Really TRUE odd factoids
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ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
The Pope is not a Roman Catholic.
The guy most of us call the Pope, doesn't have that in his official title. The person who does have the title pope is the Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexendria.
Chromatic
Legendary Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
Does this mean bears don't sh*t in the woods either?
ClichéGuevara
Legendary Member
- Location
- Kingston upon the River Hull
I don't think Polar Bears do.
classic33
Leg End Member
OP
OP
- Location
- London
Supposedly stalin first met lenin on the whitechapel road in london.
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
Middle Earth factoids:
In the Two Towers, the scream as Aragorn falls to his knees after kicking the orc head was real. The actor had been kicking the fake head multiple times & in the last take, used in the movie, he broke his toe. But he stays in character long enough....
John Rhys-Davies who plays the shortest member of the fellowship, Gimli the dwarf, in reality was the tallest of the cast. He also provides the voice of Treebeard.
In Return of the King, the bearded pirate on the receiving end of Legolas arrow, knocked by Gimli, is director Peter Jackson in his third cameo. Stood around him are mainly members of the production crew who wanted to be in the final movie.
In the shot where Sam's arm holding sword Sting appears confronting giant spider Shelob...it's actually Jackson's arm in another 'cameo'.
In the Two Towers, the scream as Aragorn falls to his knees after kicking the orc head was real. The actor had been kicking the fake head multiple times & in the last take, used in the movie, he broke his toe. But he stays in character long enough....
John Rhys-Davies who plays the shortest member of the fellowship, Gimli the dwarf, in reality was the tallest of the cast. He also provides the voice of Treebeard.
In Return of the King, the bearded pirate on the receiving end of Legolas arrow, knocked by Gimli, is director Peter Jackson in his third cameo. Stood around him are mainly members of the production crew who wanted to be in the final movie.
In the shot where Sam's arm holding sword Sting appears confronting giant spider Shelob...it's actually Jackson's arm in another 'cameo'.
matticus
Guru
Surprising factoid:
Middle Earth isn't a real place.
;-)
Middle Earth isn't a real place.
;-)
captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
Poor New Zealand....doesn't exist either then
OP
OP
- Location
- London
Lawrence of Arabia was about 5ft 4 - some estimates say he was a fair bit shorter than that.
Peter O Toole who played him in the famous masterpiece was well over 6 foot.
The sort of casting which made Noel Coward tell O Toole that if he'd been any prettier they would have had to call it Florence of Arabia.
Peter O Toole who played him in the famous masterpiece was well over 6 foot.
The sort of casting which made Noel Coward tell O Toole that if he'd been any prettier they would have had to call it Florence of Arabia.
matticus
Guru
Well that's just obvious - nowhere real could look so similar to Tolkien's imagined world. You'll be telling me they really went to the Moon next ...Poor New Zealand....doesn't exist either then
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
Tolkien's Twin Towers exist in Edgbaston, Birmingham. They must be fraternal twins because they look nothing like each other.
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captain nemo1701
Space cadet. Deck 42 Main Engineering.
- Location
- Bristol
To fake the landings, perfectionist Kubrick insisted for realism they shoot on location......
