Being John Malkovich's Classic Status Wasn't Something Charlie Kaufman Or Spike Jonze Expected
No one expected that brilliant screenplay to actually get made.
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A Nightmare On Elm Street 3 Cut An Effect That Was Deemed Too Disturbing For The Movie
In the case of the puppet used in the scene where Kristen is trying to save a little girl from Freddy Krueger, some changes had to be made right on the spot. -
Nicolas Cage Brought A Bit Of His Own Magic To The Sorcerer's Apprentice
If Nicolas Cage was secretly a wizard too, we wouldn't be surprised. -
Pixar Snuck Some Stephen King Into Their Latest Take On Cars
Come play with us, Lightning McQueen. -
Seven's Groundbreaking Credits Sequence All Started As A Joke
The credits set the tone perfectly, but they were a happy accident. -
Getting Harvey Keitel For Reservoir Dogs Wasn't Much Work For Quentin Tarantino
'I read the script, I love it, I'd even love to produce it to get it going. Give me a call back.' -
How A Failed Experiment From Network Execs Taught The Twilight Zone Its Limits
What works in 30 minutes doesn't always work in 60. -
Paul Thomas Anderson Thinks Critics Just Don't Understand Adam Sandler
Believe it or not, the filmmaker behind Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood loves Adam Sandler's comedies. -
It Took Three False Starts Before Cary Grant Would Get To Work With Audrey Hepburn
The two legends eventually united for Charade. -
John Huston, John Malkovich, And A Dog Made Michael Madsen Into An Actor
'I thought he was just trying to get rid of me.' -
Viggo Mortensen's Eastern Promises Tattoos Took Some Serious Research
Navigating the world of Russian mafia tattoos is no easy feat. -
Russian Anarchists And Winston Churchill Had Censors Worried About The Man Who Knew Too Much
Alfred Hitchcock drew from reality for his grand climax, and it bit him in the butt. -
Quentin Tarantino Came To Blows With An Actor On The Set Of Reservoir Dogs
Tarantino's successful career was almost jeopardized during the production of his first film. -
Playing Hardball With His Untouchables Casting Paid Off For Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner wasn't a movie star yet, but he knew he would become one. -
Steven Spielberg Had To Step In To Sell John Lithgow On Harry And The Hendersons
If Spielberg tells you to star in the Bigfoot movie, you star in the Bigfoot movie. -
Robin Williams Wasn't Sure He Could Make Awakenings Work With Robert De Niro
Any artist would be stressed about sharing the screen with one of the greatest actors of all time. -
Mike Flanagan Initially Thought The Haunting Of Hill House Would Be Impossible To Adapt
'My first response was that you couldn't do it.' -
Jean-Luc Godard's Contempt Reveals All That Is Possible With Cinema
Contempt is Godard's masterpiece in that, over the next 100 minutes, it surpasses the audience's expectations by completely subverting them. -
How Ti West's X Pulled Off Shooting Scenes With Two Mia Goths
Those who have seen X probably are aware that there was a double dose of Goth. -
Robin Williams' 'Triptych Of Evil' Showed Just How Dark The Actor Could Go
Robin Williams took on three roles back-to-back that showed a darker side to his acting abilities, and they're also among his best performances. -
Deleted Scenes In IT That Change Everything
"IT" is a two-part horror epic. However, some of the most shocking sequences didn't make the final cut. These deleted scenes could have changed everything! -
Barbarian Ending Explained: Be My Baby
There are some wild twists and turns here that make for a quite a trip. -
How Martin Scorsese And Robert De Niro Rescued Joe Pesci's Acting Career
Joe Pesci actually quit acting entirely to run a restaurant. -
Stanley Kubrick Turned An Eight-Minute Scene In The Shining Into A 60-Take Slog
Stanley Kubrick: a filmmaker who no one would immediately describe as fun. -
U.S. Marshals Ending Explained: Silly Twists Within Silly Twists
Remember US Marshals? Of course you remember US Marshals. -
Reese Witherspoon Was 'Hoodwinked' Into Singing For Walk The Line
Reese Witherspoon had to walk the line as June Carter Cash. -
Francis Ford Coppola Caught Lightning In A Bottle With Marlon Brando's Godfather Screen Test
It's hard to imagine anyone other than Marlon Brando as Don Vito Corleone in The Godfather, but Paramount had to be convinced he deserved the part.
