Odd but true movie trivia

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail was partly financed by contributions from Led Zeppelin, Genesis and Pink Floyd.

[Arkansas Granny]

1. How interesting. I did not know that.

[mr_lebowski]

2. Pretty sure George Harrison was a big benefactor ...

For sure he was for one of theirs, either one or both of Holy Grail/Life of Brian.

[Ron Obvious]

8. Life of Brian, I'm pretty sure

He even had a cameo.

[GeoWilliam750]

3. I still like the story of Frank Baum's coat in the Wizard of Oz

Although it is not certain that it was true or a publicity stunt.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/coat-of-baums/

[Ptah]

4. Oklahoma was filmed in Arizona

[skypilot]

5. Sissy Spacek...

...helped finance David Lynch's first movie, Eraserhead.

[Alpeduez21]

6. Daniel Day Lewis

Carried a long rifle everywhere he went for, like, 6 weeks in preparation for the role of Hawkeye in Last of the Mohicans.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

7. The African Queen and the original Predator have one thing in common

During location filming only the director and star didn't get sick from the water.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

9. Joel Hynek, a Special Effects Supervisor, directed the design of the Predator's camouflage effect.

His father, J. Allen Hynek Ph.D., originated the "Close Encounter" hierarchy for categorizing interactions with aliens. Dr. Hynek was a Professor of Astronomy at Northwestern University and a technical advisor for the Close Encounters of the Third Kind movie.