Movie Secrets Revealed!

Ahhh, movie magic. It’s wonderful when we can watch a film and be so caught up in the story and imagery that we don’t even notice what behind-the-scene tricks the crew had to come up with to make it all come off without a hitch. But some people make it their mission to figure out the ins and outs of movie-making and to reveal the little secrets that the rest of us would never otherwise notice.

Indie game developer David Amador spent a lot of time researching some of our favorite movies. He read articles, watched and re-watched scenes, and found interviews that revealed little-known details of some of the most popular movies ever made. He posted his findings to Twitter and they’re pretty cool.

Let’s start with two oldies but goodies: Jurassic Park and The Goonies. It seems that Nedry’s costumes in Jurassic Park (Wayne Knight’s character) were pulled directly from what Chunk (Jeff Cohen) wore in The Goonies. Don’t believe it? Check out the pictures below:

Left: Jurassic Park
Right: The Goonies pic.twitter.com/gvF1jfdafP

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

Speaking of Jurassic Park, that cup of water scene when the T. rex can be heard approaching from the distance took a little more preparation than you would have thought:

In Jurassic Park (1993) for the famous water cup scene, Steven Spielberg wanted timed concentric rings, starting from the center, moving its way out. For this they placed a guitar string through the car and had someone lay under it and pluck the string pic.twitter.com/YiUuC2482b

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

And how about we give a little love to a young actress who has been performing her own stunts for years:

It's not only Tom Cruise or Keanu Reeves, we need to talk more about the fact that Chloe Grace Moretz (Kick-Ass, The Amityville Horror) has been doing her own stunts since she was 8 pic.twitter.com/ICsHbcfaLt

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 18, 2018

In The Matrix they had to be a little tricky about hiding the camera that was planted in the doorknob…

In The Matrix they couldn't hide the camera in doorknob reflection, so the camera still shows but they tried to disguise it with a coat to match Morpheus tie. pic.twitter.com/LB6V8aNT2i

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

This is a small detail from Toy Story that is so much fun:

Sid returns in Toy Story 3 as the garbage man pic.twitter.com/dhbqxsKyfy

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 15, 2018

Disney isn’t all princesses and love stories. Just check out this slightly gross (but very cool) discovery that Amador made about The Lion King and Hercules:

Zazu in Lion King (1994) said Scar would make a handsome throw rug, in Hercules (1997) you can see him throwing a pelt that looks exactly like Scar pic.twitter.com/ss8OPyVUv7

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 16, 2018

Amazingly, Spider-Man (2002) didn’t use CGI for this scene. Just some sticky stuff on the tray. And a whole lotta takes.

In Spider-Man (2002) scene where Peter Parker catches the tray and objects wasn't CGI. Tray had a sticky substance so stuff wouldn't roll when falling but Tobey Maguire had to catch them, it took 156 takes. The studio wanted this scene cut because of how long it was taking. pic.twitter.com/JZzfbjIPgc

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 18, 2018

Finally, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory used some very talented little squirrels to pull off one scene in particular:

For Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) they trained actual squirrels for months to get them to sort the nuts and the attack scene. The double had to wear a mask to protect face from their sharp claws https://t.co/CiRbW9s1Lq pic.twitter.com/sFbhOdcY8I

— David Amador 🐙 (@DJ_Link) May 19, 2018