Spotlight (2015): 16 Thrilling Facts To Know About The Movie!!

Spotlight (2015) is biographical drama film about the true story of how the Boston Globe unfolded the massive scandal of child molestation. The story shook the entire Catholic Church to its core.

Spotlight 2015 movie facts

Spotlight (2015) is directed by Tom McCarthy and stars Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci in lead roles.

Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams

The film won 2 Academy Awards and several other Awards. The film was released in USA on 6th November, 2015 and has a runtime of 129 minutes. I have put together a list of Interesting facts and details about the movie Spotlight (2015).

Have a look.

Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton

16. Real reports visited the set and were astonished!

Director Tom McCarthy said that they built a large set to depict many of the Boston Globe offices where parts of the story takes place. When the reporters depicted in the movie first visited the set, they gravitated to the desks where they had been sitting during the writing of the “Spotlight” piece. Even many of them started to re-arrange the items on their desks to the way they had been at the time.

Boston Globe office

15. Real Walter Robinson was surprised of  his portrayal by Michael Keaton!

The real Walter Robinson said on Michael Keaton “It is like watching yourself in a mirror, yet having no control of the mirror image.” He also said: “My persona has been hijacked. If Michael Keaton robbed a bank, the police would quickly have me in handcuffs”.

Michael Keaton and Real Walter Robinson

14. Roman Catholic uncovered the Scandal!

According to Mark Ruffalo, most of the actual Boston Globe reporters who uncovered the scandal were Roman Catholics.

Spotlight team

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13. Script was Blacklisted till 2013!

The screenplay of Spotlight featured in the 2013 Blacklist. Blacklist is a lost of most like but unmade scripts of the year.

Stanley Tucci in Spotlight movie

12. Michael Rezendes still working with Spotlight Team!

The real Michael Rezendes can be seen in the background during the baseball game scene. As of films release, He was also the only journalist still working on Spotlight team who was involved in investigation.

Mark Ruffalo as Michael Rezendes

11. The Pen connection!

All the journalists use blue pens, their boss’s pen is black and the editors use red pen.

Spotlight Journalists

10. Director took inspiration from several other films!

Director Tom McCarthy took inspiration from multiple films for this project. Those film are Frost/Nixon (2008), Broadcast News (1987), Network (1976), All the President’s Men (1976), The Killing Fields (1984), The Insider (1999), Citizen Kane (1941), Ace in the Hole (1951), JFK (1991), The Verdict (1982), Good Night and Good Luck (2005).

The Spotlight Team

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9. Actors and Real Characters!

Many actors went to meet the real characters/reporters depicted in the film shortly after agreeing to make this movie. Many of them reporters spent time on films set.

Real Journalists with Cast of film

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The Big Short (2015): Top 10 Facts About The Movie!!

The Big Short (2015) is a biography/drama movie directed by Adam McKay and written by Michael Lewis. The movie stars Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Brad Pitt, Steve Carell, Melissa Leo, Karen Gillan, and Marisa Tomei. The movie is distributed by Paramount Pictures and made under a budget of $28 Million.

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The Big Short (2015) tells the real story of four outsiders in the world of high-finance and how they predicted the credit and housing bubble collapse of the mid 2000s. Now they decide to take on the big banks for their lack of foresight and greed. The movie has real potential and thus an entertainer.

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The movie is already been nominated for 4 Golden Globe Awards. Today, we have collected 10 amazing facts about The Big Short (2015). Have a look.

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10. Director Adam McKay paid a price to direct The Big Short (2015)! 

Director and screen writer Adam McKay was allowed to make The Big Short (2015) only if he agreed to make a sequel of hit comedy movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004). The above conditions were put by Paramount, the studio distributing the film, as revealed by author Michael Lewis.

Steve Carell in The Big Short 2015

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9. No Will Ferrell this time! 

Director Adam McKay frequently cast actor Will Ferrell. This is first movie directed by him and not starring Will Ferrell.

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8. Adam McKay’s first drama movie! 

This will be director Adam McKay’s first time directing a drama. He has previously directed comedy/action movies. (The Other Guy (2010), Anchorman (2004), Step Brothers (2008))

Steve Carell in movie

7. The guys from Crazy, Stupid, Love.! 

This movie marks second collaboration between actors Ryan Gosling, Marisa Tomei and Steve Carell. The three previously starred in movie Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011).

The Big Short 2015

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6. Oscar winners and nominees in cast! 

The Big Short (2015) has an impressive cast which includes four Oscar winners (Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Marisa Tomei and Brad Pitt) and two Oscar nominees (Steve Carell and Ryan Gosling). 

