First, Bugs is also responsible for the word “Nimrod” meaning “moron”. Nimrod is a great hunter in the bible, and Bugs was sarcastically calling Elmer Fud that name, but people didn’t realise and just assumed it was a word that meant that.
It Happened One Night is one of just 3 films to win all 5 of the major Academy Awards: best picture, best screenplay, best director, best actor & actress. The other two are Silence of the Lambs and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Two fun facts.
First, Bugs is also responsible for the word “Nimrod” meaning “moron”. Nimrod is a great hunter in the bible, and Bugs was sarcastically calling Elmer Fud that name, but people didn’t realise and just assumed it was a word that meant that.
It Happened One Night is one of just 3 films to win all 5 of the major Academy Awards: best picture, best screenplay, best director, best actor & actress. The other two are Silence of the Lambs and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.