You Probably Missed These Glaring Mistakes in Your Favorite Films

Independence Day

This epic shot may have been memorable to you, except there's one major problem... the Empire State Building is on a street corner, meaning that it never could have been framed like this. Of course, the whole place bursting into blames in the midst of an alien invasion isn't exactly true to detail, either.

Cast Away

The contents of the FedEx packages that washed up on shore in Cast Away saved Tom Hanks' life. Strangely, the FedEx boxes are in remarkably good shape. After floating in the ocean for a period of time, it's safe to say that the flimsy cardboard packaging would be severely damaged, if not destroyed.

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The More You Know

  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
  • The first public movie screening was held in 1895 in Paris.
  • 101 Dalmatians and Peter Pan are the only two Disney movies where both parents are present and at least one doesn't die.
  • Novelist and screenwriter Nick Hornby is brother-in-law to novelist and screenwriter Robert Harris.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.