A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanical and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set.
source: Ain’t It Cool News.
A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining.
on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — the actress inside the Maria robot taking a breather.
The Empire Strikes Back – filming the Crawl.
Sesame Street
Rebel Without A Cause — James Dean, Natalie Wood and director Nicholas Ray.
Requiem for a Dream — Jennifer Connelly strapped into a SnorriCam.
The Gate (1987) — Giant special effect set. © Craig Reardon
The Birds (1961) — Tippi Hedren with Hitchcock.
Rio Bravo — Hawks and Angie Dickinson.
Set of Alien
Ghostbusters II – Marshmallow man.
Superman seems flying on the set.
On the set of Mothra (1961) – special effects director Tsuburaya Eiji.
Dr. Strangelove — Sellers & Kubrick.
The French Connection — The Rig set in Gene Hackman’s car before one of the best car-chase scenes in movie history.
Tron (1982) — David Warner and Bruce Boxleitner fuck around in costume.
The Howling – 1981.
Nosferatu (1922) — only Max Schreck “lounged” like that.
On the set of Faust. 1926
The Twins on their mark, on the set of Kubrick’s ‘The Shining’.
Godfather — fish-line bullet holes.
Marathon Man — Hoffman & Olivier.
King Kong (1933)
Cockpunch on the set of ‘Giant’, with Dean and Hudson
On the spaceship set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.