32. Paranormal Activity Grossed $12889 Per Dollar Of Budget
The Blair Witch Project is almost always quoted as being the pound-for-pound all time great in terms of box office success, making a cool $248,000,000 from a humble $25,000 budget. 2007's Paranormal Activity made a total gross off $193,355,800 off an initial input of $15,000. It may seem like The Blair Witch Project made over $50-million more but per dollar Paranormal Activity was actually the more successful movie, making a whopping $12889 per buck compared to Blair Witches' $9920.
31. One Of The Winklevoss Twins' Face Is Computer Generated (The Social Network)
You probably wouldn't associate David Fincher's The Social Network with technical wizardry but the film tracking the genesis of Facebook had more effects than you might've thought. Rather than using a split-screen to shoot the scenes with the Winklevoss twins (or using actual twins), Fincher chose to work with two actors Josh Pence and Armie Hammer and had Hammer's face digitally grafted onto Pence's in post-production. Pence was at least given a cameo in the party scene.
30. Fantasia Was Only Made Feature Length Because It Was So Over-Budget
Walt Disney was a man who always shot for the stars. When he hired the celebrated conductor Leopold Stokowski to work on The Sorcerer's Apprentice short he was almost guaranteed to overspend. However, when the bill came back considerably bigger than expected, wise Walt chose to spend even more and turn it into the feature which remains watched till this day.
29. Bryan Cranston Shows Up In Saving Private Ryan
The actor who plays everyone's favourite meth-tyrant had a minor role in Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan which very few people are aware of. A younger Bryan Cranston can be seen in full military garb in the 1998 classic. A rather more hefty role was given to Tom Sizemore who was battling a drug addiction during production. Spielberg laid down the law and forced him to do a blood test on the set every day before filming. If he failed the test he would be fired and the part of Hovarth would be recast.
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