Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf in Lord of the Rings because he didn't understand the script.
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Warner Brother's hated the name 'Beetlejuice', and urged Tim Burton to change it to something clever. Burton jokingly suggested calling the movie 'Scared Sheetless', and was horrified when the studio actually liked it.
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There was a cable network called The Puppy Channel that, for 3 years, broadcast only broadcast footage of puppies playing.
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There is a cup of coffee in every scene of the movie Fight Club.
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The first TV commercial showed a Bulova watch ticking onscreen for exactly 60 seconds.
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In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.
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