Anyone who has been on a film set knows that the smallest scene, for example, two characters having a cup of coffee at a table, requires a massive team, wielding a whole host of equipment. Sometimes, just the creation of a film can be a tale stranger than fiction, but fortunately for all of us, forward-thinking people have documented a lot of behind-the-scenes moments from famous films.

The “Far Out Cinema” Facebook page gathers interesting, illuminating, and just plain fascinating bits of information from the sets of films we all know and love. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and be sure to comment your thoughts below. 

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#1 Steven Spielberg Filmed E.t. In Chronological Order In Order To Help The Child Actors And To Capture The Most Real Emotions During The Ending, Since It Would Be The Last Time They’d All Be Together

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#2 The Voices Of The Flintstones (1960s)

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#3 That’s A Good Boy

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While the younger generation might be completely unfamiliar with this, film DVDs, generally, come with a lot more than just the film. There will be language options, subtitles, and quite often deleted scenes. For superfans of a particular movie, and if you already bought the DVD, it’s a safe guess, a major selling point was access to behind-the-scenes (BTS) footage.

Behind-the-scenes footage, naturally, can’t just be created later as an extra, all through the filming process people have to be documenting the work, then spend many hours editing, cutting, and stitching the entire thing together. 

#4 Chadwick Boseman On The Set Of 'Avengers: Endgame'

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#5 Helena Bonham Carter On The Set Of Harry Potter

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#6 Magic In Harry Potter

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“The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, for example, had over six hours of BTS footage, going all the way back to drawing boards to sets and costumes. This would create comical moments on set, where one camera would be filming another camera, which, in turn, would be focused on the actors on the set. 

#7 Jim Carrey And Eddie Murphy Pose For A Photo After Running Into Each Other Working On The Same Studio Set (2000)

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#8 The Podrace Crowd In The Phantom Menace Wasn't Cgi - It's A Load Of Colourful Q-Tips Pushed Through A Grate And Blown By A Fan

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#9 Harrison Ford And The Oscar Winning, Ke Huy Quan, On The Set Of Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom (1984)

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One of the producers of the “making of” content for “The Lord of the Rings” stated that, in total, over twenty hours of footage was gathered, dwarfing the actual length of the three films combined by a few hours. This raw footage was then cut into the aforementioned six-hour documentary, although unused parts still made their way into the DVDs and supplementary content online. 

#10 Stuart Freeborn, Creator Of Yoda In The Late 1970s

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#11 Behind The Scenes Of #spidermannowayhome

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#12 Behind The Scenes Of The Iconic Fight Scene Between Lucy Liu And Uma Thurman In ‘Kill Bill’ (2003)

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While it varies from production to production, certain crews even set out to create a film about the creation of the film, which is normally treated in a lighthearted manner. Technically, it’s a documentary, but film crews often see it as a means to let off steam and joke around, instead of actually developing a story about the film being made. 

#13 Eric Idle And George Harrison On The Set Of Life Of Brian (1978)

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#14 Filming 'The Empire Strikes Back' Credit Roll (1980)

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#15 Chris Evans On The Set Of Captain America Wearing Rubber Shoes Made To Look Like Bare Feet

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This footage and other images taken from movie sets provide interesting insight into a lot of the technology employed in modern filmmaking. For example, Benedict Cumberbatch, who voices the dragon Smaug, in “The Hobbit,” also provided some motion capture footage with his own body. If it wasn’t for BTS footage, we would not be able to enjoy seeing this professional actor writhe around on the ground for a role. 

#16 John Travolta's Prop Torso From Face/Off

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#17 The Burns Twins Outside The Huge Maze On The Set Of 'The Shining'

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#18 Old School Batman

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It’s also a good way to document the crew that puts countless hours of hard, sometimes dangerous work into bringing a film to fruition. The people in front of the cameras have an important role, but they also get the lion's share of fame. It also helps humanize the cast, whom many people might accidentally associate too much with the role individual actors play. 

