All of you Star Trek fans should watch "The Forbidden Planet" that premiered in theaters on March 15, 1956. This is, what many consider, the "true" pilot or basis for the series' and following movies. Just too many similar things to say that Gene Roddenbury created an original, rent it and make your own decision.

In Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind; to get the spaceships' attention prior to their arrival at Devils Tower, the five notes the scientists play are G, A, F, (octave lower) F, C. When they arrive at the tower and are attempting communication, the notes they play are B flat, C, A flat, (octave lower) A flat, E flat.

The 1963 film “Cleopatra” producer Joseph L. Mankiewicz hoped the film would be released in 2 parts, Caesar & Cleopatra and Antony & Cleopatra each running 3 hrs, 20th Century Fox vetoed this and released it as we know it today, it is hoped the missing 2 hrs will be located & some day & a 6 hr “director’s cut” can be released

The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned only once in the very first episode on the radio's newscast about the wreck

In the 1963 film “The Great Escape” during the climatic motorcycle chase, the director allowed Steve McQueen to ride (in disguise) as one of the pursuing German soldiers, so that in the final sequence, through the magic of editing, he's actually chasing himself

Gregory Peck was first offered the role of Steve McGarrett

The castle in “Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang” is the actual castle that Disney modeled Sleeping Beauty’s Castle at Disneyland and Disneyworld after

For the 1990 film “Ghost” came time to cast the film, writer Bruce Joel Rubin suggested Patrick Swayze for the role of Sam Wheat. Director Jerry Zucker felt that Swayze was completely wrong for the part. Many actors that included Paul Hogan, Tom Hanks, Tom Cruise, Kevin Bacon, Al Pacino, Bruce Willis (Demi Moore's husband at the time, who didn't think the film would work), Harrison Ford, Nicolas Cage, Mickey Rourke, David Duchovny, Johnny Depp, Chevy Chase and Alec Baldwin were all offered

In the HBO series “The Sopranos” the word "f*&k" was used a total 3,539 times during the complete series

For the 1965 classic, Telly Savalas, who played Pontius Pilate, he shaved his head for the role and remained that way for the rest of his career.

In the 1983 film, Al Pacino speaks only one full line in Spanish in the entire film.