You Probably Missed These Glaring Mistakes in Your Favorite Films

Independence Day

This epic shot may have been memorable to you, except there's one major problem... the Empire State Building is on a street corner, meaning that it never could have been framed like this. Of course, the whole place bursting into blames in the midst of an alien invasion isn't exactly true to detail, either.

Cast Away

The contents of the FedEx packages that washed up on shore in Cast Away saved Tom Hanks' life. Strangely, the FedEx boxes are in remarkably good shape. After floating in the ocean for a period of time, it's safe to say that the flimsy cardboard packaging would be severely damaged, if not destroyed.

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The More You Know

  • Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
  • The filming of 'The Godfather' was disrupted by an actual Mafia member, Joe Colombo. Producer Al Ruddy met with him and reviewed the script, striking the word "Mafia" completely from the movie. Colombo and his pals also managed to elbow their way into casting and ended up as extras in the film.
  • Jackie Chan voiced the Beast in the Chinese dub of The Beauty And The Beast.
  • To thank Robin Williams for his work on Aladdin, Disney sent him a late Pablo Picasso painting.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.