8 years before Leonardo DiCaprio stole his first secret from his victim's dream in Inception, Don Rosa had already Donald Duck in Scrooge McDuck's dreams, defending his secrets from the invaders the Beagles Boys. Pure coincidence? or is Christopher Nolan a big fun of the Duck? He did pitch the idea of the movie roughly at the same time…

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Uncle Scrooge in the Dream of a Lifetime

if you think that reflecting deeply on the movie Inception requires some serious brain gymnastics, just consider what it was like to star in it; Leonardo DiCaprio explains that shooting the film was both a mental and physical challenge:

Nolan, a stickler for naturalism, insisted that his actors and crew bring his vision to life without the use of computer-generated effects as much as possible, from making Joseph Gordon-Levitt perform zero gravity fisticuffs inside elaborate, rotating sets to asking the cast to feign peaceful slumber inside a van during a high-speed chase. “Actually, the van sequences were much easier than doing five pages of dialogue and the whole set is tilting and we have to hold onto a bar in order to not slide off the stage.” DiCaprio said. Source

Gordon-Levitt’s fight scene in the rotating hotel

#1 "Inception" directed by Christopher Nolan took the top box office spot during the weekend, bringing in a healthy $60.4 million in estimated gross box office receipts.

Leonardo DiCaprio & Marion Cotillard

#2 "Despicable Me," in its second weekend, was No. 2 with a strong showing of more than $32.73 million in gross receipts.

#3 "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" was third with more than $17.37 million.

Nicolas Cage & Monica Bellucci

#4 "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" was fourth with $13.5 million;

Kristen Stewart & Robert Pattinson

#5 "Toy Story 3" was fifth with more than $11.74 million;

Tom Hanks is the voice of Woody

#6 "Grown Ups" sixth with $10 million;

Chris Rock

#7 "The Last Airbender" seventh with $7.45 million;

Noah Ringer

#8 "Predators" eighth with $6.8 million;

Alice Braga as Isabelle in Predators

#9 "Knight & Day" ninth with $3.7 million.

Tom Cruise & Cameron Diaz hard at work

#10 "The Karate Kid" rounded out the top 10 with $2.2 million.

Jackie Chan

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Christopher Nolan's “Inception” could have been a 3D movie. But the director nixed the idea.

That’s one of the tantalizing tidbits that came out of a discussion between Nolan, whose mind-bending caper “Inception” opens July 16, and Geoff Boucher, whose Hero Complex blog hosted a screening of Nolan’s “Insomnia” and “The Dark Knight” on Saturday.

“I’m not a huge fan of 3D,” Nolan said when asked about his attitude toward Hollywood’s newest obsession.

His response resulted in an explosion of claps, signaling that while box office numbers suggest audiences are embracing the format, a certain segment may be getting tired of it. Source

Leonardo Dicaprio in Inception