A lot of times, we think of the director as the artist behind a movie, but it actually takes an incredible number of people to make a film, from key grips to cinematographers to script coordinators to best boys. With all those brains working on a single piece of art, is it any surprise that movies come out as well-thought-out as they do?
A lot of movies are so crammed full of details that it'd be impossible to catch them all with one viewing. But to save you a little bit of time, we've collected here some of the best movie facts from Reddit's /r/MovieDetails, a subreddit where users find and post their most interesting observations about their favorite films.
Scroll through for some interesting movie facts from the likes of Avengers: Endgame, Star Wars, The Truman Show, and more...
This guy knew what he was doing.
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In Avengers: Endgame, Captain America takes four Pym particles. Two for him to return to the present with Stark and two for him to go live out his life with Peggy in the past, eventually returning to the present. - sportsfan2000xxI had a bunch of Rugrats videos like this.
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In Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling, Rocko pops in an orange Fatheads VHS tape, referencing the old Nickelodeon tapes which always came in their signature orange color. - BlottomaticWhat a good boy.
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In Up, Dug is the only dog to successfully track down the Tropical Bird because he is the only Hunting Dog (Golden Retriever). All the others are Guard Dog breeds. - JohnnyCharlesHow did this guy not figure it out?
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In The Truman Show, the Moon is briefly illuminated by the "lightning", hinting that it's much closer that it should be. - Messire_LieI hate what this movie's done to me.
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In Blade Runner 2049, replicants can be identified by having them look up and to the left. The opening text of the film is positioned where the audience must look up and to the left, and the first word they look at is “Replicants". - Weirdman125One of 100 reasons this is the best Spider-Man movie to date.
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In Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, when Miles Morales electrocutes Peter B. Parker, it illuminates his nervous system instead of the usual cartoon trope of his skeleton. Being much more scientifically accurate.Did he just have an open Thursday?
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In Deadpool 2, one of the rednecks talking about toilet paper is actually Matt Damon in four hours worth of prosthetic makeup. - CrashOverride24If only she would've taken the time to appreciate the art.
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In The Incredibles 2, the painting in Helen’s hotel room is an illustration of her separation from the family. - JustsoinsaneThis movie's sound-mixer was as important as any of its stars.
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If you watch the film with headphones or properly placed surround sound speakers, every time we see Baby in Baby Driver wearing only one of his headphones, you’ll hear the song he is listening to through that ear only. - TostinoTarantinoA decades-long mystery is finally solved.
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Ever wonder what happened to Kevin's plane ticket in Home Alone? - bobcobbleHis greatest skill was always taking directions.
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Forrest Gump never blinks while playing ping pong, as he was told the trick was “to keep your eye on the ball." - stsawyer97You see, Osmosis Jones takes place in a human body.
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In Osmosis Jones a statue of a sperm cell can be seen that is labeled Our Founder. - HellotoHorseHe also gets more red on him.
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In Shaun of the Dead, the films key events are laid out by Ed before the zombies rise. - SirNomoloSHe's just a dog chasing cars — he wouldn't know what to do with it if he caught one.
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In The Dark Knight, the Joker says he hates schemers and claims he's a man without a plan. Later on during the boat scene, he is shown reading his monologue from a notebook, highlighting his hypocrisy. - bob1689321Too soon?
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In Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, every president on Mount Rushmore except Abraham Lincoln gets pied directly in the face. Lincoln takes a pie to the back of the head, which is how he was assassinated.Seriously Truman, get your head on right.
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In The Truman Show, the travel agent kept Truman waiting because she has never needed to show up for work before. Also she is still wearing her makeup bib since it was a rush job. - TastesGreatIceColdFilmmaking ingenuity at its finest.
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They couldn't hide the camera in the doorknob's reflection of this scene of The Matrix, so they put a coat over it and a half tie to match with Morpheus.' - P8ntBal1551Marvel's continuity is on-point.
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In The Avengers, there is a small screen showing the heat signature in the room where Loki is being held which shows that he has a cold body temperature because he is a frost giant. - cp_r0bbIt's important to remember that, member of the Order or not, Snape treated Harry horribly and was a weirdo creep towards Lily.
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Snape is still helping the Order of the Phoenix when he re-directs McGonagall’s spells to the Death Eaters behind him. - davidefinitelyBut it was only a flesh wound.
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In Monty Python and The Holy Grail, the Black Knight’s coat of arms is a boar... a creature known for ignoring deadly wounds to keep fighting. - NorgeVikingThe fact that they sometimes wore shoes that showed their toes also places this movie in the Quentin Tarantino-verse.
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In Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the brand Red Apple Cigarettes makes appearance, which is a recurrent brand in Quentin Tarantino Movies. - FallenHowl96Gotta give him points for trying.
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In Toy Story 2 when Al is about to hang up with the Japanese Toy museum buying Woody. He says “Don’t touch my mustache". This is him mispronouncing. “どういたしまして" (Dōitashimashite) which means You’re Welcome in Japanese. - monkeynicaudI keep using the word "reciprocal." I do not think it means what I think it means.
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The cover of The Princess Bride 20th Anniversary Edition DVD can be read upside down as well as right side up. - ProteonOhana means "family," but maybe it should mean "sacrifice"?
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In the movie Lilo and Stitch, you see that Nani was a surfing star, but dropped everything when her parents died to take care of Lilo. - alexiarmillerA man of his word.
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In Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, after Kahmunrah says “I could kill your friends in the blink of an eye", he does not blink once on screen for the remainder of the movie. - Chipsmc3
Those are the teams they'll eventually be playing for.
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Padme and Vader represent the sigils of the Rebel Alliance and the Galactic Empire in these scenes. - MoeMetAHe'll always be The Rock to me...
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In Rampage, when Dwayne The Rock Johnson's character signs "it's me," he uses the American Sign Language symbol for "rock." - 4lexbr0ckClarice is not super coachable.
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In The Silence of the Lambs, Clarice fails an FBI drill by forgetting to look over her left shoulder when entering a room. Later, she misses a hint to her suspect's identity by making the same mistake.As if Ash didn't have enough to deal with...
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In Evil Dead II, Freddy Kruger's glove can be seen hanging by the door in the food cellar. - CosmicacidIsn't it already enough that toys are alive? Now we've got to deal with clones in the Toy Story universe?
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All of Andy’s friends are Andy as well from Toy Story. - Lukkac