Bill Murray improvised the “Cinderella story” sequence from two lines of stage direction. Director Harold Ramis simply asked Murray to emulate a kid announcing his own fantasy sports moment. Murray simply asked for four rows of ‘mums and did the scene in one take.
Caddyshack (1980)
The firehouse used is actually two different firehouses that are in two different cities. The exterior is in NY, while the interior is in downtown Los Angeles.
Ghostbusters (1984)
The hand that is seen with the BB lodged between its knuckles is not Ben Stiller’s, but Andrew Wilson’s, brother of Owen Wilson and Luke Wilson. When they were children, Owen fired a BB gun at Andrew’s hand and the pellet has been there ever since.
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
While the role of Vigo was played by Wilhelm von Homburg, all his lines were dubbed by Max von Sydow.
Ghostbusters II (1989)
According to director Harold Ramis, most of the times when he tried to explain a scene to Bill Murray, Murray would interrupt and ask, “Just tell me - good Phil or bad Phil?”
Groundhog Day (1993)
The film was shot in 12 frames per second rather then the normal 24 to “draw attention to the medium of stop motion.”
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Wes Anderson would often act out scenes while in Paris and send them to the animators via his iPhone.
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
An abandoned Linens ‘n Things retail store outside of Newport, Rhode Island was used as a sound stage for the film.
