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AT THE TOP

Top 10 Films of the 1960's
Top 10 films of the 1970's
Top 10 films of the 1980's
Top 10 highest grossing Harrison Ford Films

JAMES BOND FACTS

007 Facts - Cars Driven by bond
007 Facts - Bond movies that lost money
007 Facts - 7 Actors who have played James Bond on the screen
007 Facts - The classic Bond girls' names

AT THE OSCARS

Films that have won the most Oscars
First 10 films to win Best Picture Oscar
Actors who have rejected their Oscars

ITS ALL IN A NAME

Some Actors real names
The top 10 Character names

TREATMENT OF ACTORS

Actors Dubbed in films
Last Minute Replacements...
Suffering actors

THE HOLLYWOOD GREATS

10 actors who have played the American President
Casablanca facts
Marilyn Monroe facts

THE FANS

Prices paid at auction for movie props

DON'T QUIT YOUR DAY JOB

Bad singing in films
The First 10 Carry On films
Official Fan club numbers
Strange Credits

TOP 10 Films of the 1960's

1. The Sound of Music (1965)
2. The Jungle Book (1967)
3. Dr Zhivago (1965)
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
5. Mary Poppins (1964)
6. The Graduate (1968)
7. 101 Dalmations (1961)
8. Thunderball (1965)
9. Funny Girl (1968)
10. Cleopatra (1963)

Actors Dubbed in films

James Dean in Giant
Ursula Andress in Dr No
Jack Hawkins in Lawrence of Arabia
Burt Lancaster in the Leopard
Gert Frobe in Goldfinger
Arnold Schwarzenegger in Hercules in New York
Robert Shaw in Force 10 from Navarone
Mel Gibson in Mad Max
David Niven in Trail of the Pink Panther
Andie MacDowell in Greystoke: Tarzan Lord of the Apes

007 Facts - Cars Driven by bond

Aston Martin DB5 in Goldfinger
Ford Mustang in Diamonds are Forever
Lotus Esprit in The Spy who Loved me
Citroen 2CV in For Your Eyes only
Audi 200 Avant in The Living Daylights
Aston Martin Volante also in the Living Daylights

007 Facts - Bond movies that lost money

Casino Royale (..well thats not a suprise!)

007 Facts - 7 Actors who have played James Bond on the screen

David Niven
Peter Sellers
Sean Connery
George Lazenby
Roger Moore
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan

007 Facts - The classic Bond girls' names

Honey Ryder Ursula Andress in Dr No
Tatiana Romanova Daniela Bianchi in from Russia with love
Pussy Galore Honor Blackman in Goldfinger
Domino Claudine Auger in Thunderball
Kissy Suzuki Mie Hama in You Only Live Twice
Tracy Diana Rigg in On Her Majestys Secret Service
Tiffany Case Jill St. John in Diamonds are forever
Solitaire Jane Seymour in Live and Let Die
Mary Goodnight Britt Ekland in The man with the Golden Gun
Major Anya Amasova Barbara Bach in The Spy who loved me
Dr Holly Goodhead Lois Chiles in Moonraker
Melina Carole Bouquet in For Your Eyes Only
Octupussy Maud Adams in Octupussy
Domino Kim Basinger in Never Say Never Again
Stacey Sutton Tanya Roberts in A view to a Kill
Kara Milovy Maryam D'Abo in The Living Daylights
Pam Bouvier Carey Lowell in License to Kill

10 actors who have played the American President

Henry Fonda in Fail safe, Young Mr Lincoln and meteor
Kevin Kline in Dave
Loretta Swit in Whoops Apocalypse
Donald Pleasance in Escape from New York
Walter Huston in Gabriel over the whitehouse
Hal Holbrook in the kidnapping of the president
Christopher jones in Wild in the streets
Peter Sellers in Doctor Strangelove and how I learned to love the bomb
Bob Newhart in First Family
Zero Mostel in Foreplay

Some Actors real names

Winona Ryder is Winona Horowitz
Michael Keaton in Michael Douglas
Tom Cruise is Thomas Mapother IV
Mickey Rourke is Philip Rourke
Demi Moore is Demi Guynes
Bo Derek is Mary Collins
Raquel Welch is Raquel Tejada

Top 10 films of the 1970's

1. Star wars (1977)
2. Jaws (1975)
3. Grease (1978)
4. The Exorcist (1973)
5. The Godfather (1972)
6. Superman (1978)
7. Close encounters (1977)
8. The Sting (1973)
9. Saturday Night Fever (1977)
10. National Lampoons Animal House (1978)

Films that have won the most Oscars

Ben Hur (1959) 11
West Side Story (1961) 10
Gigi (1958) 9
The Last Emperor (1987)
Gone with the Wind (1939) 8
From Here to Eternity (1953)
On the Waterfront (1954)
My Fair Lady (1964)
Cabaret (1972)
Gandhi (1982)
Amadeus (1984)

