Why On The Waterfront Needed Unknowns To Fill Its Most Important Roles
Some say 90% of directing is casting, and Elia Kazan sure knew how to do that, from the top-down.
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Buster Keaton Challenged Charlie Chaplin To A Silent Movie Showdown
Brevity of speech was the soul of silent wit. -
The Strange Journey Trick 'R Treat Took To Becoming A Halloween Classic
Michael Dougherty's Trick 'R Treat struggled to get out of the gate, thanks to WB's delays — but it went on to become a Halloween staple. -
Personal Experience Taught Cary Grant It Was A Good Idea To Stay Retired
'He was not the same man...' -
Christian Bale's Mom Gave Him Some Extreme Advice Going Into Velvet Goldmine
'Listen, why don't you just try to do what rock stars did back then...' -
Billy Eichner Expected The Studio To Tell Him Bros Had 'Gone Too Far'
'There's part of me that realized some of this would be eye-opening for certain people in the audience...' -
How The 3D Re-Release Of Jaws Puts The Audience In The Water
It's the next best thing to actually getting eaten by a shark. -
The Underrated Stephen King Miniseries That Left A Mark On Midnight Mass
Flanagan is the first to admit to this Stephen King miniseries being a big influence on Midnight Mass. -
Serenity's Small Budget Meant Finding A Way To Make A Hovercraft 'Fly'
The beloved, tragically short-lived show Firefly got film closure in 2005's Serenity, and one chase scene still stands out as an effects masterpiece. -
/Film Showdown: Dracula 2000's Dracula Vs. Seth Gecko
It's Gerard Butler's exquisitely coiffed Dracula facing off against George Clooney's tattooed Seth Gecko. Who will win? -
Without A Bit Of Blunt Advice, John Wayne Might Have Left Westerns Behind
'You give them what they want, not what you want.' -
Why Kevin Smith's Fletch Movie Starring Ben Affleck Fell Apart
Years ago, filmmaker Kevin Smith tried to make a Fletch movie. It didn't work out. -
Tim Curry Had A Very Specific Vision In Mind For IT's Pennywise The Clown
'He's the kind of chap that's entirely without charm.' -
There's Just One Subject Quentin Tarantino Thinks Should Never Be Shown On Film
Even Tarantino has to draw the line somewhere. -
Stanley Kubrick Was Intensely Committed To Getting Barry Lyndon's Costumes Right
Barry Lyndon is one of the most accomplished period pieces ever made, and to achieve it, Stanley Kubrick was exacting about every detail. -
Marlon Brando Left Rod Steiger High And Dry For On The Waterfront's Most Famous Scene
There was some drama behind one of the most dramatic scenes in movie history. -
Cool Hand Luke Taught Paul Newman That Method Acting Has Its Limits
Method acting certainly didn't help Paul Newman with one of the more memorable scenes from this classic. -
With Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, David Lynch Dismantled The American Dream Through The Eyes Of Laura Palmer
Laura Palmer may be David Lynch's most haunting creation. -
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Was A Feminist Masterpiece Ahead Of Its Time
Twin Peaks asked audiences to figure out who killed Laura Palmer, but Fire Walk With Me asked audiences to see who Laura Palmer really was. -
David Lynch Has Always Loved Fire Walk With Me, Even When Nobody Else Did
Twin Peaks and Fire Walk With Me were big in Japan. -
Prepping For Platoon Was Especially Punishing For Forest Whitaker And Willem Dafoe
'Willem drank water from a river when there was a decomposing oxen downstream and he got medivacked.' -
The Empty Man Ending Explained: From The Bridge Comes The Man
The Empty Man has a mind-twisting ending that casts the rest of the movie in a whole new light. But what does it really mean? -
Tim Burton Didn't Want Sweeney Todd To Shy Away From Being A Bloody, R-Rated Musical
Making a musical in the late 2000s was hard enough, but making one that was also full of bloody throat-slitting was an ever greater risk. -
True Grit Became The Blueprint For The Rest Of John Wayne's Career
In his 60's, Wayne seemed stuck on a one-way stagecoach to irrelevance. Then True Grit happened. -
James Caan Thought His Misery Casting Might Be A 'Sadistic Joke'
'Let's get the most hyper guy in Hollywood to stay in bed for 15 weeks.' -
Why Irish Censors Saw Fit To Ban Quentin Tarantino's From Dusk Till Dawn
The Irish Film Censors Office had quite the trigger finger in the '90s, censoring not just Showgirls and Natural Born Killers, but From Dusk Till Dawn. -
