Good evening ladies and gentlemens!

 

And welcome to the first episode of  "Top 250 IMDB films".

I'm your host Diana Smagulova and "Top 250 IMDB films" is a podcast that reviews top movies of Internet Movie Database!Today we'll review three random movies frtom Top 250!

Did you know that John Lennon's quotes in "Forrest Gump" movie was brought from Beatles " Imagine" song?

Did you know that Liv Tyler was trying for Mathilda role in "Leon" movie?But director thought that sh's too old for this role.

In this podcast, I'm going to tell you interesting facts about three great movies from list,so stay tuned!

 

First from today's five movies is Roberto Benigni's "Life is beautiful".

Roberto Benigni was director and plays main role in his own movie.And he wins Oscar for the Best Actor.

Guido's wife Dora is played by Roberto's real-life wife, Nicoletta Braschi.

Roberto says the title comes from a quote by Leon Trotsky knowing he was about to be killed by Stalin's assassins, he saw his wife in the garden and wrote that in spite of everything "life is beautiful'.

 

"Leon"

During the filming a man ran from a store he had just robbed.When he saw "police" man gaves himself up to a bunch of uniformed extrs.

"Leon" was Portman's first role in cinema.She was 11 when she was cast.

All of the interiours of Leon's apartment were shot in Paris,all of the shots of the outside were shot earlier in New York.

 

"Forrest Gump"

When Forrest first learns to play ping-pong in the infirmary, he is told the trick is to "keep his eye on the ball" by another soldier. After that moment, whenever he is shown playing ping-pong, he never blinks.

The movie's line "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." was voted as the #40 movie quote by the American Film Institute .

Bill Murray, John Travolta and Chevy Chase turned down the role of Forrest Gump. Travolta later admitted that passing on the role was a mistake. 

 

Thank you for staying tuned with "Top 250 IMDB movies'!See you at next Sunday on D-fm!