Wednesday, May 16, 2012

6 Iconic Scenes Ripped Off From Lesser-Known Movies


From cracked, Some movie scenes are more famous than the movies they come from -- did you know, for example, that there's a whole film of Dustin Hoffman crossing streets with a dude dressed like a cowboy? However, it turns out that the most iconic scenes in some classic films (or even in the entire careers of the guys who directed them) are totally lifted from other movies you probably haven't seen. Like ...

#5. Star Wars: A New Hope -- The Final Scene Is from a Nazi Propaganda Film


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2 comments:

Catfreeek said...

The Star Wars one is the absolute best.

Octopunk said...

I liked "and Shelley Duvall being trapped in a room with an axe-wielding maniac shouting at her is a perfect metaphor for working with Stanley Kubrick."

I think The Phantom Carriage needs to be reviewed for Horrorthon.

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