# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/41 "2003-03-29T07:17:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sublight \* > \*\*Samara from _The Ring_ also did the voice of Lilo in _Lilo and Stitch_. \*\* AND was the lead in the American dub of _Spirited Away_. Thus, she was in two movies nominated for an Oscar in the same year! Not a bad accomplishment for one so young. ---
**Author:** ![Tristan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tristan/32/18058_2.png) [@Tristan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tristan)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/42 "2003-03-29T07:36:55Z")
I knew it before, but was pretty surprised to find out that someone else actually caught Jon Claude Van Dam in the group watching the dancing roller skater at the beginning of “Breakin’!” We were watching it several years ago, and I caught him. He’s shaking his Gallic groove thing like there’s no tomorrow. Exceedingly funny. A few months ago, I posted this and someone confirmed it from IMDB… I was stunned. ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/43 "2003-03-29T07:40:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RawkStah \* > \*\*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. \*\* Actually, I read the making of 2001 book (forget the exact title) and the change was attributed to simplifying the film for the sake of the audience (as the trip to Saturn, although cool, really just complicated the story). ---
**Author:** ![skaterboarder87](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@skaterboarder87](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skaterboarder87)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/44 "2003-03-29T07:42:01Z")
Oh, I just want to add that you may very well could be correct as well. It could be a combination of the 2. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/45 "2003-03-29T08:24:02Z")
[Actor Dick Shawn originated the “High Five” in Mel Brooks’ 1968 movie, “The Producers”.](http://us.imdb.com/Bio?Shawn,%20Dick) ---
**Author:** ![5-HT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/f19dbf/32.png) [@5-HT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5-HT)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/46 "2003-03-29T09:10:02Z")
Chuck Zito(Chucky Pancamo on _Oz_) is/was Joan River’s Bodyguard. That the lawyer in _15 Minutes_, Bruce Cutler, is an actual attorney who was employeed by one John Gotti. ---
**Author:** ![Shakey\_Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Shakey\_Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakey_Jake)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2003, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/47 "2003-03-29T20:33:23Z")
Daniel Stern, who played Marv in Home Alone, was the narrator on The Wonder Years as the voice of “Old Kevin.” ---
**Author:** ![Teebone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teebone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teebone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/48 "2003-03-31T08:15:21Z")
Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chilli Peppers) plays Sylvester Stallone’s kid in FIST. ---
**Author:** ![Teebone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Teebone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teebone)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/49 "2003-03-31T08:25:29Z")
Oh ya some more… Paula Abdul was in Junior High School Alanis Morrissette was in You Can’t do That on Television. Caroline Rhea was in Meatballs 3. Jack Wagner on Melrose place had the top 40 hit All I Need There are more but I can’t think of them at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/50 "2003-03-31T14:55:31Z")
Nancy Cartwright (voice of Bart Simpson) played cousin Ethel in Twilight Zone:The Movie. She was wished into the cornfield by little Anthony. ---
**Author:** ![InTransit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47774/32.png) [@InTransit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InTransit)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/51 "2003-03-31T18:06:01Z")
…that the IMDB folks are really erm, detail oriented. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/52 "2003-03-31T18:48:03Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by gobear_\*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > 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.\*\* > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Terminus Est \* > \*\ ***gobear** : Is there a draft in here? 😃 \*\* There would be if the wrong Paul Hogan had never been listed on the “Joe Millionare” page. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/53 "2003-03-31T18:54:22Z")
My favorite of the many tidbits I’ve picked up isthe most obscure: On “Sesame Street” in the 1970’s, in the filmed skits where the painter character tried to paint numbers in various places, not only was the painter Paul Benedict (later Mr. Bentley on “The Jeffersons”), which I already knew, but the woman with whom he frequently interacted was Stockard Channing from “Grease” and “The West Wing”. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2003, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/54 "2003-03-31T19:24:23Z")
That a guy I occasionally sleep with is [listed](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Powers,+Darrin). His credits are incomplete and the one credit imdb does list for him is misspelled. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/55 "2003-04-01T01:35:36Z")
John V Lindsay (NYC mayor) was in a movie. Exactly how much work Mike Medved and Roger Ebert had in the film industry. That members of the Algonquin Round Table other than Robert Benchley made films. ---
**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:** [April 21, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/56 "2003-04-21T15:40:02Z")
“The Colonel” from the movie “Boogie Nights” supplied the voice of “Thundarr the Barbarian.” ---
**Author:** ![Winnie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e480ec/32.png) [@Winnie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnie)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2003, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/57 "2003-04-21T17:47:01Z")
Ferris’s mom and dad in [Ferris Bueller’s Day Off](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0091042) got married in real life. Scott Schwartz, who played Flick in [A Christmas Story](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0085334) is now an adult film star. Megan Mullally (Karen, from _Will & Grace_) played one of the prostitutes in [Risky Business](http://us.imdb.com/Credits?0086200). ---
**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:** [August 14, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/58 "2003-08-14T02:58:15Z")
Tom Braden, the grouchy liberal who sparred with Robert Novak in the early days of CNN’s “Crossfire,” was the author of the book–based on his own family–that would become the TV series “Eight is Enough.” ---
**Author:** ![Nichol\_storm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Nichol\_storm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nichol_storm)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2003, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230/59 "2003-08-14T03:31:38Z")
[The Duke of Bedford](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bedford,+The+Duke+of) not only allowed a 1958 nudist movie to be filmed on his family estates, he also appeared _in_ the movie. My buddy [Blake Pickett](http://us.imdb.com/Name?Bedford,+The+Duke+of) is listed in the IMDB along with **honeydewgrrl** ’s grandfather. Blake lives in L.A. now and does professional photography. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-interesting-movie-things-have-you-learned-from-imdb-com/153230.md?page=2)