The Universal Film Manufacturing Company was officially incorporate in New York on this appointment in 1912 . According to party fable , Carl Laemmle nominate his company Universal after seeing “ Universal Pipe Fittings ” written on a passing delivery beach wagon . To commemoratethe 100th anniversary , we asked the undecomposed people at Universal to portion out some of their pet fact about their films . Here are 11 .
1.The final lecture by Gregory Peck inTo Kill a Mockingbirdwas done in one take .
2.The working title forE.T. : The additional - TerrestrialwasA Boy ’s liveliness .
3.The Son " buster " is used some 161 clip inThe Big Lebowski : 160 times talk and once in text ( in the credit for " Gutterballs " in the second ambition succession ) . The F - word or a variation thereof is used 292 times . The Dude says " man " 147 time — that ’s most 1.5 times a minute .
4.The script Charlton Heston holds in the filmEarthquakeas he ’s running lines with Genevieve Bujold is actually the script forEarthquake , and on the Sir Frederick Handley Page of the prospect being shot .
5.InJurassic Park , a guitar train was used to make the water ripple on the dash of the Ford Explorer by attaching it to the underside of the dash beneath the trash .
6.InField of Dreams , both Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are among the thousands of extras in the Fenway Park scene .
7.A Beautiful Mindwas shot in sequence to help Russell Crowe better develop his character ’s emotional and physical arc .
9.The only physical damage made during the shoot ofNational Lampoon ’s Animal Housewas when John Belushi made a hole in the wall with a guitar . The actual Sigma Nu fraternity house ( which subbed for the fictitious Delta House ) never repaired it , and rather framed the hole in honor of the pic .
10.WithMeet the Fockers , the MPAA would not grant economic consumption of the name " Focker " unless the filmmakers could find an actual person with that last name .
11.In 1992’sScent of Woman , Al Pacino repeatedly holler " Hoo - ah . " " Hoo - ah " comes from the military acronym " HUA , " which stands for " Heard , Understood , Acknowledged . "
For more picture memories , Universal sic up a extra Tumblr site for the centenary withnever - before - seen materialsfrom their archive .
