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Another fun fact about the Salem witch trials that was left out of the movie: what happened when the church caught wind of what was happening and sent inquisitors to resolve the situation. Several people got in trouble for making false accusations, and the last few executions were carried out on the ones who incited the histeria that lead to a dozen murders. The reason why no more witches were killed at that point was that the inquisitors didn't believe in witches.
Don't forget about _To Hell and Back,_ the story of Audie Murphy in WWII. They had to tone down how insanely heroic he was because the movie studio thought it wouldn't be believable. As far as I know, Murphy is still the most decorated American soldier of all time, having won every American medal for valor _(including the Medal of Honor, of course),_ many multiple times, plus 3 purple hearts and a bunch of French and British medals, too. All this after he was initially _turned away_ from military service because he was too small. If you've never done so, you should read about him holding off 6 tanks and 250 German troops _literally by himself_ in the Colmar Gap. I'm not sure how famous it is any more, but it might be the single greatest one-man-army battle in history.
The opening scene in Death of Stalin where Stalin requests a recording of a live show was even crazier in real life. The movie depicts the request coming right at the end of the show, forcing everyone to stay and redo the show. They did, in fact, redo the concert, but the call only came in the middle of the night. As a result, they had to spread across Moscow, tracking down and waking up all members of the orchestra.
Iron Claw - they edited out another Von Erich brother (Chris) who killed himself after not making it in wrestling due to repeated injury (brittle bones they said). He feel into depression and drug addiction after Mike’s death before ultimately taking his own life a few years later
The Robert Redford film Jeremiah Johnson was one of my favorite Westerns. It inspired me to read about the real man it was based on: John "Liver-Eatin'" Johnson. He not only killed the Crow warriors he blamed for his wife's death, he cannibalized them to avenge her and spread fear and terror among the tribe.
*Midnight Express* was much more gruesome in real life. *BAT21* has the usual inaccuracies and composite characters but the reality is the *death toll was much higher* than Hollywood was willing to show.
@CashelOConnolly When we saw it in a theater that part was left in, probably cut out of any TV version. That was the movie you showed your kids if they were going to back-pack across Europe back then. Now you make them watch *Brokedown Palace* The censors went nuts with the bisexual scene in *Spartacus*
Witch trials were absolutely insane.. like who was the genius deciding all the weird "detection methods". 😅 I actually found out just a few years ago, one of my great aunts was one of the first "witches 🙄" murdered. Source: "trust me bro, why would someone lie about that 😂".. I think her name was Alice.
All The Money In The World left out some sad facts from what happened to J. Paul Getty lll. After his kidnapping, he did get married, had a kid who grow up to actor Balthazar Getty. Despite this, J. Paul resorted to a lethal combination of drugs and alcohol to help him cope from his ordeal. Around 1981, he almost died from an overdose; but wasn’t the same since. After surviving the O.D., Paul was deaf, dumb, blind, even confined to a wheelchair. Eventually, he died in 2011.
The Greatest Showman also left out what happened to P. T. Barnum's daughters: one of them died during childhood and the other was disowned by her father after she cheated on her husband.
According to Mythbusters, that would not have worked; the door would have sunk because it could not support the weight of two people. That's why he's not on the door in the movie. He tries to get on it because there is room, but then the door almost throws them both into the water, so he decides to stay in the water instead. However, if Jack had taken the vests of some of the dead people in the water around him and stuffed them under the door, then the door would have been able to keep both of them afloat. That was the end result of the Mythbusters episode: Technically, both could have survived if they had been smart.
I always found it bizarre that they just got some guy on stilts as the "Irish Giant" in The Greatest Showman, when there are plenty of people over 7ft that would have loved the part. The stilts look ridiculous in every shot.
Hacksaw Ridge - in real life Medic Desmond Doss had already been awarded medals twice for outstanding bravery in battles prior to the one depicted, I couldn't say if the wounds were the same - but real life Doss gave his stretcher up to another soldier & 75 was I believe an agreed upon 'guestimate' of how many people Doss had saved - although many believe the true figure was way higher - Although it was a fantastic film, & it paid homage to a truly brave man - other inaccuracies aside, the true scope of that bravery was watered down somewhat for Hollywood
Dillinger's whittled gun escape was satirized by Woody Allen in "Take the Money and Run" in 1969. Except that he whittles the gun out of soap, and when he reaches outside, it is raining, and his "gun" foams up in his hand, and he is nabbed. Funny stuff, whether you know the Dillinger escape plot or not. Captain Hosenfeld's character should be a story all on its own. It would be a kind of mini-epic. That is gobsmacking! He saved at least 60 people by harboring them, and giving them food. When he was a soldier.
Liked the movie "The Fastest Indian" ? Read the book "One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro"... The movie is only a tiny part of an epic story... He built a real plane as a kid only to destroy it at his dads instruction. He had kids... He had his teeth knocked out in one of the beach races but wouldn't leave until they were all recovered... Later the rider that hit him found an imprint of Burt's head on the sump of his bike.
Kinda disappointed Jules just says, "Nome". I'd have given a lot to hear a Brit try to pronounce, "Iditarod". Kudos to the production staff for editing that word out.
So what would have happened to her if she didn’t grow facial hair? Was it common practice for people to sell infants to the circus in hopes they’ll become a freak?
Ed Woods didn't become a drunk because he failed in the movies. He failed in the movies because he was a drunk. LPT: quit booze as cheat code in life, be amazed as you outperform your peers and lose crazy amounts of weight as side benefit. Warning: your coworkers will suddenly seem incredibly shallow and stupid
