Men in Black (1997) - All the work that goes into capturing a shot of Will Smith sitting on a bench.

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In The Naked Gun (1988), cast members who only had one line are listed in the credits by the line they spoke, rather than the character they played.

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An American Werewolf In London (1981) has a suitably different take on the standard end-of-movie disclaimer.

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In Leon: The Professional (1994), his potted plant is a variety of aglaonema, and Leon says it is like him because it has 'no roots'. At the end of the movie, Mathilda plants it in the grounds of her new school (insert) to give it roots, which will kill it. (source & explanation in comments).

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Gremlins (1984) - The convention scene has cameos from Spielberg and composer Jerry Goldsmith, and, in the background, the original time machine from the 1960 movie The Time Machine. In the next scene though, it's vanished leaving people trying to work out where it went.

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In Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Ferris's father is reading a newspaper with the headline Community Rallies Around Sick Youth. However the story underneath the headline is about the real-life suicide of a Chicago cop called Earl Pickett in 1985. Source etc in comments.

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In The Last of the Mohicans (1992), as Chingachgook confronts Magua, Hawkeye stops Magua's remaining warriors from interfering by holding them at the end of an empty rifle... (repost - removed for lack of clarity... image included that hopefully explains it).

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Dogma (1999) - The late, great Alan Rickman as Metatron.

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In Time Bandits (1981), a lot of who and what Kevin encounters throughout the movie can be seen on his bedroom wall at the start. Napolean, Agamemnon, and Robin Hood, the giant's galleon and even the tank and rocket ship from the final showdown. Also, Evil's fortress contains giant Lego (inset).

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Logan (2017) - Prop master JP Jones shows Dafne Keen the 'foot claw' shoes she will wear for the movie for the first time. Jones says her smile was 'the greatest smile I've ever seen when I delivered a prop'.

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Logan (2017) - An all-time great BTS shot, this is prop master JP Jones showing Dafne Keen the foot claw shoes she will wear for the first time. Jones said her smile was 'the greatest smile I've ever seen when I delivered a prop'.

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Die Hard (1988) - Bruce Willis takes a break on set.

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Gladiator (1999) - Russell Crowe, cigarette in hand, and Joaquin Phoenix share a joke while filming their final duel

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At the very beginning of Army of the Dead (2021), as the convoy leaves Area 51 two bright UFOs can clearly be seen in the sky. Seconds later they fly off into the clouds at Ludicrous Speed.

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Blade (1998) - An FX technician gets Pearl (Eric Edwards) ready for the cameras.

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Star Wars (1977) - Han Solo meets Jabba the Hutt before Jabba really let himself go and became a shut-in.

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Mad Max 2 (1981) - From a simpler time, when even the camera operators did their own stunts.

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The Green Mile (1999) - Frank Darabont, Stephen King and Tom Hanks pose on set.

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The Matrix (1999) - When Neo and Morpheus visit The Oracle, the cameraman filming the doorknob reflection tried to hide as much as possible by covering himself with a coat and a tie matching Morpheus's outfit.

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Return of the Jedi (1983) - Dennis Muren and an unknown sfx crew member on the Endor miniature set.

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Trainspotting (1996) - Brian Tufano and Ewan McGregor on set. The bowl was full of different types of chocolate. “The set smelled really sweet — delicious, really, kind of like a confectionary. You could have licked the chocolate right off the bowl' - Danny Boyle.

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The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Mark Hamill having fun during the filming of the Dark Side Cave scene.

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The Fly (1986) - Make-up artist Stephan Dupuis puts the finishing touches on Jeff Goldblum’s prosthetics as Brundlefly.

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Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - Nicholas Hoult catches up on his reading while on location.

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The Mummy (1999) - Most of the main cast and director Stephen Sommers hanging around on location.

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Pulp Fiction (1994) - Harvey Keitel waits between takes as Julia Sweeney hams it up behind him.

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Saw (2004) - Leigh Whannell, Tobin Bell, and Michael Emerson on set.

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Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol (2011) - Tom Cruise and Jeremy Renner hanging out at the Burj Khalifa.

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Marathon Man (1976) - Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier on location. When Olivier learned Hoffman had gone supposedly gone without sleep for 72 hours because that's what his character had endured, Olivier asked “My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”

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Hot Fuzz (2007) - Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg and the unknown extra who played Santa, pose on location.