Christian bale in The big short

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Steve Jobs (2015): Interesting Facts About Both The Movie and The Personality!!

Steve Jobs (2015) is a biography/drama movie based on the life of Steve Jobs (Chairman, Co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc.). The movie is directed by Danny Boyle and screenplay by Aaron Sorkin. The movie stars Michael Fassbender (as Steve Jobs), Kate Winslet, Seth Rogen, and Jeff Daniels in lead roles.

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Today, I have put together a list of Interesting facts and details about  Steve Jobs (Movie and Person). First Let’s have a look on the movie Steve Jobs (2015).

Michael Fassbender 

9. David Fincher was originally attached to direct Steve Jobs (2015), but was dropped from the film by Sony after his demands – a $10,000,000 salary and full creative control of the project – could not be met by the studio.

David Fincher

8. Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak was a consultant for the film.

Steve Wozniak and Seth Rogen

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7. The three sequences in the film were filmed on 16mm, 35mm, and digital to illustrate the advancement in Apple’s technology across the 16 years depicted of Steve Jobs’ life.

Steve Jobs, John Sculley and Steve Wozniak

6. Screenplay writer Aaron Sorkin has revealed that the film will consist of three, 30-minute scenes spreading across sixteen years of the life of Steve Jobs. All of the scenes will dramatize backstage events before three major product launches (the Macintosh in 1984, NeXT in 1988, and the iMac in 1998).

Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs

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5. As the film is divided in 3 acts, it was shot in sequence and the actors got to rehearse for 2 weeks for act 1, then shoot for 2 weeks and then come back and rehearse for 2 weeks for act 2. Lead actress Kate Winslet said that by act 3, actor Michael Fassbender didn’t even have his script at the rehearsals, as he had memorized the whole 180 pages script.

Kate Winslet and Michael Fassbender

4. Actor Christian Bale was sought out first for role of Steve Jobs back when David Fincher was originally attached to direct the project.

Christian Bale as Steve Jobs

3. Actor Leonardo DiCaprio was originally set to play the lead role but dropped out to do The Revenant (2015) instead.

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant (2015)

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2. Actress Kate Winslet found out about the movie from her makeup artist while working on The Dressmaker (2015). The makeup artist just got hired for this movie and told Winslet. Winslet said that she was intrigued by a movie written by Aaron Sorkin, directed by Danny Boyle and starring Michael Fassbender.

Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet

1. Steve Jobs (2015) is the third film based on Steve Jobs’ life after Pirates of Silicon Valley (1999) and Jobs (2013).

Movies on Steve Jobs as of 2015

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Bridge of Spies (2015): 14 Amazing Things To Know About The Movie!!

Bridge of Spies (2015) is a biography/history movie directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Matt Charman and Coen brothers (Ethan and Joel). The movie has Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Domenick Lombardozzi, and Victor Verhaeghe in lead roles.

Bridge of Spies Poster

Bridge of Spies (2015) tells the story of an American lawyer James B. Donovan. He is entrusted with negotiating the release of a pilot (Francis Gary Powers) whose U-2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union. He is doing it in exchange for Rudolf Abel, a captive Russian spy held under the custody of the United States.

Tom Hanks as James Donovan

The movie was released on 16th October, 2015 in USA. Let’s have a look at the interesting facts and details about Bridge of Spies (2015).

14. Production crew traveled to Wrolcaw, Poland to shoot the crucial Berlin Wall sequences in the movie. Berlin Wall plays a major role in the film. Actual Berlin Wall was torn down many years ago from now.

Berlin Wall in Bridge of Spies

13. Bridge of Spies (2015) is the first director Steven Spielberg film not to be scored by composer John Williams since “The Color Purple(1985)”. John Williams had some minor health issue and composer Thomas Newman stepped in to replace him.

Bridge of Spies movie stills

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Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg collaboration

11. Bridge of Spies (2015) is the first collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Hanks in over ten years. Their last collaboration was movie The Terminal (2004).

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg in The Terminal

10. Director Steven Spielberg’s father actually went on a foreign exchange to Russia as an engineer during the cold war. It was right after Francis Gary Powers was shot down in Russia. There was tremendous fear and hostility between the two nations. Spielberg’s father recalled seeing Russian citizens line up to look at Powers’ crashed gear and “see what America did.”

Bridge of Spies

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Bridge of Spies 2015

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Crimson Peak (2015): 14 Astounding Facts About The Fantasy Movie!!

Crimson Peak (2015) is a fantasy/horror movie directed and written by Guillermo del Toro. It stars Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Charlie Hunnam, and Jim Beaver in lead roles.

