4 years after Jurassic Park (1993) became the most successful film of all time (grossing over $914 million worldwide) it was surpassed by James Cameron's Titanic (1997)
Friday, 4 February 2011
10. Dr Alan Grant
4 years after Jurassic Park (1993) became the most successful film of all time (grossing over $914 million worldwide) it was surpassed by James Cameron's Titanic (1997)
Thursday, 3 February 2011
9. Indiana Jones
The 3rd film in the Indiana Jones series (Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade) introduced viewers to Indy's father, Henry Jones Sr, played by Sean Connery who in reality is only 12 years older than Harrison Ford.
Wednesday, 2 February 2011
8. Dumbledore
The 2nd actor to play Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore was Michael Gambon after Richard Harris passed away, having played the headmaster of Hogwarts for the first and second Harry Potter films.Tuesday, 1 February 2011
7. Max
The 1st complete performance of the operatic adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are was given by the Glyndebourne Touring Opera in London in 1984.
Monday, 31 January 2011
6. Scott Pilgrim
31 is the current age of Bryan Lee O'Malley, creator of the Scott Pilgrim series, incidentally his birthday is two days after mine (albeit a different year obviously).
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Saturday, 29 January 2011
4. Hellboy
29 January 1845 – "The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe.
(Apologies: I looked for a very long time to find a fact that I could link with the number 29 and Hellboy but to no avail, and trust me when I say I hunted for some pretty tenuous links towards the end, so this Poe fact will have to do this time.)
(Apologies: I looked for a very long time to find a fact that I could link with the number 29 and Hellboy but to no avail, and trust me when I say I hunted for some pretty tenuous links towards the end, so this Poe fact will have to do this time.)
Friday, 28 January 2011
3. Jayne Cobb
28 minutes - the length of the "Here's How It Was: The Making of Firefly" featurette on the Firefly: The Complete Series boxset.
Thursday, 27 January 2011
2. Woody
27 animators worked on the first Toy Story, using 400 computer models to animate the characters. Woody was the most complex as he required 723 motion controls, including 212 for his face and 58 for his mouth.
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
1. The Doctor
26 January 1984: broadcast of first episode of Frontios. The TARDIS materialises at the end of time, where Norma has a very 1984 haircut and the ground swallows people and things up - including the TARDIS.
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