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

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).

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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.

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”.

14. Roman Catholic uncovered the Scandal!

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

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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.

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.

11. The Pen connection!

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

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).

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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.

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The Little Prince (2015): 18 Amazing Things You Should Know About The Movie!!

The Little Prince (2015) is an animated fantasy film which revolves around a little girl who lives in a very grown-up world with her mother. Her mother tries to prepare her for the world. Meanwhile, her neighbor, The Aviator introduces her to a new extraordinary world of the Little Prince where anything is possible unlike her world.

The Little Prince (2015) is directed by Mark Osborne and the story is based on the French book written by Antoine de Saint Exupery. Jeff Bridges, Rachel McAdams, Paul Rudd, Marion Cotillard, James Franco, Albert Brooks, Benicio Del Toro, MacKenzie Foy, Riley Osborne and Paul Giamatti voiced the characters of this film. Hans Zimmer composed the music.

The film is indeed a masterpiece for all the fans who have read the book. Today we have put together some interesting stuff to know about The Little Prince (2015).

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18. The Little Prince (2015) topped Brazilian Box-Office!

This film became first non-American animation film to top the Box-Office in Brazil. The film topped the Brazilian chart for 3 consecutive weeks and recorded 2 million admissions as of 18 October, 2015.

17. Son of director Mark Osborne plays the Prince!

Riley Osborne, son of director Mark Osborne, gave voice to the lead character of The Little Prince.

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16. Director Mark Osborne’s wife gifted him The Little Prince during college days!

Director Mark Osborne revealed that the book Little Prince deeply affected him on a personal level. It was given to him by his wife years ago, back when they were dating. The two were in different colleges at the time and trying to keep their long distance relationship alive. “The Little Prince brought us back together,” he admits. “I paid very close attention to it. It means so much to me and to everyone who has read the book, because it really connects you to the significant relationships and friendships in your life.” Mark Osborne’s wife is thanked in credits.

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15. The Werth Academy reference!

The Werth Academy school is shown in the film which is named after the writer Leon Werth. He is the one, to whom the Little Prince book is dedicated (“To Leon Werth, when he was a little boy”).

14. Oscar winners and nominees in the cast of The Little Prince (2015)!

The cast of the movie includes 3 Oscar winners (Benicio Del Toro, Marion Cotillard, Jeff Bridges) and 4 Oscar Nominees (Albert Brooks, Paul Giamatti, James Franco, and Rachel McAdams).

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13. The Little Prince book and the Film!

Oliver d’Agay, author Antoine Saint Exupery’s grand nephew said in an email to Los Angeles times in January 2016: “The movie is extremely faithful to the book. The story of the little girl, her friendship with the aviator, her conflict with her mother, [illustrate] the place of children today in a tough world of competition and solitude. It’s why the two stories are really well linked. This is the originality and the genius of that movie: to show that the magic and the power of the book is still operating today.”

12. French connection of the film!

Although the movie was produced by French companies, it was written, directed and voiced first in English. The French version was recorded later.

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11. James Dean and James Franco’s favorite book!

The Little Prince was the favorite book of famous actor James Dean. James Dean is one of actor James Franco’s main idols. James Franco voiced The Fox in this film. James Franco has also portrayed James Dean in the biopic James Dean (2001), for which he won a Golden Globe award.

10. The Little Prince (2015) and composer Hans Zimmer!

The Little Prince (2015) is fifth animated film whose musical score was composed by Hans Zimmer. The other four films are The Lion King (1994), The Prince of Egypt (1998), Madagascar (2005), and The Simpsons Movie (2007).

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Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011) : Here Are 11 Splendid Facts From The Movie!!

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011) is an Action/Adventure movie directed by Guy Ritchie and based on the works of author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. (As Sherlock Holmes), Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Rachel McAdams, and Jared Harris (As Moriarty).

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011) is the sequel of blockbuster Sherlock Holmes (2009) movie. The movie happens as Sherlock Holmes and his sidekick Dr. Watson join forces to outwit and bring down their fiercest adversary, Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011) happens to be a great sequel of Sherlock Holmes (2009). It worked magic on box office and critics. Well, today I have a list of Interesting Facts and details about Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011). Let’s find out.

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11. The 15-second onscreen dance between actors Jude Law and Noomi Rapace in the gypsy camp took three days to shoot.

10. The chess board motif runs through out the whole film in either actual chess boards or floors with Black and white checkered squares.

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9. The bagpipers at Dr. Watson's wedding were from the Leicestershire Seaforth Highlanders. Director of Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011), Guy Ritchie contacted them as his grandfather was in the Seaforth Highlanders.

8. The opera that the characters visit in Paris is Don Giovanni, by 'Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart'. The scene being played is the finale of Act II. In it, the villain and seducer Don Giovanni is visited by the animated statue of one of his victims, who drags him to Hell when he refuses to repent.

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7. At the end of the train sequence in the movie, Watson says to Holmes, "Once more unto the breach". This is a line from a speech in Henry V by William Shakespeare. Much later in the play's speech, Henry V also exclaims, "The game is afoot", which Holmes used as a catchphrase in Arthur Conan Doyle's stories.

6. The bomb-maker in the movie Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011), Claude Ravache is inspired by a real anarchist, François Claudius Koenigstein Ravachol, who was active until his execution in 1892.

