Gremlins

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Gremlins

Director: Joe Dante

Starring:  

Zach Galligan

Phoebe Cates

Hoyt Axton

Polly Holliday

Frances Lee McCain

Released: June 8, 1984

Budget: $11M ($31.5M in 2022)

Gross $212.9M ($610M in 2022)

Ratings:   IMDb 7.3/10 Rotten Tomatoes 86% 

Metacritic 70% Google Users 83% 

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1. It's partly responsible for the creation of the PG-13 rating.

Truth be told, it’s Steven Spielberg who is really responsible for the introduction of the PG-13 rating. Both Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, which he directed, and Gremlins, which he executive produced, were rated PG upon their release, and subsequently criticized for not being kid-appropriate. To avoid being slapped with an R rating in the future, Spielberg suggested that the MPAA add a rating between PG and R. On August 10, 1984, Red Dawn became the first movie to be released with the new PG-13 rating.

2. Howie Mandel is the voice of Gizmo.

It was the suggestion of voice actor Frank Welker, who voiced Stripe in Gremlins (and Fred on Scooby-Doo before that), that Howie Mandel be hired for the role.

Phoebe Cates was a controversial casting choice.

Given her sweet demeanor as Kate, it’s hard to imagine that not everyone was on board with casting Cates. But her infamous topless scene in Fast Times at Ridgemont High gave the studio pause about putting her in the lead.

Kingston Falls and Hill Valley are one and the same.

If the fictional town of Kingston Falls in Gremlins looks familiar, that’s because it was filmed on the same set used for the town of Hill Valley in Back to the Future, which wasreleased a year later.

At one point, Gizmo and Stripe were supposed to be the same creature.

It was also at Spielberg’s suggestion that Gizmo’s role in the film grew. Originally, it’s the cute little Mogwai pet himself who transforms into Stripe the Gremlin. But Spielberg knew that audiences would want to see as much of Gizmo as possible, so he withdrew the idea so that they would appear as totally separate characters.

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2 Saving Private Ryan

3 Ghostbusters

4 Sandlot

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5. hubie halloween

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3) Tombstone

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2:Saving Private Ryan

3: Tombstone

4: My Cousin Vinny

5: Ghostbusters

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