Movies and TV Facts & Trivia

The Joker's hospital explosion scene in The Dark Knight (2008) was so complex that Christopher Nolan insisted it be filmed practically in a single take.

In Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), Sean Connery played Harrison Ford's father — despite being only 12 years older than Ford in real life.

Jesse Pinkman was originally planned to die at the end of Breaking Bad's first season, but Aaron Paul's performance convinced Vince Gilligan to keep him alive.

The Silence of the Lambs (1991) swept the 'Big Five' Oscars: Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay — only the third film ever to achieve this.

Peter Jackson filmed all three Lord of the Rings films simultaneously in New Zealand from 1999–2000, creating a production unlike anything before it.

The six main voice actors of The Simpsons negotiated a deal paying them $400,000 per episode each — totaling over $400M per person across the show's run.

The elaborate booby traps in Home Alone, calculated by specialists, would cost well over $1 million to set up in real life.

Building the Titanic cost $7.5 million in 1912 (~$200M today). James Cameron spent $200M making the 1997 film — matching that adjusted cost.

Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho broke a major Hollywood taboo by showing a toilet being flushed — the first time in American cinema.

Disney's The Lion King (1994) closely follows the plot of Shakespeare's Hamlet — a prince seeking to avenge his father's murder by his uncle.