Poll Rate it: Papillon (1973)

Trivia : Dustin Hoffman had to wear contact lenses so that he could see correctly through the thick glasses he had to wear. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The Fighter (2010)

Trivia : Mark Wahlberg waived his own salary and took no upfront fee for this film. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: American Splendor (2003)

Trivia : NBC would not lease out the actual Late Night with David Letterman footage where Harvey Pekar finally lashed out at David Letterman, so the scene had to be recreated with actors. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Miss Potter (2006)

Trivia : 'Ewan McGregor' was 'Renee Zellweger''s first choice to star beside her as Miss Potter's romantic interest, Mr. Norman Warne. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Milk (2008)

Trivia : The filming location for Harvey Milk's business, Castro Camera, was the real storefront where the actual business had once been. Actor Denis O'Hare who plays anti-gay Senator John Briggs in the film is in reality openly gay. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Le scaphandre et le papillon (2007)

Trivia : The script was originally in English but director Julian Schnabel convinced the studio to change the language to French to stay true to Bauby's life and story. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

Trivia : "In the Realms of the Unreal" includes "The Story of the Vivian Girls, in What is Known as the Realms of the Unreal, of the Glandeco-Angelinian War Storm Caused by the Child Slave Rebellion", and extends over 15 immense, densely-typed volumes of 15,145 total pages. The text is accompanied by three bound volumes of several hundred ( Read more... )

Poll Rate it: Hunger (2008)

Trivia : The second medical attendant (one with mustache) who takes care of Bobby Sands in the hospital, has a ''UDA'' tattoo on his left hand. UDA is shortening for Ulster Defence Association, a loyalist paramilitary organization in Northern Ireland. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: The King´s Speech (2010)

Trivia : This film has an Australian actor (Guy Pearce) playing a Brit, a British actor (Eve Best) playing an American and an American actor (Jennifer Ehle) playing an Australian. -- derralf

Poll Rate it: Cinderella Man (2005)

Trivia : The cinematographer invented a "tire-cam" which is a camera cushioned inside a tire and behind Plexiglas. This allowed the professional boxers to hit the tire to create realistic reactions from a first-person point-of-view. - 15,000 blow up dummies with masks and hats where used to fill in the seating while filming the final fight. -- derralf