Jessica Chastain and Mia Wasikowska

Crimson Peak (2015) is set in the aftermath of a family tragedy. An aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds…and remembers.

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Crimson Peak (2015) was released on 16th October, 2015. Let’s see some of the interesting facts and details about The movie Crimson Peak (2015).

 

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14. Actor Tom Hiddleston asked for actor Benedict Cumberbatch’s blessing before accepting the role as they are good friends in real life. Cumberbatch told him that it was “Amazing!” to have been replaced by Huddleston for Crimson Peak (2015).

Tom Hiddleston

13. Though the house in Crimson Peak (2015) was built in its entirety. It had to be torn down at the end of the shoot in order to make space in the studio.

Crimson Peak house

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12. Actress Jessica Chastain had said in an interview that actor Tom Hiddleston had found the script of Crimson Peak (2015) incredibly frightening when he first read it.

Crimson Peak movie scene

11. Though actors Benedict Cumberbatch and Emma Stone were initially cast, actors Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska were director Guillermo del Toro’s next choices for those roles, respectively.

Mia Wasikowska and Tom Hiddleston

10. Actors Charlie Hunnam and Tom Hiddleston had both auditioned for the role of Thor prior to working together in Crimson Peak (2015). Hiddleston had ended up playing Loki in the Marvel movies.

Tom Hiddleston

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Crimson Peak movie scene

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Ghosts of Crimson Peak

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American History X (1998): 11 Elegant Facts About The Movie!!

American History X (1998) is a crime/drama movie directed by Tony Kaye and written by David McKenna. The movie stars Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D’Angelo, Jennifer Lien, and Avery Brooks in the lead role. The movie was released in USA on 30th October 1998.

American History X (1998) is the story of two brothers who became involved in neo-nazi movement. The older brother serves three years in prison for manslaughter which changes his beliefs and tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same path that he did.

Edward Norton as Derek vinyard

The movie was nominated for one Academy Award for best actor performance by Edward Norton. Well, I have put together a list of Interesting facts and details about movie The American History X (1998). Have a look.

Edward Norton in American History x 1998

11. Actor Edward Norton turned down movie Saving Private Ryan (1998) to do American History X (1998).

Edward Norton in American History x

10. Before filming began, lead actors Edward Norton and Edward Furlong shaved their heads for their roles. Norton also gained 30 pounds of muscle.

Edward Norton and Edward Furlong

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9. During the party scene the swastika on the back of character Seth's jacket is counter-clockwise. In the skinhead world the counter-clockwise swastika indicates that the person bearing it leads, not follows.

Seth Ryan in party scene

8. American History X (1998) uses the word "fu*k" 214 times throughout the movie.

American History X

7. The character Derek Vinyard is based on real life skinhead Frank Meeink.

Derek Vinyard and Frank Meeink

6. The character of Cameron Alexander is based on Tom Metzger, leader of the White Aryan Resistance (WAR), an extremist white supremacy group based in southern California.

Tom Metzger and Cameron Alexander

5. According to the book Cinematic Century, Tony Kaye's lawsuit against the studio over the use of his name in the credits was for $275 million.

Director Tony Kaye

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4. The work-print of the movie is 18 minutes shorter then the theatrical version of the movie.

American History X 1998

3. In American History X (1998) all of the lead characters surname Vinyards have the same initials, except for Ally (the little girl).

Vinyard Family

2. Actor Marlon Brando was considered for the role of Cameron Alexander but actor Stacy Keach got the role. 

Marlon Brando and Stacy Keach

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1. The original ending of the movie was of character Derek Vinyard standing in front of a mirror, shaving his head after Danny Vinyard was shot. This was to make sense of the endless cycle of violence and tie the otherwise disjointed plot together but was removed after actor Edward Norton objected.

American History X 1998

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Titanic (1997) : 28 Mind-blowing Facts About The Historic Movie!!

Titanic (1997) is a romantic drama movie about a seventeen-year-old aristocrat, who falls in love with a kind, but poor artist aboard the luxurious, ill-fated R.M.S. Titanic which sank on 14th April 1912.
Titanic was the largest movie object at the time.

Titanic (1997) is directed and written by James Cameron and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, and Bill Paxton in the lead roles.

The movie won 11 Academy Awards and many other Awards. The movie made history like the subject it’s based upon. Let’s jump to the interesting facts and details about the movie Titanic (1997).

Titanic 1997 movie poster

28. The hands seen sketching Rose are not of actor Leonardo DiCaprio's, but director James Cameron's. In post-production, Cameron, who is left-handed, mirror-imaged the sketching shots so the artist would be appear to be right-handed, like DiCaprio.

