memphis until his death.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The movie "Cleopatra" cost $44 million to make in 1963. The same movie would now cost $300 million to make taking inflation into account.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The name for Oz in "The Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The most expensive animated movie is "Prince of Egypt", which cost $70 million to make.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - For the 1939 movie "Gone With the Wind" 1,400 actresses were interviewed to play the part of Scarlett O'Hara.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The movie "Chicken Run" made in 2000 had the most plasticine used in an animated movie. They used 2,380 kg of plasticine for the movie.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Actress Michelle Pfeiffer was the first choice to play Clarice Starling in the movie "Silence of the Lambs." She turned down the role because she found it too scary.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - Director George Lucas had trouble originally getting funding for Star Wars because most studios thought most people wouldn't bother seeing it.
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(Added: Tue Sep 19 2006) - The original movie poster for the 1943 movie "The Outlaw," which portrays actress Jane Russell sold for more than $82,200 at Christie's auction house.
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(Added: Thu Oct 31 2002) - The 1988 move "Big" which was directed by Penny Marshall was the first movie by a female director to gross over $100 million domestically.
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