Started By
Message

re: Unscripted film shots or accidents that were kept in the final film (other than improv)

Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:33 pm to
Posted by WaltTeevens
Santa Barbara, CA
Member since Dec 2013
10990 posts
Posted on 8/12/18 at 11:33 pm to
quote:

sparkinator


Great pull there. Easily the most harrowing story in movie making history. Second place would be Brandon Lee in The Crow
Posted by ctalati32
Member since Sep 2007
4060 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 12:01 am to
The cigarette flick in the Usual Suspects wasn't planned, the cigarette actually hit Stephen Baldwin in the eye but they liked the take and went with it

Posted by Pectus
Internet
Member since Apr 2010
67302 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 2:04 am to
Almost Famous: "Ask me again"
Posted by Wally Sparks
Atlanta
Member since Feb 2013
29266 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:08 am to
The ending of Last Temptation of Christ where at the moment Jesus dies on the cross the film got overexposed and bleached out.

LINK
Posted by boXerrumble
Member since Sep 2011
52283 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:26 am to
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers scene where Aragorn kicks the orc helmet when they are searching for the hobbits, he legit breaks his toe and his scream was 100% genuine and kept in the final cut
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
16549 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:34 am to
Ben Affleck breaking his leg in Dazed and Confused during the scene when he smashed the paddle
Posted by ShootingsBricks4Life
Member since May 2017
2601 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 8:47 am to
I can't remember if it is Blazing Saddles or History of the world part 1....but it is a Mel Brooks movie.

The scene where everyone is running off the movie set and going crazy. If you look there is one guy just standing there on the corner of the street. That guy was just some bystander who wouldn't leave the area after they asked him a few times. Mel Brooks kept it because he said it's pretty funny to see all these people running except for just one guy.
Posted by LSUlefty
Youngsville, LA
Member since Dec 2007
26481 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:19 am to
quote:

Ben Affleck breaking his leg in Dazed and Confused during the scene when he smashed the paddle


I never knew that one.
Posted by RD Dawg
Atlanta
Member since Sep 2012
27305 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:20 am to


Which really made no sense unless the plan was to somehow "almost" kill Pentangeli so he'd turn on Michael...which obviously doesn't add up.
Posted by VoxDawg
Glory, Glory
Member since Sep 2012
60590 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:24 am to
Stormtrooper conking his head on Death Star detention block door.

Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
16114 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:34 am to
not sure if it meets the criteria, but the scene in Close Encounters of the 3rd kind, when the aliens come to abduct the kid - all of the things that "come alive" in the kitchen were scripted, but the actress was not told it was going to happen - all of her panic and screaming is genuine terror.

like i said - not sure if it meets the thread criteria, but thought it was a pretty cool scene. (also my mother met Dreyfus at Bel Aire Mall in Mobile during filming since part of the film was done in Mobile - she was 5 months pregnant with me at the time)
Posted by theunknownknight
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2005
57437 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 9:42 am to
“But why male models?”

Everyone on set is stunned as Ben Stiller repeated the same line on accident, having lost his train of thought during the scene.

David Duchovny and Stiller’s wife looked at him in disbelief. Duchovny responded “seriously?? I just told you that”. The mistaken exchange was so authentic and in Zoolander’s character they kept it in the film.

This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 9:46 am
Posted by geauxtigahs87
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
26267 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:19 am to
quote:

all of the things that "come alive" in the kitchen were scripted, but the actress was not told it was going to happen - all of her panic and screaming is genuine terror.

Ridley Scott did something similar for the infamous chestbursting scene in Alien.

quote:

As surprised as you might have been the first time you saw the creature burst out of John Hurt's chest in Alien, the actors were even more shocked. That's because they didn't know it was going to happen.

quote:

In Dan O'Bannon and Walter Hill's script, the description merely read, "the thing emerges." Hoping to elicit authentic responses from the actors in the scene, Ridley Scott engineered the practical effect in private. "If an actor is just acting terrified, you can't get the genuine look of raw, animal fear," he told Empire Magazine.

quote:

They pumped stage blood into a couple of hoses and, when the moment was right, set the gag in motion. Actress Veronica Cartwright was immediately hit by a spurt of blood; she was so shocked that she passed out on the spot.

LINK
Posted by WG_Dawg
Hoover
Member since Jun 2004
86561 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:22 am to
I couldn't begin to tell you the movie but one my dad showed me YEARS ago when I was a little kid was some old black and white film and there's a large gathering somewhere (almost like a school cafeteria or restaurant or somethign) and just before a man is about to pull a gun and shoot some other dude there's a kid extra sitting in the back that plugs his ears up knowing what's abotu to happen.

Not really all that "cool" but I suppose it would fit the criteria.
Posted by geauxtigahs87
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2008
26267 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:24 am to
quote:

just before a man is about to pull a gun and shoot some other dude there's a kid extra sitting in the back that plugs his ears up knowing what's abotu to happen.

North by Northwest by Alfred Hitchcock


This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 10:25 am
Posted by OlGrandad
Member since Oct 2009
3521 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 10:37 am to


My favorite, bottom right, left of guy in white shirt.

EDIT: spent too much time searching for gif.
This post was edited on 8/13/18 at 10:40 am
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78372 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 11:16 am to
didnt tom cruise break a rib or something jumping across buildings for the new MI but stayed in character until the end of the scene?
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
16114 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 11:26 am to
Ankle actually
Posted by CAD703X
Liberty Island
Member since Jul 2008
78372 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 1:39 pm to
quote:

Ankle actually


thetan energy
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36141 posts
Posted on 8/13/18 at 4:35 pm to
quote:

didnt tom cruise break a rib or something jumping across buildings for the new MI but stayed in character until the end of the scene?






video of that ankle breaking
first pageprev pagePage 2 of 3Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram