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[poppabk]

Mine -
In the 1947 Miracle on 34th Street right at the beginning there is a Majorette that has a line for no reason and stands out as being completely unable to act.
Totally unrelated and not indicative of the skill she might have used to get the role, but she was given to some NFL players as a bribe to throw a game.

 

[kruis]

This part of the movie was always untranslated. The little girl and Santa Claus are speaking Dutch here. (The little girl has an American accent though). This is the translation:

Santa: I''m happy that you came to visit me
Dutch girl: You really are Sinterklaas
Santa: I sure am.
Dutch girl: I knew you would understand.
Santa: Of course. You can tell me what ever you want from Santa Claus.
Dutch girl: I want nothing. I already got a lot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady.
Santa: Do you want to sing something for me?

The song they're singing is "Sinterklaas Kapoentje", a very well-known traditional Dutch Sinterklaas song. The American Santa Claus was based on the Dutch Sinterklaas, a Catholic saint who gave presents to children on December 5th. The Dutch traditionally didn't give presents on Christmas but this has been changing now that Sinterklaas is seen as problematic by progressives because of Black Pete. Dutch shops and online stores are increasingly promoting Black Friday and Christmas instead of the good old, Sinterklaas fest which means nothing to non Dutch citizens and expats.

 

[Dacvak]

Few fun Home Alone facts:

Joe Pesci really bit Kevin’s finger, hard enough to leave a scar.

The iconic aftershave scream was improvised. He was just supposed to act surprised, but McCaulay instinctively screamed.

Most of John Candy’s lines were improvised. He filmed all of his shots in the span of 23 hours, and ultimately got paid less than the pizza guy.

Joe Pesci instinctively kept dropping f-bombs throughout the shoot, being so used to his R-rated roles.

Merry Christmas!

 

[ÆMNE22A!C]

This part of the movie was always untranslated. The little girl and Santa Claus are speaking Dutch here. (The little girl has an American accent though). This is the translation:

Santa: I''m happy that you came to visit me
Dutch girl: You really are Sinterklaas
Santa: I sure am.
Dutch girl: I knew you would understand.
Santa: Of course. You can tell me what ever you want from Santa Claus.
Dutch girl: I want nothing. I already got a lot of things. The only thing I want is to be with this lovely lady.
Santa: Do you want to sing something for me?

The song they're singing is "Sinterklaas Kapoentje", a very well-known traditional Dutch Sinterklaas song. The American Santa Claus was based on the Dutch Sinterklaas, a Catholic saint who gave presents to children on December 5th. The Dutch traditionally didn't give presents on Christmas but this has been changing now that Sinterklaas is seen as problematic by progressives because of Black Pete. Dutch shops and online stores are increasingly promoting Black Friday and Christmas instead of the good old, Sinterklaas fest which means nothing to non Dutch citizens and expats.

As an innocent child being lied to nostalgic way I suppose. Shit's weird and always has been.

 

[Diddy X]

Many of those "improvised" scenes from movies are honestly hard to believe.

 

[poppabk]

Few fun Home Alone facts:

Joe Pesci really bit Kevin’s finger, hard enough to leave a scar.

The iconic aftershave scream was improvised. He was just supposed to act surprised, but McCaulay instinctively screamed.

Most of John Candy’s lines were improvised. He filmed all of his shots in the span of 23 hours, and ultimately got paid less than the pizza guy.

Joe Pesci instinctively kept dropping f-bombs throughout the shoot, being so used to his R-rated roles.

Merry Christmas!

Kevin's ticket being thrown away when the drinks get spilled was one that I only learned recently.