Michael Crichton wanted to film the POV of a robot and used scnanning/digitizing methods invented by NASA/JPL for fly-by photography of mars in 1964.
That's why Westworld is the first Hollywood movie with computer animated imagery (CGI).
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Though main charakter Todd is on screen 85% of the the time, he has very little dialouge - only 104 spoken words.
2.
Soldier is considered a side-quel of Blade Runner, because its based on an unused opening scene of BR.
3.
Kurt Russell refused to take steroids and bulked up naturally, which caused delay of several months.
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The costume department had 17 undershirts in various stages of degradation on hand.
One of these undershirts is kept in the National Musuem of American History in Washington D.C. The description reads:
"Grey sleeveless athletic shirt with splotches of pink, white and dark red reminiscent of dirt and blood"
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Pirates of the Caribbean
A make-up would apply a darker shade of make-up between Keira Knightley's breasts to increase the "cleavage effect". This process took 45 minutes every morning before shooting.
Back then 'bosom make-up' was common practice. This artform is now replaced by CGI.
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Industrial Light and Magic designers scanned turkey jerky to create the effect of decomposing skin when the pirates turn into their skeletal forms.
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