Truly Intriguing Movie Facts

• For the film 'The Wizard Of Oz' Judy Garland was paid $35 a week for playing Dorothy, when the dog that played Toto was given $125 a week.
• Rob Reiner was originally interested in directing 'The Shawshank Redemption' and he had planned to have Tom Cruise play the role of Andy and have Harrison Ford play the role of Red.
• Adolph Hitler reportedly liked Clark Gable more than any other Hollywood actor, so when Gable was flying combat missions in World War II it was said that Hitler offered a large reward to anyone who would capture Gable and bring him back to him, alive and unharmed.
• Will Smith and Nicolas Cage turned down the role of Neo in 'The Matrix', the part was later given to Keanu Reeves.
• 'The Silence Of The Lambs' was originally released on Valentines day in 1991. Perhaps not the best movie to see on a date.
• Joan Travolta was one of the actors who turned down the role of 'Forrest Gump', the part was later taken by Tom Hanks.
• In preparation for the role of The Joker in 'The Dark Knight' Heath Ledger hid away in a motel room for about 6 weeks. During this time Ledger delved deep into the psychological workings of the character, devoting his time to developing The Joker's every tic, specifically the voice and sadistic laugh.
• Numerous injuries occurred on the filming of 'Jackass 3D'. Bam Margera stated that whilst filming he himself garnered a broken clavicle, three broken ribs, a busted knee and then a broken foot. The film's director Jeff Tremaine said the worst injury to happen was to Loomis Fall during the fighter jet engine sequence. Fall jumped behind the engine with an umbrella and upon landing broke his hand and collar bone badly.
• The snow from the maze scene at the end of 'The Shining' was not actually snow, but 900 tons of salt and crushed Styrofoam. The scene was filmed in an indoor set which was actually stiflingly hot.
• The studio behind 'Gone With The Wind' were fined $5,000 for the use of obscene language in the film. The obscene language in question was the word 'damn'.