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History of Movie Making

From the Lumière brothers’ first film screening in 1895 to today’s digital blockbusters…

The first ever film was only 17 seconds long.
"Jurassic Park" dinosaurs were computer-generated, not animatronics.
"The Godfather" cat in the opening scene was a stray found on set.
"Psycho" was the first American film to show a toilet flushing.
"Titanic" was the first film to reach $1 billion at the box office.
"Star Wars" initially had the working title "The Adventures of Luke Starkiller."
The roar of the T-Rex in "Jurassic Park" is a mix of dog, tiger, alligator, and elephant sounds.
"The Wizard of Oz" was filmed in sepia tone for Kansas and Technicolor for Oz.
"Back to the Future" was almost called "Spaceman from Pluto."
The shower scene in "Psycho" uses 78 different camera angles.
"Jaws'" iconic theme was composed on a piano in 10 minutes.
"Forrest Gump" features over 500 visual effects shots.
"The Matrix" bullet-time effect took 120 cameras to capture.
"The Dark Knight" used real IMAX cameras for key sequences.
"Avatar" was the first film shot entirely with digital cameras.
"Mad Max: Fury Road" shot over 100,000 feet of film on location.
"Inglourious Basterds" originally had no German subtitles.
"The Lord of the Rings" trilogy was filmed simultaneously.
"Gravity" had 80% of its runtime as visual effects.
The Wilhelm scream, used in over 400 films, is a famous stock sound effect.

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