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Tig Notaro being filmed separately for Army of the Dead (2021) to replace Chris D'Elia who was literally scrubbed from the film. Every scene with Notaro in it was composited long after the main shoot was completed. https://www.vulture.com/2021/05/zack-snyder-tig-notaro-army-of-the-dead.html

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Falling Down (1993) Joel Schumacher directs Michael Douglas on location.

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Prometheus (2012)

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Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade (1989) - Filming the Leap of Faith scene looks considerably less dramatic without the effects, eh?

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The Return of the Jedi (1983) - Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Carrie Fisher and Harrison Ford and their winning entry in the Who Farted? caption competition. Possibly.

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Men In Black 1997 - The alien pilot inside the head was made in two very different scales because Rick Baker wanted much too much detail for a miniature. A much bigger head was built for better detail and puppetry, and that performance was optically shrunk to fit the normal head. Links in comments.

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Men in Black (1997) - Creating the various scales used for the Arquillian alien effect.

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The Evil Dead (1981) - Filming with Tim Philo and John Mason in the van, and Sam Raimi on the van.

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Die Hard With a Vengeance (1995) - These are the two versions of the sandwich board McClane is made to wear by the villain. One had a less offensive message (which is often used in TV cuts of the movie), and the other version is marked up for VFX to add the real message in post.

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The Empire Strikes Back (1980) - Actor Deep Roy gets into costume as Yoda. He would play the iconic character in long shots, kneeling in order to be at the correct height.

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Mars Attacks (1996)

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Scott Pilgrim vs the World (2010) - Edgar Wright directs Michael Cera and Mark Webber for the battle of the bands between Sex Bob-Omb and the Katayanagi Twins.

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Big Trouble in Little China (1986) - Kim Cattrall gets a touch-up as John Carpenter looks on.

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Watchmen (2009) - Billy Crudup in his lighting effect and motion capture suit as Dr Manhattan.

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Heat (1995) - Tom Sizemore, Val Kilmer, Robert DeNiro and Michael Mann on location for the opening armoured truck heist.

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The Shawshank Redemption (1994) - Frank Darabont talks to James Whitmore, playing Brooks Hatlen, about how they're going to make pretty much everyone in the audience cry. Repeatedly.

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Flash Gordon (1980) - Sam Jones and Brian Blessed.

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The Force Awakens (2015) - R2D2 looks on during the table read with J. J. Abrams, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Bryan Burk, Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver, and Lawrence Kasdan.

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Gremlins (1984) - Set pic posted on Twitter by Zach Galligan, who played Billy Peltzer in the movie. Ever wonder how they got those expressive close-ups of Gizmo when he's so small? Answer:The Giant Gizmo!

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The Matrix Reloaded (2003)

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MIssion Impossible Rogue Nation (2015) - Christopher McQuarrie, Simon Pegg and Tom Cruise rehearse the interior shots of the BMW end over end tumble.

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In The Beach (2000), the map Daffy leaves for Richard was drawn by the the author of the book, Alex Garland. Normally director Danny Boyle would give the writer a cameo in his movie, but Garland was unavailable so drew the map instead. Source and full story in comments.

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In Titanic (1997), the actor playing Archibald Gracie is Bernard Fox who also played the lookout Frederick Fleet in another movie about the Titanic sinking, A Night To Remember (1958). James Cameron cast him as an intentional link between the two films. Source, including anecdote, in comments.

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Jaws (1975) - Steven Spielberg directs Roy Scheider and Lorraine Gary for the iconic dolly zoom shot, also known as the 'Vertigo' effect.

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Near the beginning of Edge of Tomorrow (2014), Tom Cruise is shown on television talking about the upcoming Operation Downfall. The room shown behind him is the (still pretty awesome) Crystal Palace NORAD set from Wargames (1983) (insert).

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Twister (1996)

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The Untouchables (1987) - On location at the Chicago Cultural Center, where cinematographer Stephen H. Burum used multiple cameras to capture the violent end of Frank Nitti.

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Predator 2 (1990) - Several hunting party members were played by players from the Los Angeles Lakers; Danny Glover was a big fan of the team, and when the production needed several very tall people to play the background Predators, he asked them to help out.

