Trivia: The effect of white smoke coming out of the engines that were on fire was achieved by injecting vegetable oil into the exhaust manifold, a "secret" method still used to this day.
stiiggy
15th Sep 2021
Battle of Britain (1969)
3rd Aug 2020
An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
Trivia: Debra Winger did not want to be filmed in the nude scenes with Richard Gere, but had to since her contract did not include a "no nudity" clause.
29th May 2020
The Truman Show (1998)
Trivia: The scene where Truman draws a picture of himself as an astronaut with a bar of soap was totally ad-libbed by Jim Carrey.
20th May 2020
Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Trivia: During the "supercops" scene, you'll notice that Sergeant Taggart (actor John Ashton), with a very pained look on his face. That's because Eddie Murphy improvised this whole scene and John was pinching his thigh, desperately trying not to laugh out loud.
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