5. Stephen Fry also appeared in movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013). Also appearing in that film is Christopher Lee, who has played both Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes, as well as Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman, who also appear together as the modern-day Holmes and Watson in TV show  Sherlock (2010).

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4. Actors of the movie Stephen Fry (Mycroft Holmes) and Jared Harris (Prof. Jim Moriarty) share the same birthday 24th August.

3. Both actors Robert Downey Jr. (Sherlock Holmes) and Jared Harris (Moriarty) had acted in the Oliver Stone film Natural Born Killers (1994).

2. Leslie S. Klinger is the author of "The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes" and a consultant on this film. He said in an interview that he suggested "Sherlock Holmes: The Grand Game" as a title instead of Sherlock Holmes : A Game of Shadows (2011).

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1. John Watson's voice over speech during Sherlock Holmes' funeral was taken almost word for word from the story "The Final Problem", in which Sherlock Holmes "dies" pulling His arch enemy Jim Moriarty over a cliff with him.

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Sherlock Holmes (2009) : 11 Exuberant Facts About The Movie!!

Sherlock Holmes (2009) is an Action/Adventure movie directed by Guy Ritchie and based on the novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The movie stars Robert Downey Jr. (as Sherlock), Jude Law, Rachel McAdams, Kelly Reilly and Mark Strong in the lead roles.

Sherlock Holmes (2009) tells the story of famous Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner John H. Watson, as they engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England.

We all love Sherlock Holmes whether it’s played by Robert Downey Jr. Or Benedict Cumberbatch. It’s the character we enjoy watching solving the case in his own clever and annoying ways. Well, let’s move on to the interesting facts and details about the movie.

11. Watson's line to Holmes, "You know that what you're drinking is for eye surgery?", is an obscure reference to Holmes's cocaine usage. At the time, cocaine was used as a topical anesthetic for eye surgery. In the stories, Holmes injects cocaine.

10. Lead actors Rachel McAdams, Jude Law and Robert Downey Jr. reportedly did most of their own stunts in Sherlock Holmes (2009).

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9. In the stories, Sherlock Holmes is described to be an expert in Baritsu. In the film, however, the martial art that Holmes used is the Wing-Chun Kung Fu (famously used by Ip Man Yee and Bruce Lee). Actor Robert Downey Jr. is a practitioner of the art in real life and the fight scene between him and David Garrick at Punchbowl Pit was coordinated with the help of his trainer.

8. There are repeated references to five women murdered by Lord Blackwood before the beginning of the movie. Five is also the number of women that the bulk of historians agree were murdered by Jack the Ripper (additional victims are disputed).

7. The bridge shown in the movie as under construction is Tower Bridge, which was worked on from 1886 to 1894.

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6. The first Sherlock Holmes film to reach U.S. movie theaters in over twenty years, since the 1988 comedy Without a Clue (1988) with Michael Caine as Reginald Kincaid/"Sherlock Holmes".

5. Lead actor Robert Downey Jr. read many Sherlock Holmes stories and watched The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1984) in order to learn more about the character.

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4. The film depicts Watson pressing Holmes to meet his fiancée, Mary Morstan; Holmes is reluctant to do so. In the original stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mary Morstan is introduced as a client (in the novel "The Sign of Four"). She and Watson fall in love while he assists Holmes in her case, and he proposes to her at the end of the novel.

3. The name of Sherlock Holmes and Watson's English bulldog is Gladstone. He seems to be named after William Gladstone, four-time Prime Minister under Queen Victoria.

2. The screenplay for this film was featured in the 2008 Blacklist. Blacklist is a list of the "most liked" unmade scripts of the year.

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1. A raven is visible every time a character is killed or thought to be killed in the movie Sherlock Holmes (2009).

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IMDb and Movies

We call it by the name of Movies, films, pictures, flick and by many other names. All these names are synonyms of feelings. Feelings like joy, sorrow, anger, happiness, and sometimes even tears.
For me, There are 2 types of people. Ones who love movies and the other ones don’t exist. Haha. Yeah right. I mean who in the world doesn’t like to watch a nice movie. Watching a nice movie doesn’t only kill our time, but also give us immense pleasure. When the movie ends, we have mixed feelings in our heart. Say If a movie has a happy ending then it brings a big smile on our face.

There are movies for every mood and http://www.imdb.com is nothing but a blessing for every movie lover. We love IMDB for its features. We can search any movie and its casting on its website till date. All the movies and castings are synced. For example if you are watching THE NOTEBOOK and wondering if u have seen the actor in some other movie too. Then all you need to do is take your smartfon and open the imdb app, type the name of movie and baaaaam. You now know his name (i.e. RYAN gosling). Now you click on the name and can know every movie or tv series or documentary he is been part of. You can do this search for all the cast and crew of the movie and vice versa. There are genres also available to choose from. If you want to watch a western movie then you can choose one from many. If a thriller then you can select from a huge number of options. Don’t worry, there are ratings on every movie if you are confuse which one to watch. Watch the movie with highest rating (well that’s what i do). You can also rate a movie on a scale of 1 to 10 for the sake of fellow viewer.

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Isn’t it amazing. Well surprises haven’t finished yet. You can also read all the goofs and trivia about the movie. IMDB has inspired me to write this blog. See I am a big fan of IMDB and you will know it in my upcoming posts.

P.S.- Well, the blog is not all about Imdb but movies.

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