Everybody loves a bit of movie trivia, because movie trivia can be deployed at pretty much any point in an attempt to fuel a lagging conversation - making ideal chit-chat at a party you don't really want to be at; trying to find something to talk about with those distant cousins; a fact to spice up proceedings at the pub with any awkward work associates... there's always been a need for seemingly arbitrary film trivia. But like everything else on planet Earth, movie trivia tends to get a little muddled from time to time; that's to say, "facts" sometimes burst into existence as a result of rumour, speculation or conjecture. If enough people state a piece of information as hard fact, others will accept it as such. All it takes is for one false fact to be relayed as the truth and - wham! - you've got yourself a fake fact doing the rounds. Basically, when it comes to movie trivia, be careful what you accept as the truth. There's a huge chance, after all, that that definitive and very famous piece of movie trivia you keep flashing about in order to impress the less knowledgable is actually bulls*it. Seriously: here are 20 well-known movie "facts" that, despite their fame, aren't actually true in any way, shape or form...
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
