Movie Facts Thursday!

Every Thursday, I've decided to post 10 interesting facts about films! So, check in at least every Thursday to see what the new trivia is.


The Princess and the Frog (2009) :

1) The star Ray calls "Evangeline" is in fact the planet Venus. Venus is known as the Roman goddess of love.

2) This is Disney's first film in which all of the voice actors do both the speaking and singing parts since Beauty and the Beast (1991).

3) Tiana is on-screen for roughly 40 minutes of the film, 17 of them spent as a human and 23 as a frog.


Across the Universe (2007):

4) All the main characters' names are references to famous Beatle songs. (Hey Jude, Maxwell's Silver Hammer, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds, Sexy Sadie, Get Back(Jojo), Dear Prudence, ETC)

5) This film was released in the United States on John Lennon's birthday (October 9th).

6) During "Happiness is a Warm Gun", the dancing priest does the same dance the hippy in "Come Together" does across the crosswalk when he's in the area with the prostitutes.


TITANIC (1997):

7) Rose only says "I love you" to Jack once while they are both shivering in the water. Jack never says it, although he mentions what he loves about her.

8 Most Oscar-nominated film (14) not to win in any acting categories.

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

10) 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.