Poll Rate it: Charlie Wilson`s War (2007)

Trivia : In addition to the lifestyle portrayed on screen, Charlie Wilson had a DUI Hit-and-Run charge on the Key Bridge, outside Georgetown. He was never indicted; otherwise, he would have been far less successful securing money for his project in Afghanistan. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

Trivia : The initial cut of the film ran approximately four hours. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Bronson (2008)

Trivia : The mustache Tom Hardy wears is actually Charles Salvador's (Bronson) mustache that he shaved off so that it could be made into a loose-mustache for Hardy to wear. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Searching for Sugar Man (2012)

Trivia : Some parts of the documentary were shot on an iPhone App called 8mm Vintage Camera after the producers ran out of film for an expensive real 8mm camera. The app cost only £1.49/$1.99. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Fruitvale Station (2013)

Trivia : There is no mention at all in the film about Oscar's father, partly because--through his son Oscar's entire life--he was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. However, he was permitted to also sue BART for his share of wrongful death payments. As of November 2013, his suit is still pending, while mother and daughter settled ( Read more... )

Poll Rate it: Lincoln (2012)

Trivia : The ticking heard from Abraham Lincoln's pocket watch as he sits at his desk and plays with it is the actual ticking sound from the watch he carried in his pocket. An audio engineer went to the museum in Kentucky where the watch is kept to get sound bites from it. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Last Station (2009)

Trivia : In reality, Countess Sofya bore Tolstoy 13 children and copied out six drafts of his novel "War and Peace" - by hand. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Philomena (2013)

Trivia : There are flashbacks which are done with "home movies". Some of these were created for the film but some of them are from actual footage of her real son. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Temple Grandin (2010)

Trivia : HBO bought a herd of cows for the cattle scenes in this movie. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Iron Lady (2011)

Trivia : At one point, Thatcher is shown making ice cream to give to a voter as part of an election campaign. In real life, Thatcher was a chemist who developed the emulsifier for that particular type of ice cream. -- derralf