Top 100 Useless Movie Facts You Don't Need to Know

Are these facts useful? Not really. Are they entertaining? You know it! For this video, we’re listing 100 useless film facts you don’t need to know, but we’ll tell you anyway! Our video includes such facts as “12 Angry Men” was shot in only 21 days, The “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” crew couldn’t afford real horses, using coconuts instead, The wallet from “Pulp Fiction” belonged to Quentin Tarantino, and more! If you have a useless film fact, drop it in the comments, and we can all learn together!

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[WatchMojo]

If you have a useless film fact, drop it in the comments, and we can all learn together!

[Winnipegger]

This is a more touching one: On the original Universal Frankenstein films, Kenneth Strickfaden received absolutely no screen credit for designing the lab equipment. So when Mel Brooks used the same lab equipment for Young Frankenstein he made sure that Strickfaden got full credit for it.

[ARIXANDRE]

I really appreciate these 100 facts ' lists. They are more informative than we think!

[travisandre]

In Kill Bill Vol. 1 Oren mocks The Bride saying you won’t last five minutes, from the cue of the music to the time Oren is killed, the scene last 4:59.

[dewandiptoplays]

I guess you guys should continue this particular kind of videos, really turns on a comedic vibe in the channel

[sophiaisabelle]

These useless movie facts are pretty fascinating to learn. Somehow you're getting more information you didn't know you needed in the first place.

[alm]

#12 Matt Damon was pretty busy around the time of Ocean's 12 and requested a reduced role. The filmmakers said no, finding Linus too important, and he's featured heavily. He asks Rusty for "a more central role, " even.

[matthewkincanon]

1920's The Daughter of Dawn is one of the first films to feature an all Native American cast. 300 of the actors were Comanche and Kiowa

[roxy]

Another useless fact that you could have put in is that Tom Sizemore was nearly dropped from Saving Private Ryan due to his drug problem. Stephan Speilberg was going to drop him from the movie if he failed a drug test once, he would've reshot the whole film with a different actor even if the film was overschedule.

[micahcaraballo]

In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, both Abraham Lincoln and the Thinker are voiced by Hank Azaria who also plays the main villain of the movie, Kahmunrah.

[annihilationgamingTM]

Slimer in OG Ghostbusters, 1&2.
Was "nicknamed" Onionhead by, the crew 😜

[michelleallred]

I love Dumb & Dumber, no shock John Hughes was involved. One if the greatest writer/directors ever

[tybois]

@2:49: Rest in Peace, Miss Lansbury.
#33: The reason Monty Python and the Holy Grail ends so abruptly is because they literally ran out of money and couldn't finish the movie.
#73: While recapping the day, Ferris says "We ate pancreas". The "pancreas" scene was cut. The scene would have had them trying to order in the French restaurant and shocked to discover pancreas on the menu.
#76: At Katz's Delicatessen, a sign hangs from the ceiling above the table where Crystal and Ryan sat that reads "Where Harry met Sally... hope you have what she had!". (side note: a MUST stop on any tour of NYC. Their freshly cut hot pastrami sandwiches are AMAZING!)
#97: "That's 'Frahnken-steen'. My name, it's pronounced 'Frahnken-steen'".

[henrikharbin]

1. The woman in the "Alameda" scene from Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home was an extra who initially didn't have any lines. When she accidentally ad logged her reply to Captain Kirk's question, Leonard Jimmy liked it so much that she was asked to apply for a SAG card so she could be paid a speaking actor's wage.
2. In the closing credits to Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Uhura's name is misspelled.
3. Sean Connery was asked to play Spock's half brother Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier. When he turned it down, the script was slightly rewritten and the "God planet" was named Sha Ka Ree after him.
4. Carrie Henn, who played Best in Aliens, never made another movie. She grew up to become a schoolteacher.
5. PetervOstrum, who played Charlie Bucket in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, never made another movie. After discovering a live of horses, he became a veterinarian.
6. Space War was the first arcade video game to be shown in a mivie. It appear d in Soylent Green in 1973.
7. Soylent Green was Edward d G. Robinson's last movie role. He was profoundly deaf during filming and had to read lips for his entire role. The last scene he filmed was his character Sol's death, and he died ten days later.

[funnelwebspider]

Sean Connery hated the scene in Goldfinger where oddjob crushes the golf ball. He thought it was ridiculous.

[malicewonder]

Both Black Wolf in Ralph Bakshi's _Wizards_ and Rasputin in _Anastasia_ are very likely based on Eisenstein's _Ivan the Terrible_ played by Nikolay Cherkasov.

[alm]

#38
The twin sister plays Sarah's reflection in a mirror as well. It's a famous scene added back into the long cuts.

[BlackBumblebee]

Why are we watching this video then? 🤨

[davidrennicke]

In the movie "Jailhouse Rock, " Elvis choreographed the jailhouse scene.

[annihilationgamingTM]

The shark in Jaws was originally called "Bruce" by film crew members about Steven Spielberg's lawyer, Bruce Ramer 😜