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todayilearned
Jun 18, 2020
TIL that about 40 of the 200 squirrels in Charlie and the chocolate factory are real, trained squirrels.
2005
animals
attack
behind the scenes
charlie and the chocolate factory
film
johnny depp
julia winter
making of
nuts
squirrels
tim burton
training
veruca salt
willy wonka
todayilearned
Mar 10, 2020
TIL that the T. Rex in Jurassic Park was made of two giant animatronics that cost half the film's budget, not a result of CGI
animatronic
behind the scenes
behind-the-scenes
dinosaur
dinosaurs
evan brainard
foam latex
full-size
hydraulic
hydraulics
j. alan scott
jurassic park
jurassic park (film)
legacy effects
lindsay macgowan
making of
puppet
richard landon
skin
skins
stan winston studio
t-rex
trex
tyrannosaurus rex
todayilearned
Dec 29, 2019
TIL, during the production of "Reds", Warren Beatty explained to the extras what the film was about. After a lecture on the rights of the working man, the extras refused to return to work, saying that they felt exploited. Beatty agreed to increase their wages.
diane keaton
films
hollywood
jack nicholson
making of
reds
warren beatty
todayilearned
Dec 13, 2019
TIL in "Goodfellas", Robert DeNiro learned details about the real Jimmy Burke. He found that Jimmy loved ketchup, and how he poured it-because dispensing ketchup out of a glass bottle was a common problem then. The "spin" technique is what he used in the film, the way the real Jimmy did.
documentary
goodfellas
harvey keitel
irwin winkler
joe pesci
leonardo dicaprio
lorraine bracco
making of
martin scorsese
nicholas pileggi
ray liotta
robert de niro
thelma schoonmaker
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