James Cameron Hands Drawing Rose

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27. After finding out that she had to be naked in front of Leonardo DiCaprio, actress Kate Winslet decided to break the ice, and when they first met, she flashed him.

Kate Winslet flashing Leonardo DiCaprio

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26. When Jack prevents Rose from committing suicide, he shares a story about how he once fell into freezing cold water while ice fishing and how it feels like "being stabbed with a thousand knives all over your body." This was an actual quote from a Titanic survivor describing the temperature of the North Atlantic water.

Jack and Rose in Titanic 1997

25. The post-sinking scenes in the movie were shot in a 350,000 gallon tank where the frozen corpses were created by applying a powder on the actors that then crystallized when exposed to water. Wax was applied to hair and clothes to create a wet look.

Jack and Rose post-sinking Titanic

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24. At $200 million, Titanic (1997) the movie cost more than the Titanic itself. The cost to construct the ship in 1910-1912 was £1.5 million euro, equivalent to $7.5 million at the time and about $120 to $150 million dollars in 1997. Titanic (1997) is also the most expensive movie to be filmed in the 20th century with a budget of $200 million.

Real Titanic Ship in 1912

23. Titanic (1997) was the first film to be nominated twice for an Academy Award, for the portrayal of the same character. Actress Kate Winslet received a Best Actress nomination for her role as Rose and Gloria Stuart received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her portrayal of the older Rose. Titanic (1997) was also the first Best Picture Academy Award winner to be produced, directed, written, and edited by the same person (James Cameron).

Director James Cameron and cast

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22. On the final night of shooting in Nova Scotia, one or more pranksters mixed the dissociative hallucinogen PCP (angel dust) into the clam chowder served to the cast and crew. 80 people were taken ill, and more than 50 were hospitalized with hallucinations. When director James Cameron realized what was happening, he forced himself to vomit before the drug took full effect. Actor Bill Paxton felt listless for two weeks after the incident (although PCP's primary effects only last a few hours, the drug itself can take eight or more days to completely metabolize out of the body). The culprit(s) were never caught.

Titanic movie 1997

21. With her nomination for Best Supporting Actress at age 87, Gloria Stuart became the oldest person to ever be nominated for an Oscar.
 Gloria Stuart was also the only person involved in the production of the film who was actually living in 1912.

Gloria Stuart as Older Rose

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13 Brilliant Facts About TV Show Breaking Bad (2008-2013)!!

Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is an American crime/drama TV show created and produced by Vince Gilligan. The show stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn, Dean Norris, Bob Odenkirk, and Jonathan Banks in the lead roles.

Breaking Bad (2008-2013) is the story of a chemistry teacher diagnosed with a terminal lung cancer teams up with his former student to cook and sell crystal meth.

The show aired for 5 consecutive seasons on AMC channel and won 2 Golden Globe awards. Today, I have put together a list of interesting facts and details about Breaking Bad (2008-2013). Let’s have a look.

Breaking Bad TV show Poster

13. On the season one DVD audio commentary, Vince Gilligan revealed that character Jesse Pinkman was originally going to die by the end of season one. However, they changed their minds after seeing Aaron Paul's performance.

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12. The actor who portrays Walter Jr. in the series (RJ Mitte), actually has cerebral palsy like his character on the show. However, his real life affliction is much milder than his character's, and he had to learn to walk with crutches and slow down his speech to play the part.

11. When characters on the show are smoking meth, they are actually smoking sugar or rock candy but do not inhale.

10. The pseudonym for 'Bob Odenkirk''s character Saul Goodman is derived from "it's all good, man."

9. While describing the show to Bryan Cranston, Vince Gilligan told him he wanted to start off with a nerdy Mr. Chips type character and transform him into Scarface by the end of the show.

8. Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) says his trademark word "bitch" 54 times throughout the series.

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11 Spectacular Facts About American TV Show Suits (2011- )!!

Suits (2011 – ) is an American comedy/drama tv show about a brilliant college-dropout Mike Ross, who is on the run from a drug deal gone bad and finds himself a job working with Harvey Specter, one of New York City’s best lawyers.

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Suits (2011 – ) is created by Aaron Korsh and stars Gabriel Macht, Patrick J. Adams, Meghan Markle, Sarah Rafferty, Gina Torres and Rick Hoffman in the lead roles.

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Suits (2011 – ) is a brilliant TV show with a great sense of humor. Today I have put together a list of interesting facts and details about Suits (2011 – ).

Have a look.

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11. Like father like son!  

Actor Stephen Macht (playing Professor Gerrard I n the show) is the real life father of Gabriel Macht (playing Harvey Specter).

