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

  • While Titanic holds the record for consecutive weeks at the top spot (15), E.T. beats it by one in total weeks at Number One.
  • Original drawings for Iron Man’s suit contained roller blades!
  • The first film to feature a fully naked woman appeared in 1915
  • The iconic body and hand in the poster for American Beauty belong to actress/model Chloe Hunter, not Mena Suvari.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.