Francis Veber’s Dinner for Fools is inspired by a true story… The concept of the “dinner of idiots” was invented by the surrealist AndrĂ© Breton in the 1920s. The guest who managed to bring the biggest idiot with him received congratulations from his friends. This concept was then taken up in the 1980s by Jean Castel, …
When Eagles Fly (1968) is one of my favorite war movies. Incidentally, it’s also Steven Spielberg’s favorite war movie. However, this classic struggled to see the light of day and the main stakeholders did not believe at all in its potential. When Clint Eastwood read the script, he found it “appalling.” He only accepted the project …
This is explained by the fact that there are two different logics that clash when creating a film poster. The short version is that the names are listed from left to right in order of importance, while the photo of the most important actor is preferably placed in the center. We understand that with this logic, …
Director Richard Donner knew that the film would only work if it could make Christopher Reeve fly believably. He therefore asked his team to invent a new method to accomplish this challenge, because nothing that existed until then could be suitable. The person who found the solution to the problem is Zoran Perisic. This specialist …
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The life of spies Impossible mission Let’s start with secret agents who work together to fight against the most affected madmen. In Mission Impossible (let’s just take one part, for example the 3rd part, forget the others, yes I know I’m cheating a little đ), they use their physical and mental abilities, as well as all kinds …
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Urban legend has it that Michael Biehn, who plays the role of Hicks in James Cameron’s Aliens , was actually paid more not to appear in the sequel to the film. However, this is not accurate. When David Fincher began working on Alien 3 , Michael Biehn found out he wasn’t going to be part of the cast. And …
At the end of 2018, Tom Cruise announced to Paramount studio that he planned to shoot two new Mission: Impossible films , parts 7 and 8, back to back. However, Tom Cruise does not yet have the script for the first of the two films. It only has one treatment, that is to say a sort of summary …
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The cafeteria scene in Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man. Peter Parker guesses that Mary Jane is going to slip on a puddle on the ground and catches her before she falls, while managing to receive her tray and her meal without dropping anything on the floor. Who could imagine that this scene has been reshot 156 times! An …
Seeing this scene in ” Mission: Impossible: Fallout ” made me think, ” Wow, the digitally redone water is well integrated, it looks like the director, Christopher McQuarrie, really tried to drown Sean Harris. “ And yet it is not a digital effect, the actor, playing Lane, was indeed plunged into a pool of water, head first while wearing …
Robert Pattinson agreed to play in Twilight a little too quickly . He had not anticipated the ordeal it would be for him. He found the books completely stupid and hoped the films would move away from them. Once he was stuck in the role and the machine was rolling, he waited for it to end. But with each …
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