Stephen Macht and Gabriel Macht

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10. The amazing coincidence! 

The two lead actress Meghan Markle (Rachel Zane) and Abigail Spencer (Dana “Scottie” Scott) were both born on the same day: August 4, 1981.

Meghan Markle and Abigail Spencer

9. Just after mighty Game of Thrones! 

BuddyTV rated Suits (2011 – ) the second best new TV show of 2011 just after Game of Thrones (2011), which was rated as number one.

Suits tv show

8. Have u seen Louis Litt’s assistance..?! 

The act of character Louis Litt talking to his assistant Norma despite not showing her character even once in the show is inspired from the character FBI agent Dale Cooper in the hit TV series “Twin Peaks”.

Louis Litt in Suits

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7. Flashback alert! 

Every suits season except season 1 contains a flashback episode.

Suits tv show

6. SpectER <–> Respect! 

If you change the order of the letters in the name Specter you get the word respect.

Stephen Macht as Harvey Specter

5. Zane family also appears in Horrible Bosses! 

Actress Meghan Markle (playing Rachel Zane) and Wendell Pierce (Robert Zane) both appear in Horrible Bosses (2011).

Meghan Markle and Wendell Pierce

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4. Harvey and Mike directed too! 

Actors Gabriel Macht and Patrick J Adams who play Harvey Specter and Mike Ross respectively made their directorial debuts in Season 4 with Gabriel Macht directing 11th Epsiode and Patrick J Adams directing 14th Episode.

Harvey Specter and Mike Ross

3. Know Harvey Specter! 

Character Harvey Specter received his undergraduate degree from New York University.

Harvey Specter

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2. Order of the Coif! 

Character Louis Litt discovers Mike Ross didn’t attend Harvard because he didn’t recognize Louis’s Order of the Coif key. However, Harvard does not have a chapter in the Order of the Coif, so Louis could not have received this honor.

Louis Litt and Mike Ross

1. Louis litt up! 

Character Louis litt officialy litt 16 people up in the first 4 seasons.

Louis Litt in Suits

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Top 10 Facts About Upcoming Romantic Movie “Knight Of Cups (2015)” !!

Knight Of Cups (2015) is an upcoming romantic/drama movie directed and written by Terrence Malick. The movie stars Christian Bale, Natalie Portman, Cate Blanchett, Jason Clarke, and Wes Bentley in the lead roles.

Knight of Cups (2015) is the fictional story of an aspiring screenwriter living in LA tries to make sense of the strange events occurring around him.

Knight of Cups (2015) is a long time ambitious project of director Terrence Malick. Today, I have put together a list of interesting facts and details about Knight of Cups (2015). Have a quick look.

Knight of Cups (2015) movie Poster

 

10. There was no script for the film. All of the scenes were improvised.

9. According to Christian Bale, Terrence Malick didn’t tell the actors what the film was about Untill the shooting started.

8. Christian Bale said that at the start of each day’s shoot he wouldn’t know what would happen to his character.

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7. In tarot cards, if the card, Knight of Cups, is upright, it represents change and new excitements, particularly of a romantic nature. It can mean invitations, opportunities, and offers. The Knight of Cups is a person who is a bringer of ideas, opportunities and offers. He is constantly bored, and in constant need of stimulation, but also artistic and refined. He represents a person who is amiable, intelligent, and full of high principles, but a dreamer who can be easily persuaded or discouraged. Reversed, the card represents unreliability and recklessness. It indicates fraud, false promises and trickery. It represents a person who has trouble discerning when and where the truth ends and lies begin.

6. The title of the film refers to the tarot card “Knight of Cups”.

5. Christian Bale had no lines to learn and Terrence Malick only gave him the character description.

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4. While there wasn’t an actual script Terrence Malick would write multiple pages of dialogue for some of the actors and encouraged them to use whatever part of the dialogue they wanted. Despite playing the lead character Christian Bale received no writing for himself. This prompted Bale to try to sneak a peek of the other actors’ pages to ascertain what he could expect in each scene.

3. The first poster for the film features ‘The Tree Of The Soul’ by Dionysius Andreas Freher (1649-1728), a Christian mystic born in Germany, who was particularly fascinated by and wrote extensively about the ideas of Jacob Böhme (1575-1624), a German mystic, philosopher and theologian who believed that humans fall from grace, and that in order to find God again, they have to go through hell first.

2. Knight of Cups has had a two-year post-production cycle.

1. The third film to star Christian Bale and have the word ‘Knight’ in the title, following The Dark Knight and its predecessor The Dark Knight Rises both directed by Christopher Nolan.

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