Portal:20th Century Studios/Did you know

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• ...that Winsor McCay's animated film Gertie the Dinosaur was originally created for a vaudeville act where McCay would seem to interact with the cartoon dinosaur?

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• ...that Fox 2000 Pictures postponed its upcoming film adaptation of Yann Martel's 2001 novel Life of Pi a week to avoid direct competition with The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?

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• ...that most of Fox Film's silents were lost in the 1937 Fox vault fire?

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• ...that when film producer William Fox first saw Life's Shop Window he suggested, "Let's burn the damn thing"?

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• ...that NASA helped in the development of The Martian?

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• ...that the producers of the 1990 American comedy film Home Alone were threatened with legal action by the French director of 3615 code Père Noël, who alleged that it was a remake of his film?

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• ...that none of the original core Ice Age cast returned for The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild?

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