At the end of 2018, Tom Cruise announced to Paramount studio that he planned to shoot two new Mission: Impossible films , parts 7 and 8, back to back. However, Tom Cruise does not yet have the script for the first of the two films. It only has one treatment, that is to say a sort of summary …
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The cafeteria scene in Sam Raimi’s first Spider-Man. Peter Parker guesses that Mary Jane is going to slip on a puddle on the ground and catches her before she falls, while managing to receive her tray and her meal without dropping anything on the floor. Who could imagine that this scene has been reshot 156 times! An …
In the film ” Apocalypse Now,” Francis Ford Coppola asked his production designer to add as much realism as possible to give a sense of slaughter, during the scene of Captain William’s first encounter with Colonel Kurtz’s colony. . Bad luck, the police suddenly showed up at the start of filming, because locals had sold …
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Clint Eastwood and his intense gaze… A look inseparable from the actor. Everyone knows the actor’s narrowed gaze. We find it in all his films. This look, however, is not the creation of an actor, a work of composition based on the study of a character… It is due to the sun in southern Spain, where …
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Seeing this scene in ” Mission: Impossible: Fallout ” made me think, ” Wow, the digitally redone water is well integrated, it looks like the director, Christopher McQuarrie, really tried to drown Sean Harris. “ And yet it is not a digital effect, the actor, playing Lane, was indeed plunged into a pool of water, head first while wearing …
Robert Pattinson agreed to play in Twilight a little too quickly . He had not anticipated the ordeal it would be for him. He found the books completely stupid and hoped the films would move away from them. Once he was stuck in the role and the machine was rolling, he waited for it to end. But with each …
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In the film Hunt for Red October , Sean Connery played a Russian submarine commander. For this role, he decided to wear a wig with a ponytail. He thought it would give an interesting dimension to the character. But he didn’t want to talk to the film’s director, the famous John McTiernan. He feared that the latter would not …
The Pirates of the Caribbean films greatly popularized pirates of the 17th and 18th centuries. They are indeed inspired by real historical facts about pirates of that era, even if there are also inaccuracies, which is normal because it is a fiction, not a documentary. (Who were the real Pirates of the Caribbean?) Why the Caribbean? As seen …
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The story of Pirates of the Caribbean is twisted. It begins in the early 90s. Steven Spielberg receives a script written by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio. It is inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disneyland. Spielberg is excited by the idea and wants to make the film. He suggests that the role of Jack Sparrow be played …
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Because Disney is a company that sells entertainment to families and they are particularly careful not to offend the sensitivities of children and parents. Therefore, they tend to smooth their products well so that nothing sticks out. Rough edges are not welcome in the world of Disney. After seeing the first rushes of “Pirates of the …
