All shots seen through the Terminator's vision shows a dump of the ROM assembler code for the Apple II operating system. If you can get access to an Apple II, enter at the basic prompt: ] call -151 * p
This will give you the Terminator view. Other code visible is written in COBOL.

In the movie, director Mel Brooks plays a character called "Le Petomane", which was the stage name of a popular French performer (Joseph Pujol) from the beginning of the 20th century.

"Le Petomane", which translates loosely as "The Fartiste" made his living from trained flatulence. In his act, he demonstrated his ability to blow out candle flames from two feet away with his back turned, and performed "La Marseillaise" and other popular tunes to the delight of his audience.

The horse that the actor Thomas Mitchell (Gerald O'Hara) rode was later Silver of "The Lone Ranger" fame.

The actor who plays the Alien in the movie was Bolaji Badejo, a graphic artist who was discovered at a pub by one of the casting directors. Being a Masai tribesman he was about 7 feet tall with thin arms - just what was needed to fit into the Alien costume.

He was sent for Tai Chi and Mime classes to learn how to slow down his movements. A special swing had to be constructed for him to sit down during filming as he could not sit down on a regular chair once he was suited up because of the Alien's tail.

Fourteen whisky bottles, said to be the last surviving from the wreck of the SS Politician, the real-life shipwreck that inspired the film, were sold in 1993 at a Glasgow auction for £12,012, with a bottle of Haig Dimple fetching £1,210.

Robert Zemeckis, the director of Cast Away was asked at a Question and Answer session at the University of Southern California what was in the package that Chuck (Tom Hanks) never opened and finally delivered at the end of the movie. He replied that it was a waterproof, solar-powered, satellite phone!

King Kong's roar was a lion's and a tiger's roar combined and then run backwards.

Rock Star, starring Mark Wahlberg as Chris 'Izzy' Cole is based on the life of Tim "Ripper" Owens, who initially was in a Judas Priest cover band. He then left to join the real Judas Priest.

The character Rachel Marron (Whitney Houston), drinks whisky in the film and a bottle of Springbank is clearly visible in one of the scenes. The director spent some time in Campbeltown during his holidays and liked the whisky and the bottle so much he used it in the film.

The Life of Brian was initially banned in Norway for blasphemy. It wasn't released there until 1980. Subsequently, it has been marketed in Sweden as "The film that is so funny that it was banned in Norway!"

In the early '70s, some British music shops banned or fined patrons for playing "Stairway to Heaven" because it was played so often. Hence the sign: "No 'Stairway to Heaven'" when Wayne plays the guitar in the store.

Robert De Niro insisted on wearing the same style of silk underwear that Al Capone wore, even though it would never be seen on camera. The producers, knowing DeNiro's reputation as a "Method" actor, gave in.

The village used in the movie is the fishing village of Pennan which is on the East coast unlike the one in the film. The beach used is called Camusdarach and IS on the West coast though.

After the movie came out, many people went in search of the village and in particular, the phone box. Since the phone box had just been a prop for the movie, they were always disappointed. The village of Pennan finally decided to put up a phone box just for the sake of the visitors!

The American Humane Association (AHA) monitored the filming of scenes involving Brooks' crow. During the scene where he fed it a maggot, the AHA objected on the grounds that it was cruel to the maggot, and required that they use a maggot that had died from natural causes. One was found, and the scene was then filmed.

Charles Chaplin re-shot the scene in which the Little Tramp buys a flower from the blind flower-girl 342 times, as he could not find a satisfactory way of showing that the blind flower-girl thought that the mute tramp was wealthy.