# What interesting movie things have you learned from imdb.com? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 6, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230 "2003-02-06T16:45:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/21 "2003-02-07T16:27:01Z")
> [@](#): > > Crocodile Dundee plays the butler on “Joe Millionaire”. No, he doesn’t. Yes, they are both Australian and both named Paul Hogan, but they are two different blokes. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/22 "2003-02-07T17:47:48Z")
Seth Green, the guy who plays Scott Evil in the Austin Powers movies, thinks there are two types of people in this world: those who are Michael Jackson fans and losers. ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/23 "2003-02-07T18:08:43Z")
**gobear** : Is there a draft in here? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SC\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@SC\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SC_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/24 "2003-02-07T18:15:21Z")
[The scary voice on the phone in Wes Craven’s _Scream_ trilogy is really Mojo Jojo from the _Powerpuff Girls_.](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Jackson,+Roger+L.) ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/25 "2003-02-09T17:12:55Z")
John Vernon, Dean Wormer from **Animal House** , also did a lot of cartoon voices in the 1960s. * * * Here’s a sorta contorted one from **Marathon Man** : A small, but very important, role in the movie was portrayed by an obscure actor named ‘Ben Dova.’ His character is the brother of Olivier’s mad dentist Christian Szell. In real life, Ben Dova (real name Joseph Spah) was not only a survivor of the Hindenburg explosion–but a suspect in a possible sabotage! Robert Clary, LeBeau from **Hogan’s Heroes** , played his character in the 1975 movie **Hindenburg**. * * * From “Our Gang:” In the short **The Kid From Borneo** , \*“Uncle George” is portrayed by a former boxer named John Lester Johnson. Jack Dempsey said that one of the worst beatings he ever took as a fighter was at the hands of Johnson. The match officially ended as “no contest,” which was pretty common a long time ago when there was no KO. The fight would just be called, and they wouldn’t go to any score cards. The 1983 TV-movie **Dempsey** with Treat Williams in the title role featured a re-creation of that match, including Williams’ Dempsey complaining after the match about how bad he was hurting. \*I know. ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/26 "2003-02-09T22:45:05Z")
Well, this sort of fits the OP: A couple of weeks ago I rented _Changing Lanes_ because I wanted to see it, and _Legal Eagles_ because the wife had caught part of it on TV and wanted to see the whole thing. After watching _Changing Lanes_ I looked on IMDB to find out who one of the actresses was (the one in the trial at the beginning, who was the daughter or grandaughter of some rich person). Turns out she only has a handful of screen credits, but one of them was…_Legal Eagles_ (she played Robert Redfords daughter). Sheer coincidence that I had rented two of her movies on the same night. I was also amazed that the woman who played Ben Afflecks sweetie at work was Muriel in _Muriel’s Wedding_ (Toni Collette). Chameleon-like acting, if you ask me. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/27 "2003-02-10T01:45:22Z")
Samara from _The Ring_ also did the voice of Lilo in _Lilo and Stitch_. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/28 "2003-03-28T18:18:05Z")
The twins who played “Baby Oscar” in **Ghostbusters II** were the nephews of John Denver. ---
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/29 "2003-03-28T19:31:38Z")
**E. G. Daily** who voices Tommy Pickles in Rugrats, Babe the Pig, Buttercup from Powerpuff Girls and countless other cartoon characters, is Elizabeth Daily from Valley Girl and Better off Dead, as well as several other 80s teen movies. I think she was on the TV show Fame, too. ---
**Author:** ![Survey1215](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Survey1215](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Survey1215)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/30 "2003-03-28T19:56:49Z")
This bit from The Godfather trivia kills me for some reason: There is a rumor that Burt Reynolds was originally cast as Michael Corleone but, Marlon Brando wouldn’t act with him, considering him more a TV star. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/31 "2003-03-28T20:10:46Z")
In the **Twilight Zone** episode _The Bard_, Reynolds played an actor that was obviously inspired by Brando. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/32 "2003-03-28T21:05:19Z")
I think the most interesting thing I learned from imdb was that there was a movie made about my high school and a scandal that occured there, and Paul Sorvino, one of my favorite actors, played the principal - one of my personal friends! I had no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/33 "2003-03-28T21:15:06Z")
Lucy Lawless (Xena) was in Spiderman. She was the punk chick that said something like, “A man with eight hands? Sounds pretty hot.” ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/34 "2003-03-28T21:36:21Z")
James Dean starred in only three movies, but he appeared on almost 30 television shows, including in a drama opposite Ronald Reagan. ---
**Author:** ![Splanky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b2d939/32.png) [@Splanky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Splanky)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/35 "2003-03-28T22:40:59Z")
The actor for Principal Rooney in _Ferris Bueller’s Day Off_ (Jeff Jones) was charged for production and posession of child porn (he hired a boy to pose for nude photos). ---
**Author:** ![Novus\_Opiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/858c86/32.png) [@Novus\_Opiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novus_Opiate)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/36 "2003-03-28T23:10:40Z")
That Jon Stewart of Daily Show fame starred in \*half-baked \* as the “enhancement smoker”. That’s funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/37 "2003-03-29T00:21:48Z")
That my [Grandfather](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Trower,+Chad) is sited on [imdb.com](http://imdb.com). He was a stuntman and bit player for Warner Brothers back in the 1930’s. He was in some rather famous films, like _The Adventures of Robin Hood_, but he was not mentioned or credited for that particular film. (There are a few scenes where you can recognize his face. One particular close-up while getting “shot” with an arrow is a family favorite for the pause button). He passed away before I was born, and I have a million questions I’ve always wanted to ask about his life, so I was quite thrilled to make this little discovery. Considering how much credit such folks got back then, I was floored to find him listed at all. It seems a few dusty cast rosters survived long enough to be dug up and granted immortality in the computer age. There are actually two sitings, both for uncredited roles. I was goofing around on [The Oracle of Bacon](http://www.cs.virginia.edu/oracle/) last year when I discovered that Grandpa Chad is only 3 degrees of cinematic separation from Kevin Bacon. The Oracle uses [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) as it’s source so I quickly found his imdb info. I even wrote to [imdb.com](http://imdb.com) asking if there was some way my family could submit a photgraph to put up on the site where publicity photos usually go. They were very encouraging and said that they often put up such images at no charge for friends and family. Now I just have to find a good picture… ---
**Author:** ![RawkStah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/46a35a/32.png) [@RawkStah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RawkStah)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/38 "2003-03-29T03:24:29Z")
Here’s one I actually submitted to imdb: The reason that in “2001” the book and “2001” the movie had the monolith around two different planets came down to the special effects department. The book used Saturn, while the movie used Jupiter. The FX department just could not make a decent Saturn, but Jupiter was no problem. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/39 "2003-03-29T06:56:02Z")
Survey1215 writes: \> There is a rumor that Burt Reynolds was originally cast as \> Michael Corleone but, Marlon Brando wouldn’t act with him, \> considering him more a TV star. The IMDb says that Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholson, and Dustin Hoffman were all offered the role and that Robert Redford and Ryan O’Neal were considered but not offered the role. It says that there is a rumor that “Burt Reynolds was originally cast as Michael Corleone,” but I suspect the rumor is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/40 "2003-03-29T07:17:16Z")
I was giddy when I first learned from the IMDB that KITT from Knight Rider was voiced by the principal from Boy Meets World. I never placed it but once I read it the voice is so distinct that I always imagined him as a talking car in Boy Meets world. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230.md?page=3)