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14 Minor Movie Moments That Took An Insane Amount Of Work

Filmmakers only have so much time and money available, and, most of the time, they try to ration them carefully. Occasionally, though, they go wild and put a ton of effort into details that maybe 0.001% of the audience will notice.

For example:

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In some shots, the spider that bites Peter in Spider-Man is a black widow painted blue and red. They put a cover on the spider, and painted the cover,Source: Film School Rejects

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The Django Unchained audio team recorded new gunshot and whipcrack sounds. MINNE ESOTA CI Alno They went to Death Valley, Zion National Park, and MonuSource: The Hollywood Reporter

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Stanley Kubrick had his secretary type All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy for months. boy. ALl work Jnck dull All work and no play askes dulSource: 7 Movies That Put Insane Detail into Stuff You Never Noticed

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The opening of Children of Men shows London in 2027, with the Shard (London's tallest building) visible for a few seconds. London, 16th November 2027 Source: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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For Who Framed Roger Rabbit, they had to build an elaborate machine for pretty much every scene. The dish-breaking machine in action For example, for Source: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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Blade Runner's parking meters, which you can barely see, are super elaborate. PeKINIG PENALTIES There's a card register, a lighting system for directiSource: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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For the on-screen runes in Frozen (in the magic book, and on monuments), Disney hired a linguistics professor, Jackson Crawford, to write actual text Source: CU Independent

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Every prop and set in Signs was either built or grown for the movie. It took weeks to make real crop circles Cincluding the ones that show up for a feSource: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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No actors were inserted into the Avengers: Endgame funeral scene after it was filmed. Everybody is really there. The Russo brothers (who directed the Source: Film School Rejects

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For the opening shot in Knives Out, they had to build a ramp for the dogs to run up. Otherwise, the dogs would just slide under the camera. Source: Film School Rejects

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The blossoms in Coraline are actually 250,000 pieces of painted popcorn. The crew spent 800 hours painting them. Source: WIRED Magazine

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In Scott Pilgrim VS. the World, the scene where Michael Cera tosses the package over his shoulder took 33 takes to get right. 33 Apparently, they didnSource: YouTube

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In Lord of War, the row of T-72 tanks isn't CGI. Those are 50 actual T-72 tanks, loaned to the production by a Czech arms dealer. Source: South Florida Sun-Sentinel

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Shell Cottage is briefly seen in the background in Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows Part 1. AR But its roof, which you can barely make out, has 4,Source: 6 Tiny Movie Moments That Took Insane Amounts Of Work

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