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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)

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Always (1989)

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Arnold getting ready to perform surgery in The Terminator (1984)

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Stripes (1981) - John Candy and Bill Murray having fun on set.

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In the credits for Kick Ass (2010), several of the goons are named after The Spice Girls.

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The Hunt for Red October (1990) - Sean Connery and Alec Baldwin on the gimbal mounted Red October set. The readouts and dials were calibrated to match the gimbals so when the set was angled (upto 45 deg was possible), the instruments would react accordingly.

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Robocop (1987) - Actor Paul McCrane and director Paul Verhoeven discuss how awesome Rob Bottin's prosthetic work looks. More details, plus the scene, in the comments...

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Hannibal (2001) - Gary Oldman undergoing his daily 5 hour transformation to become Mason Verger. Greg Cannom and his team at Stan Winston Studios did the work - Cannom said I knew we could get away with more with him than some other actor. (Interview with Cannom in comments).

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The Frighteners (1996) - Michael J Fox and director Peter Jackson on location. Jackson is dressed for the cameo he made in the movie.

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Casino (1995)

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Fire in the Sky (1993) - ILM puppeteers bring the aliens to life for the movie.

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Wrath of Khan (1982) - FX legend Ken Ralston holding the supersized Ceti eel along with Chekov's supersized replica ear.

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In Inside Man (2006), some of the bank robbers arrive together dressed as painters. The fake slogan on their work van gives a big clue about how they plan to get away with the real purpose behind their crime.

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Looper (2012)

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Mad Max 2 (1981) - Bruce Spence (cold and tired), George Miller (tired) and Mel Gibson (really cold) waiting around on location somewhere near Broken Hill in NSW.

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Always (1989)

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On the set of Time Bandits (1981) - Two Pythons, a Beatle, a legendary robot, Evil, and an assortment of time-travelling thieves pose for a pic in front of a tank. And why not?

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Near Dark (1987) - Bill Paxton and Lance Henriksen keeping out of the sun on location. Cue the 'only two actors to be killed by all three' debate.

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Escape to Victory (1981) - Sylvester Stallone, Michael Caine and Pele listen as director John Huston holds court.

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They got the quotation marks right and everything...

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Time Bandits (1981) - Katherine Helmond holds court for Peter Vaughn and Terry Gilliam.

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The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - Filming the 1/4 scale miniature of the iconic Lotus Esprit.

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In The Abyss (1989), the dead submariner who has a crab crawl from his mouth is James Cameron's brother, Mike, who can also be seen at the beginning of the movie (insert pic). Source, quote and link to scene in comments.

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Cannonball Run II (1984) - Burt Reynolds, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Sammy Davis jr and Frank Sinatra pose together during Sinatra's one day on set filming his cameo.

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Alien (1979) and Bladerunner (1982) have identical screen readouts. A cost-cutting/convenience decision or solid signs they share the same universe? Maybe both...

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The Dark Knight Rises (2012) - Chris Nolan and crew look on as Christian Bale prepares for the impossible leap.

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Tom Nuttall clearly not impressed when those military cocksuckers suggested sheet iron for the fuckin' Stargate. That's the same kind of shit got him run out of Wilks-Barre.

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The Blue Brothers (1980) - John Belushi kisses the ring of Pope John Paul II while Dan Ackroyd looks on. The pope was in Chicago and, after hearing about the storyline, visited the set and gave it his blessing. In 2010, the Vatican added the movie to it's list of Catholic Classics.

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General Tom Nutall from Stargate.

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True Lies (1994) - The FX team behind the causeway miniature work, with effects chief Leslie Ekker far right. For an interview with Ekker about the scene, how the miniatures were made and a deleted scene from the sequence, see comments.

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Escape From New York (1981) - Modeler Mark Stetson puts the finishing touches on the miniature that will be used to create the CG effect Snake Plissken sees on his glider screens. Links to more pictures and interviews about creating this effect in the comments.

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William Sanderson with Daryl Hannah in Bladerunner (1982). He went from JF to EB :)

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Can anyone tell me what the white edging material is on this old steamer trunk? It's stiff as if plastic, smooth surface with hessian underneath. Had to be cut with a Stanley blade and removed in strips. Any help appreciated.

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