It’s easy to get caught up in the magic of a movie and forget the incredible number of people and work that goes into making them. These awesome photos give you a chance to see behind the scenes of classic movies.
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Stanley Kubrick posing with his daughter (with Jack Nicholson looking unimpressed) on the set of The Shining.
Directing a werewolf for The Howling.
Rig setup for Gene Hackman’s famous car chase in The French Connection.
The not-so-hi-tech filming of the Empire Strikes Back credits roll.
Tippi Hedren and Alfred Hitchcock looking totally unflappable for The Birds.
Cheeky Superman.
A decapitated Bert and Ernie with their Sesame Street puppeteers.
Dustin Hoffman mucking about with Laurence Olivier on the Marathon Man set.
Jennifer Connelly all strapped in filming Requiem for a Dream.
Scrub a dub dub, E.T. in a tub (with Steven Spielberg).
Nosferatu unwinds after a hard day of bloodsucking and avoiding garlic.
King Kong scaling a little tiny mountain.
Fish line bullet-holes used in The Godfather.
Apparently Marshmallow Man wasn’t as big as he looked in Ghostbusters.
Creating dramatic mist for the filming of Faust.
Skin-tight bodysuits on the set of Tron.
Peter Sellers and Stanley Kubrick having a chat on the set of Dr. Strangelove.
A much friendlier Alien.
James Dean, Natalie Wood, and director Nicholas Ray looking old school cool while shooting Rebel Without A Cause.
In between takes of Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
Tom Cruise enjoying having his photo taken on the Top Gun set.
Giving Bruce (a.k.a. Jaws) a quick check up. Gum disease, probably.
The man behind the Mike Myers mask in Halloween.
It’s Kill Bill (Vol. 1), so no one minds that this guy isn’t looking too good.
Nobody liked hair and make up on the Friday the 13th set.
Jill Masterson (a.k.a. Shirley Eaton) giving Sean Connery the gold shoulder.
Hugo Weaving shrugging beside his heads in The Matrix: Revolutions.
Arnold Schwarzenegger takes a mallet to the mullet on the set of Conan the Barbarian.
A quick break from shooting Casino.
Just the clown from It having a little sit down. Not terrifying at all.
Dramatic shots of Marty McFly being filmed for Back To The Future 2.
The cast of Texas Chainsaw Massacre posing for their Christmas card. Maybe.
Just chilling, waiting for the Titanic to sink.
The Joker gets his make up fixed for Batman.
Jack Nicholson is still terrfiying even when you can see the cameras filming The Shining.
Arnie checks out his prosthetic arm’s performance for the Terminator.
WE KNEW THERE WAS ROOM ON THAT DOOR FOR BOTH OF THEM.
Quentin Tarantino missed the dress code memo for Pulp Fiction.
Franken-snackstime.
Filming one of Inception’s mind-bending scenes with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page.
“Luke, don’t worry there are mattresses beneath you.”
And finally, it’s time for little tiny E.T. to go home.
