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Along with famous movie quotes that you can find online, there are reels of film clips and lots of information about movie outtakes and bloopers, audition tapes, rumored squabbles on set,, scathing reviews, and a host of other fascinating movie history and minutia.

As a major part of modern pop culture, movies also inspire a deeper dig into the personal lives of Hollywood stars that appear in them, as well as behind-the-scenes film production facts..

DID YOU KNOW?

• Stanley Kubrick's scary masterpiece The Shining was nominated for two Razzies in 1980, including worst director. The other went to Shelley Duvall for worst actress.

• In the sci-fi thriller The Matrix, Sean Connery was originally offered the role of Morpheus. He turned down the role saying he couldn't understand the script.

• Although he got little respect from the Oscars, Arnold Schwarzenegger won a Golden Globe for Best New Actor in the 1976 comedy Stay Hungry.

• Airplane! is widely assumed to be a send-up of 70's disaster films, but it was actually based on the sappy 50's melodrama Zero Hour! with large parts of the script "lifted" line by line:

• In Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Han Solo is about to be frozen in carbon when Princess Leia says, 'I love you.' In the original script, Han Solo is supposed to say, 'I love you, too' but after a long day on the set, actor Harrison Ford became annoyed and snarkily remarked 'I know.' The line stuck.

Around the Web, find out more the movies you love (or love to hate) including lists of best, worst, and most popular movies you can assemble for your next movie night or Oscar party trivia contest.

Also discover the top money-makers and record breakers, Hollywood star biographies, great movie moments, historic timelines, and more movie trivia and fun facts that continue to keep audiences riveted long after the lights come up ..

More movie fun facts, trivia & Hollywood history around the Web:

Cinema Sites - A top portal for everything cinema - including links to major promo sites to watch movie trailers & teasers of the latest blockbusters, plus fan pages, fun and trivia, festivals, movie magazines, scripts..

CinemaSpot.com - Offering up list upon list of best, worst, most heart-pounding, with more by category including people, genres, fun stuff, feature stories, previews and clips, famous quotes, top movie mistakes.

Oh Joy! Movie & Film Trivia Facts - Surf the day away discovering juicy tidbits on your favorite movies including related sound bites, pictures, goofs & bloopers, or join the discussion now in progress at the online forum.

Movie Mistakes - Wait....did you see that? Check out the Web's big collection of movie goofs, flubs and bloopers.

Online Talent Directory - Boasting hundreds of listings to official sites of your favorite celebs in an alphabetical drop down array, including acting resources, messageboards, more.

Box Office Mojo - Featuring information on the top money makers, with reviews, articles and forums and plenty of discussion on which movies are currently hot and which are really like, um, not...

Greatest Films - A huge compilation of lists, facts & information including funniest, scariest, best & worst, along with what makes a great movie moment, film history timelines, with a look at Hollywood behind the scenes.

also see -> Oscar Awards | Worst Movies - Razzie Awards