15 Famous Movies That Had Ding Dong IRL Consequences
![15 Famous Movies That Had Ding Dong IRL Consequences](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/5/795365_320x180.jpg)
A film director's job is to provide a nuanced evaluation of a movie's strengths and limitations. And even sometimes, it's just to reassure readers that taking their kids to see, say, "Space Jam 2: A Legacy" won't make them want to try to overdose on stale theater nachos. There is also the need to make a connection with other people who survived that comes from sitting through a relatively boring film.
Everyone enjoys watching movies. They're a hit with everyone. From crime fiction to explorations, humor to horror films, movies are a part of every day, and the film industry is expanding all the time. Take a look at famous movies and how they had ding-dong real-world consequences.
The release of the second trailer for The Phantom Menace was a watershed moment not only for Star Wars fans but for the entire internet. So scroll down and read more. Here's the complete story, as well as 14 others:
It was a cool time to be alive
![The Phantom Menace's 2nd trailer was a milestone in internet history. It was the biggest Internet download event in history, (Steve Jobs) and a test of then-new Akamai network tech for heavy traffic- Akamai passed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/7/795377.jpg)
Source: CNet
![Oliver Stone's JFK helped a new US law getting passed in 1992. The John F Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act ensured that records related to the assassination would be gradually released. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/6/795376.jpg)
Source: Den Of Geek
The Walking Dead
![Thanks to The Walking Dead, a Kenneth Cole watch is now sold out. The watch was featured in a Season 2 closeup on Rick Grimes, which made it a must-have accessory for Rick cosplay, so its price skyrocketed. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/0/795380.jpg)
Source: Entertainment Weekly
Squid Game
![Vans (the sneaker brand) apparently owes a whole lot to Squid Game. The characters in the show wear white Slip-On Vans, and sales of those went up by an incredible 7,800% since the show came out. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/1/795371.jpg)
Source: Input
The Friend Zone
![Friends gave us a super-popular bit of modern vocabulary: The friend zone. It first appeared in a season one Friends episode, when Joey complained that he doesn't have a shot with Rachel and is in the friend zone. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/0/795370.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![Spam, in the online sense, comes from a classic Monty Python sketch. In the sketch, set in a cafeteria, the word spam starts to replace all others on the menu, and soon the dialogue is literally like spam spam spam and spam. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/3/795383.jpg)
Source: IETF
![A WWII-era movie star's haircut led to gruesome injuries and deaths. Many women copied Veronica Lake's peek-a-boo haircut, but that got their hair caught in factory machines, so the government asked her to change it. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/6/9/795369.jpg)
Source: Diabolique Magazine
![Pogo dancing only exists thanks to A Hard Day's Night (the movie). Actor Jeremy Lloyd came up with it so he could keep an eye on his girlfriend while he was dancing (you can see him dance with Ringo Starr). CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/3/795373.jpg)
Source: Vulture
![Stephen King's It was an absolute disaster for the clown profession. When the remake came out, the industry was dealt a blow, and clown appearances including school shows and library shows got cancelled. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/2/795372.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Terrorism
![The Last Temptation of Christ caused a spate of terrorist attacks in France. The film depicts Jesus with human flaws, and French theaters showing it had teargas and stink bombs thrown inside them (plus, some of the moviegoers got beat up),. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/5/795375.jpg)
Source: NYTimes
Apocalypse Now
![Apocalypse Now made one town in the Philippines a big surfing center. Locals watched actors surf during filming, and got inspired - they later became pro surfers, and turned Baler into the birthplace of Philippine surfing. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/8/795378.jpg)
Source: BBC
![Apparently, Black Widow made a lot of people more interested in hair dye. According to a UK beauty retailer, Google data shows a 163% increase in interest in red hair dye since the movie got released on July 9. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/1/795381.jpg)
Source: CBR
![Gwyneth Paltrow's Glee role made Gwyneth a more popular baby name. Though the bump wasn't huge the name wasn't in the top 1,000 for years, and then popped up near the bottom in 2011, after her stint on Glee. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/4/795374.jpg)
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
Crime Procedurals
![Crime procedurals created something called the CSI effect in juries. It means that juries have expect not only that forensic evidence will be extremely accurate, but that it should be there in every criminal case. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/8/2/795382.jpg)
Source: Cornell University
![In the '90s, watches were huge partly because of action movie stars. Watches were marketed by the likes of Ahnuld and Stallone, who had huge wrists, which influenced the trend of wearing oversized watches. CRACKED.COM](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/imageset/3/7/9/795379.jpg)
Source: GQ