A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found at aintitcool.com. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set.
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
Rebel Without A Cause — James Dean, Natalie Wood and director Nicholas Ray.
Sesame Street
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
Alien
Ghostbusters
Superman
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 mess around in costume.
The Howling
Nosferatu (1922) — only Max Schreck “lounged” like that.
Faust
Godfather — fish-line bullet holes.
Marathon Man — Hoffman & Olivier.
King Kong (1933)
On the spaceship set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
David G
I am curious as to the source of the King Kong photo, The producers decided to keep the secret of how Kong moved a secret,so who took this Photo? this is not a shot in the movie I know for sure and not in the script from what i heard. It looks authentic