#19 Carrie Fisher On A Train To Norway To Film Parts Of The Empire Strikes Back In 1979

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#20 Margot Robbie And Ryan Gosling On The Set Of Greta Gerwig’s 'Barbie'

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#21 Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock & Dennis Hopper On The Set Of Speed In (1993)

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One might have already noticed that many of the images here are taken from films shot in the early 2000s. The advent of CGI has, perhaps unfortunately, meant that directors often use greenscreen for nearly everything. While this does allow for more freedom and creativity, it does mean that most BTS images from a modern set look like a home where someone just loves green paint.

#22 The Magic Behind Bb-8

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#23 Behind The Scenes With Doc & Einstein On Back To The Future Part II

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#24 Alan Rickman Photographed Whilst Filming 'Die Hard' (1988)

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Other times, the BTS footage has specific goals in mind, for example, in the extra features for “Star Wars Episode 2: The Attack of the Clones,” there were featurettes focusing on costume design, the creation of the various aliens and segments focusing on the casting. While a very niche topic, this is invaluable for anyone wanting to pick the crew’s brains on why certain decisions ended up being made. 

#25 Special Effects Master Douglas Trumbull On The Set Of Blade Runner (1982)

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#26 Russell Crowe, Cigarette In Hand, And Joaquin Phoenix Share A Joke While Filming Their Final Duel For Gladiator (1999)

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#27 Marlon Brando Before And After Getting His Make Up Done To Be Don Vito Corleone

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It’s also a great way to immortalize all the work that went into smaller details that, perhaps, most viewers never even notice. Films like “Blade Runner,” or even, more recently, “Barbie” had hours and hours of work put into sets and costumes, some of which are only on screen for seconds. Without them, the film might seem less rich, but the sad truth is that most viewers hardly notice. 

#28 Mel Brooks Takes The Cast Of Young Frankenstein Out For Lunch In Beverly Hills During Filming (1974)

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#29 Scene 1, Take 1 Of Forrest Gump In 1994

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#30 Dave Bautista And Michael Rooker Having Fun On The Set Of 'Guardians Of The Galaxy'

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So scroll through the rest of this list and perhaps see what stirs your interest up enough to warrant a rewatch. And if you find yourself wanting more, Bored Panda has got you covered, check out our previous collection of images from “Far Out Cinema,” or take a look at the pics gathered by “Behind the Clapperboard,” documenting all the bits and pieces that go on behind the scenes. 

#31 Point Break - Keanu Reeves And Patrick Swayze Simulate Skydiving Whilst Mounted To Rigs (1991)

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#32 'raiders Of The Lost Ark' (1981)

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#33 Behind The Scenes Of 'Midsommar' With Florence Pugh ??

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#34 Creating The Various Scales Used For The Arquillian Alien Effect On 'Men In Black'

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#35 Lunch Break On The Set Of Conan The Destroyer

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#36 Danny Trejo And Antonio Banderas On The Set Of ‘Desperado’ (1995)

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#37 Making Ghostbusters

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#38 On The Set Of ‘Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl (2003)⁣

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#39 Gal Gadot Standing In Moulds For Her Wonder Woman Boots

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#40 Jim Carrey And Kate Winslet On Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

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#41 Heath Ledger And Ang Lee On The Set Of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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#42 Kirsten Dunst On The Set Of Jumanji

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#43 Behind The Scenes Of Quantum Of Solace (2008)

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#44 Tim Curry Smoking A Cigarette In Between Takes On 'It'

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#45 John Belushi, Carrie Fisher And Dan Aykroyd On The Set Of The Blues Brothers, 1980

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#46 Jim Carrey’s Makeup Transformation In The Mask (1994)

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#47 Aliens - Setting Up The Shot (1986)

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#48 Behind The Scenes Of The Birds

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#49 Robert Shaw & Bruce Taking A Break

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#50 Mykelti Williamson, Gary Sinise And Tom Hanks On The Set Of Forrest Gump (1994)

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