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25 Greatest Unscripted Scenes in Film
Posted on 9/27/12 at 8:47 pm
Posted on 9/27/12 at 8:47 pm
These scenes are ranked according to cultural impact and demonstration of improvisational skills.
25 Great
25 Great
12
Posted on 9/27/12 at 9:03 pm to Standing ona beach
I hate that scene from The Warriors. Hate it.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 9:15 pm to Standing ona beach
The Malcovich scene is too low. It was brilliant timing to start of with, then I heard it was unscripted. Square in the fricking head one take. Thats lightning in a bottle.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 9:53 pm to Dr. 3
And the extra was drunk. He also received his SAG card from that one scene. Definitely should be higher, that's a great moment.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 10:26 pm to Standing ona beach
I know jaws the movie is in there, but without Robert shaw's USS Indianapolis scene that list is a bag of dicks.
Like a Doll's eyes
Like a Doll's eyes
Posted on 9/27/12 at 10:38 pm to steakbombLSU
No way that scene was unscripted though.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 10:41 pm to Froman
Robert shaw wrote the outline and came up w the scene himself.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 10:42 pm to Standing ona beach
I certainly agree with number 1. R. Lee Ermey not only gave one of the most memorable performances of all time, but Stanley fricking Kubrick let him improvise his dialogue, which is something that meticulous bastard rarely ever did.
Posted on 9/27/12 at 10:58 pm to Froman
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number 1
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Everything after 2:00 was improvised by Dean (in the script all he was supposed to do was be disappointed, give the money back, and walk out of the room).
And this is a truly improvised moment, not a scene that happened not to be in the script but was written down hours/days before, or worked out over several takes. This is the actual improvised take -- the actor playing his father is so shocked he doesn't know what to do; all he does is say the name of Dean's character: "Cal"
Posted on 9/27/12 at 11:47 pm to steakbombLSU
The Indianapolis scene wasn't unscripted. Peter Benchley, who wrote the novel, put it inti the screenplay and Shaw riffed on it a bit but it was pretty close.
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Posted on 9/27/12 at 11:56 pm to Kafka
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Everything after 2:00 was improvised by Dean
I've never seen that before, but I despise it. It does not suit the image Steinbeck presented in the book.
But I'm a complete homer and will argue for days about that EoE is the greatest American novel, bar none. It requires no improvisation, no change. It's perfect.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 1:07 am to Standing ona beach
Wow. Some really iconic movie moments came from on the spot improv. I think they missed out on the entrance to the fraternity house in Animal House. The director threw the bottle at them when they were walking in and they didn't know it was coming. Everyone knows that scene.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 1:31 am to Dr. 3
I watched it twice and missed the malkovich scene, is it a five second scene or something?
Posted on 9/28/12 at 6:50 am to Standing ona beach
I thought I saw in the AMC story notes version of Caddyshack that virtually all of Chevy Chase's and Bill Murray's conversation was improvised. I guess they couldn't have two from the same movie.
That was a good list. Hard to believe some of those are improvised.
That was a good list. Hard to believe some of those are improvised.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 7:43 am to alajones
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I thought I saw in the AMC story notes version of Caddyshack that virtually all of Chevy Chase's and Bill Murray's conversation was improvised
Yeah when he's playing through Bill Murray's place. It was. You can tell how uncomfortable Chevy was with that scene because he wasn't the best at improv and Murray was killing it.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 7:53 am to Froman
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but Stanley fricking Kubrick let him improvise his dialogue, which is something that meticulous bastard rarely ever did.
It's funny because he was a control freak yet there are 3 scenes from his movies in that top 25.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 8:59 am to etm512
I did not watch, but the most annoying sound in the world scene for Dumb and Dumber was unscripted.
Also the entire movie "Best in Show" was unscripted.
Also the entire movie "Best in Show" was unscripted.
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:06 am to Standing ona beach
I've only gotten through the first couple and already have questions/comments:
1)In the Malcovich scene, it worked great but couldn't that extra get in a shite ton of trouble? For one, it seems ballsy for an extra to do anything other than what they're told, much less interject himself majorly into a scene. And what if the can missed? It seems like the director would've been like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
2)I love Jeff Daniels' face when Lloyd starts doing the noise. He kinda jumps and has a face like "holy shite what's going on"
1)In the Malcovich scene, it worked great but couldn't that extra get in a shite ton of trouble? For one, it seems ballsy for an extra to do anything other than what they're told, much less interject himself majorly into a scene. And what if the can missed? It seems like the director would've been like "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!?"
2)I love Jeff Daniels' face when Lloyd starts doing the noise. He kinda jumps and has a face like "holy shite what's going on"
Posted on 9/28/12 at 9:37 am to Standing ona beach
how is "were gonna need a bigger boat" not number one?
Posted on 9/28/12 at 10:08 am to Standing ona beach
Did it have the spider thing from Home Alone? I've read before that it took Daniel Stern by surprise.
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