Prices paid at auction for movie props

James Bond's Aston Martin from Goldfinger: $275,000 (1978)
Herman J. Mankiewicz's scripts from Citizen Kane & The American: $231,000 (1989)
Judy Garlands Ruby Slippers from the Wizard of Oz: $165,000 (1988)
Piano from Paris scene in Casablanca: $154,000 (1988)
Charlie Chaplin's boots: $80,000 (1987)
Special effects painting from Wizard of Oz: $44,000 (1991)
A 16mmm film of a meeting bewteen Danny Kaye and George Bernard Shaw: $42,000 (1989)
One of Marilyn Monroes Dresses from Some Like it Hot: $40,000 (1988)

The top 10 Character names

Jack
John
Frank
Harry
David
George
Michael
Tom
Mary
Paul

First 10 films to win Best Picture Oscar

Wings (1928)
Broadway melody (1929)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Cimarron (1931)
Grant Hotel (1932)
Cavalcade (1933)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Great Ziegfield (1936)
The Life Of Emile Zola (1937)

Actors who have rejected their oscars

Marlon Brando Best actor (1972)
George C. Scott Best actor (1970)
Dudley Nicholls Screenwriter (1935)

Last Minute Replacements...

Eric Stolz was replaced by Michael J. Fox for Back to the Future
Henry Fonda was replaced by Clint Eastwood for A Fist Full of Dollars
Emily LLoyd was replaced by Winona Ryder for Mermaids
Winona Ryder was replaced by Sofia Coppola for the Godfather Part 3
Robert Redford was replaced by Dustin Hoffman for the Graduate
Alec Baldwin was replaced by Harrison Ford for the Raiders of the Lost ark
Harvey Keitel was replaced by Martin Sheen for Apocalypse Now

The top 10 films of the 1980's

1. ET (1982),br) 2. Return of the Jedi (1983)
3. Batman (1989)
4. The Empire Strike back (1980)
5. Ghostbusters (1984)
6. Raiders of the lost Ark (1981)
7. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
8. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
9. Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
10. Back to the Future(1985)

Top 10 highest grossing Harrison Ford Films

1. Star wars
2. Return of the Jedi
3. The Empire strikes back
4. Raiders of the lost ark
5. Indiana Jones and the last Crusade
6. The Fugitive
7. Indiana Jones and the temple of Doom
8. American Graffitti
9. Presumed Innocent
10. Apocaplypse now

Casablanca facts

Shooting time for the 102 minute picture: 10 weeks
Cost of building ricks cafe: $9200
Total cost of the film: $1,039,000
Cost of a ticket to see Casablance in 1943: $1.25
Number of times Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman kiss on screen: 5
Age of Bergman then: 24
Age of Bogart then: 43
Bergmans weekly pay: $3125
Bogart's weekly pay: $3500
Dooley Wilson's weekly pay: $150
Number of times Bogart says "Heres lookin at you kid": 4

Bad singing in films

Bette Davis in Thank your lucky stars (1943)
Marlon Brando in Guys and Dolls (1955)
Jack Lemmon in My Sister Eileen (1955)
Katherine Hepburn in The Desk Set (with Spencer Tracey on the Bongoes) (1957)
Lawrence Olivier in The Entertainer (1960)
Both Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood in Paint Your Wagon (1969)
Burt Reynolds in At long Last (1975)
Elizabeth Taylor in A little night music (1978)
AND DEFINITELY Sylvester Stallone in Rhinestone (1984)

Official Fan club numbers

Robert Redford: 350
Madonna: 5000
Star Trek: 72,000

Marilyn Monroe facts

Number of men who could have been her father: 5
Amount she received for her first FOX movie: $75 / week
Amount she was paid for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: $15,000
Number of films she made in her first 8 years in Hollywood: 24
Number of films she made in her last 8: 5

The First 10 Carry On films

1. Carry on Sergeant (1958)
2. Carry on Nurse (1959)
3. Carry on Teacher (1959)
4. Carry on Constable (1960)
5. Carry on Regardless (1960)
6. Carry on Cruising (1962)
7. Carry on Cabby (1963)
8. Carry on Jack (1964)
9. Carry on Spying (1964)
10. Carry on Cleo (1964)

Suffering actors

Nicholas Cage had two teeth pulled out for Birdy and swallowed six live cockroaches for vampires kiss
Madonna's breast were glued into her gown for Dick Tracy
Mary Stuart Masterson did the bee charming herself in Fried Green Tomatoes
Al Pacino had his teeth filed and stained yellow for the Godfather, Part II
Sigourney Weaver didn't wash for 6 weeks and smoked 100 cigarettes every day to copy dian Fossey's Croaky voice for Gorilla's in the mist
Carrie Fisher had her breasts taped down for star wars
Meryl Steep lost 11kg and shaved her head for sophies choice
Robert De Niro shoved plugs up his nose, gained weight and wore silk underwear from the firm that originally supplied Al Capone, for the Untouchables
Charles Fleischer wore a rabbit costume throughout the 4 month dubbing of Roger Rabbit's voice

Strange Credits

Blob wrangler: The Blob
Sperm Wrangler: Look who's talking Too
Snow management: A Midnight clear
Surf Forecaster, and Arial Hair stylist: Point Break
Vomit creature: Poltergeist II
Massage therapist: Ruby
Scooby Doo Philosopher: Slacker
Golf Advisor: The Two Jakes
Cheese Host: Made in Heaven
Orgy Advisor: Solomon and Sheba