The Stunts & Pyrotechnics of Licence To Kill’s Truck Chase
Learn the planning, staging, and filming of Licence to Kill’s truck chase and how Kenworth modified three trucks for Rémy Julienne and his stunt crew…
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Tomorrow Never Dies: The Making of the BMW Motorcycle Chase
Learn the entire process behind the BMW R1200C motorcycle chase from director Roger Spottiswoode and Second Unit Director Vic Armstrong. Plus, discover how a Vietnamese…
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Filming Goldeneye’s Bungee Jump: A Record-Breaking Stunt in the Making
Goldeneye opens with a perilous bungee jump of the Verzasca hydro-electric dam in Locarno, Switzerland. The jump off the 220 meter dam, performed by stuntman…
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Goldeneye’s Tank Chase: The Definitive Behind-the-Scenes Look At The Design, Planning, And Filming of The Action Setpiece
The biggest action set piece in Goldeneye is an incredible tank chase. After the astounding truck chase in Licence to Kill set a new standard…
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Tippi Hedren’s Ordeal Filming ‘The Birds’ Climactic Attic Scene Delivered a Classic Hitchcock Suspense Scene
In The Birds, director Alfred Hitchcock deliberately mimicked the claustrophobic shower murder scene in Psycho, when Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) is trapped in an attic…
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‘Casino Royale’: How To Reveal Character Through Action Just Like 007
After 24 films, the James Bond franchise knows how to devise exciting new ways to introduce a new actor in the leading role. While the…
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The Astounding Practical Effects Of Terminator 2’s Iconic Canal Chase
Miles of cables, blowing life-size vehicles sky-high, elaborate set-pieces, and the lack of computer-generated trickery–they’re all in the wheelhouse of practical effects and stuntwork, which…
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Octopussy’s Flight Risk: The Full Story Behind the Acrostar BD-5J Microjet And The Coolest James Bond Opener Ever
After being dropped from Moonraker, the Acrostar BD-5J microjet made a big impression in Octopussy. Learn how stunt pilot J.W. “Corkey” Fornof, director John Glen, and special effects…
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Little Nellie: The Making Of 007’s Aerial Battle In ‘You Only Live Twice’
Pilots and cameramen risked life and, especially, limb to film cinema’s first helicopter dogfight In You Only Live Twice, James Bond took to the air…
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Astro Spiral: The Greatest Car Stunt Was Also The World’s First Computer-Modeled Stunt
And it’s no surprise James Bond was behind the wheel The corkscrew car jump in The Man With The Golden Gun is the coolest car stunt in…
