Table of contents:
- The most successful filmmakers
- Double Oscar
- Highest grossing film
- The Lion King
- The most expensive James Bond car
- Most expensive fire ax
- The most expensive dress from the world of cinema
Video: 7 major cinematic world records included in the latest edition of the Guinness Book of Records
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The idea for the Book of Records came from Sir Hugh Beaver, who runs the Guinness Brewing Company, during a party in County Wexford. And the reason was the dispute about the fastest bird in Europe. The disputants never came to an agreement, finding no answer in any reference book. After a while, the "Guinness Book of Records" was born, which was supposed to be placed in pubs so that visitors could easily resolve any disputes. Now the edition includes many unusual achievements, including cinematic ones.
The most successful filmmakers
Martin Scorsese became the most frequently nominated contemporary director for an Academy Award after his ninth nomination for the prestigious award. In 2020, film academics evaluated his film The Irishman, in which an elderly man and former hitman in a nursing home is immersed in memories of his own life. But "The Irishman" did not bring the coveted golden statuette to its creator, and so far in the arsenal of Martin Scorsese there is only one "Oscar" - for the film "The Departed".
But the title of the most nominated director in the history of world cinema is retained by William Wyler, who was nominated for the Oscar for Best Director 12 times. And three attempts were successful.
John Ford has received the largest number of "Oscars", becoming the winner as many as four times, while only five of his films were nominated for the prestigious film award.
Double Oscar
The only film that managed to win two Oscars at once in the nominations for Best Film and Best Foreign Language Film was Parasite, filmed by South Korean filmmakers in 2019. The filmmakers were able to talk about social inequality in South Korea, bringing the world a black comedy thriller.
Highest grossing film
In the "Guinness Book of Records-2021" the highest-grossing film is called "The Avengers: Endgame", which grossed $ 2.8 billion at the box office. But if the publishers decided to add not the highest-grossing, but the most profitable film to the Book of Records, then Titanic would undoubtedly be ahead of the current record holder, it would only be necessary to take into account, in addition to the box office, the income received from the sale and rent video and DVD. But if the inflation rate was taken into account, then Avatar could also outstrip The Avengers: Endgame.
The Lion King
A new version of the popular cartoon, filmed by Disney in 1994, was released in 2019 and soon became the highest-grossing remake of the animated film. Its box office totaled $ 1,656,313,097. At the same time, the new "Lion King" was created entirely with the help of computer animation, with the exception of just one frame.
The most expensive James Bond car
In August 2019, one of the four cars assembled specifically for the filming of Bond was sold at Sotheby's. The Aston Martin DB5 first appeared in the third film about the adventures of the legendary agent 007. Subsequently, the DB5 became one of the most famous cars in the world. Now Aston Martin DB5 has become a record holder, it was purchased for 6 million 385 thousand dollars.
Most expensive fire ax
Horror fans remember very well the same fire ax with which the hero of Jack Nicholson appeared in the cult film The Shining, filmed in 1980 by Stanley Kubrick. On the first day of October 2019, this ax was sold for a record $ 211,754. During the filming, the actor hacked about sixty doors with this ax, but after such a test only a few scratches and a couple of chips remained on the instrument, otherwise the time and filming had no power over him.
The most expensive dress from the world of cinema
The world famous white pleated dress, in which Marilyn Monroe appeared in the comedy "The Seven Year Itch", was acquired by Debbie Reynolds in 1971. She dreamed of creating a unique museum of costumes, in which the legendary actors and actresses of Hollywood appeared on the screens. Therefore, along with the dress, she bought from the 20th Century Fox film studio and other outfits of the most famous blonde in the world. But forty years after the acquisition of the film star's wardrobe, it became clear that Debbie Reynolds would not be able to create such a museum, and she put up the iconic dress at the Profiles in History auction, where it was sold for $ 5 million 520 thousand.
Needless to say, the Guinness Book of Records has for many years never ceased to amaze, delight and shock the public with incredible achievements, fantastic inventions and various interesting facts that in most cases make a truly lasting impression on the sophisticated (in terms of information) viewer.
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