Unscripted Movie Moments: Part 2

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The scene at the beginning with Captain Willard alone in his hotel room was completely unscripted. Martin Sheen told the shooting crew to just let the cameras roll. Sheen was actually drunk in the scene and punched the mirror which was real glass. Sheen also began sobbing and tried to attack Francis Ford Coppola. The crew was so disturbed by his actions that they wanted to stop shooting, but Coppola wanted to keep the cameras going.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo2gVs8vv6A#t=105
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/

Alien (1979)

The famous chestburster scene from the original Alien movie produced some particularly realistic responses from the characters in the film. How? The actors were simply told that something would happen, but not explicitly what. They had no idea that a creature would burst from John Hurt’s chest, or the extent to which they would be showered with blood and gore. Needless to say, Veronica Cartwright’s arm-flailing and terrified screams are completely genuine.

Video: http://youtu.be/LsD6AL3HJtM
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/

Goodfellas (1990)

The “You think I’m funny” actually happened to Joe Pesci himself, when he worked in a restaurant and told a real mobster that he was funny. Scorsese liked the anecdote so much, he included it within the movie and only told Ray Liotta and Joe Pesci about the unscripted scene, since he wanted genuine reactions from the other actors.

Video: http://youtu.be/_4JI1tKQiKc
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/

Django Unchained (2012)

During a particularly aggressive moment for his character, Leonardo DiCaprio slammed his hand on a table so hard that he broke a glass and cut his hand.

Even though his blood was dripping from his hand (which later required stitches), DiCaprio never broke character.

Video: http://youtu.be/72nK7APr6Xs
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/

Caddyshack

Bill Murray's famous "Cinderella story" scene was improvised based on two lines of stage direction. The director, Harold Ramis, basically gave him direction to act as a kid announcing his own imaginary golf moment. Murray just took it from there. The flowers were his idea. Murray was with the production only six days, and all of his lines were unscripted. Murray was working on Saturday Night Live at the time, and was not intended to have a large role in the movie. However, Murray kept being called down from New York to film more and more scenes as production continued.

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTa94kSlV0U&feature=youtu.be&t=4m12s
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/

Forrest Gump (1994)

The line, "My name is Forrest Gump. People call me Forrest Gump," was ad libbed by Tom Hanks while filming the scene and director Robert Zemeckis liked it so much that he decided to keep it in.

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

During a scene in which Michael Madsen's psychopathic character Mr. Blonde tortures a police officer, actor Kirk Baltz ad-libbed a line about being a father to a young child. Madsen, who himself had just become a father, was so upset that he found it very difficult to finish the scene.

Video: http://youtu.be/FdX8pRDO-ow

Another unscripted moment comes after Mr. Blonde has removed the cops ear. Tarrantino had told Madsen to throw the ear off camera, but instead he spoke into the ear, “Hey, what’s goin’ on?” before asking the cop "Did you hear that?".

Video: http://youtu.be/U9rIBE0KM-w
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105236/

The Godfather (1972)

Corleone family capo Peter Clemenza (Richard Castellano) orders his henchman Rocco Lampone (Tom Rosqui) to carry out a hit on Paulie Gatto (John Martino) for his betrayal of Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando).

Castellano's original line was "Leave the gun" but drawing from an earlier scene where Clemenza's wife reminds him to bring home some cannoli, he improvised the now famous line "Take the cannoli."

Video: http://youtu.be/jArQghGJZuM
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Alex performing "Singing in the Rain" as he attacks the writer and his wife was not scripted. Stanley Kubrick spent four days experimenting with this scene, finding it too conventional. Eventually he approached Malcolm McDowell and asked him if he could dance. They tried the scene again, this time with McDowell dancing and singing the only song he could remember. Kubrick was so amused that he swiftly bought the rights to "Singing in the Rain" for $10,000.

Video: http://youtu.be/faML0QvVb2A
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/

Good Will Hunting (1997)

The scene where Sean and Will are in his office, and Sean starts talking about his dead wife and her farting antics. These lines were ad-libbed by Robin Williams, which is probably why Matt Damon is laughing so hard. If you watch the scene carefully you can notice the camera shaking, probably due to the cameraman laughing as well.

Video: http://youtu.be/7tXYn2siblA
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119217/

The Warrriors (1979)

David Patrick Kelly improvised Luther's "come out to play-ay" taunt, basing it on an intimidating neighbour of his.

Video: http://youtu.be/aRM2YcGpmxg
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/

The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)

The entire "You Know How I Know You're Gay" scene was improvised by Paul Rudd and Seth Rogen.

Video: http://youtu.be/-9uBvoYLvYE
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0405422/

Annie Hall (1977)

Alvy's (Woody Allen's) sneezing into the cocaine was an unscripted accident. When previewed, the audience laughed so loud that director Allen decided to leave it in, and had to add footage to compensate for people missing the next few jokes from laughing too much.

Video: http://youtu.be/UHTcjZzSlAM
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075686/

Casablanca (1942)

"Here's looking at you, kid" was improvised by Humphrey Bogart in the Parisian scenes and worked so well that it was used later on again in the film. He originally used the same line in Midnight. It is also rumored that during breaks, Ingrid Bergman would play poker with other cast members. Since she was still learning English, Bogart would occasionally watch the game, and he added "Here's looking at you" to her poker repertoire.

Video: http://youtu.be/rEWaqUVac3M
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034583/

Pretty Woman (1990)

When Richard Gere playfully snaps the jewelry box closed as Julia Roberts reaches for her extravagant new necklace, the actress lets out one of the most famous laughs in movie history. As it turns out, the laugh was born of legitimate amusement and surprise, because Gere's playful action was completely unplanned.

Video: http://youtu.be/V10B7hlvHlk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100405/

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