The floating set was constantly blown out of position, the star nearly drowned, and jellyfish attacked the cast
The director of this film forced up to 127 takes of a scene involving a baseball bat, and the lead actress suffered from nervous exhaustion throughout filming
Michael Cimino's directing style included tearing down expensive sets for little reason, threatening and arguing with the actors, and abusing animals
Star Martin Sheen had a heart attack during filming, and Marlon Brando showed up severely overweight and asked to be filmed in shadows
This film was shot in a 40-foot-deep water tank that sprung a massive leak on the first day of filming
After a lackluster response from test screenings, the film's premise was extensively reworked, and the score by Sting was dropped
In addition to frustrations between Val Kilmer and the director, Marlon Brando had to have his lines fed to him via earpiece
Klaus Kinski was such a nuisance during filming that, according to Werner Herzog, one of the native chieftains politely offered to murder Kinski for him
Complaints from a local bar owner caused the city of San Rafael, California to revoke this film's permits; Harrison Ford was arrested for a barfight
This film's iconic long take was a result of the nightclub in the scene refusing to let the cast and crew use the short path through the front door
The title character, costing approximately $250,000, malfunctioned often during filming
Terrible luck in delays plagued George Miller in the process of making this film; pre-production started in 1997 for this 2015 action film
This movie's female star fought with the director over it being shot in black and white; she reportedly took 47 takes to correctly say, 'It's me, Sugar'
George Clooney claimed that the director of this movie physically confronted the cast and crew, and the tension once dissolved into a fist fight
Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo was blacklisted during his re-writes, and an inexperienced Stanley Kubrick was brought in, who attempted to take credit for Trumbo's work
Nearly everyone in the film got food poisoning (except the director, who ate Spaghetti-Os), and the star's illness resulted in a sword fight being cut short by a comical moment
The woman who provided the villainous voice reportedly insisted on eating raw eggs and chain smoking to get her voice correctly distorted
Star Peter O'Toole realized he couldn't sing well enough for the tracks in the film, and required a singing voice double
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Quiz Updated Oct 30, 2016
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