When Movie Bloopers Were Too Good To Cut! - Summary

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**Title:** Unscripted Movie Moments

**Summary:** A collection of behind-the-scenes anecdotes from various films, revealing unscripted, improvised, or accidental moments that were left in the final cuts, including:

* Accidental actions (e.g., dropping objects, slipping, or farting) that were kept for their comedic value or authenticity
* Improvised lines or reactions from actors (e.g., in Joker, The Usual Suspects, Star Wars: The Force Awakens)
* Unplanned interactions with extras or non-actors (e.g., in Gettysburg, Under the Skin)
* Real-life responses from actors to unexpected situations (e.g., in Rainman, Captain Phillips)

**Featured Movies:**

* Joker
* The Usual Suspects
* Independence Day
* End of Watch
* Star Wars: The Force Awakens
* Kindergarten Cop
* Mystery Men
* A Knight's Tale
* This Is 40
* The Revenant
* Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
* The Evil Dead
* The Lego Movie
* Scrooged
* Gettysburg
* Guardians of the Galaxy
* The Lord of the Rings
* Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
* The Sound of Music
* The Bird Cage
* Captain Phillips
* Die Hard
* Buster Keaton's Three Ages
* Under the Skin
* Rainman
* The Wolf of Wall Street

Facts

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**Movie/TV Show Facts**

1. In Joker, the scene where Arthur punches the clocking machine off the wall was not in the script.
2. In The Usual Suspects, Steven Baldwin's reaction to a cigarette being flicked at him was unscripted.
3. In Independence Day, Will Smith was not warned about the bad smell of the Great Salt Lake during filming.
4. In End of Watch, the LAPD flight unit that appears in one scene was real and not scripted.
5. In Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Chewbacca's actor improvised the scene where he returns Han's parka.
6. In Kindergarten Cop, some child actors were not given lines and responded truthfully about their fathers' jobs.
7. In Mystery Men, a crew member's disposal of a prop lighter caused an unexpected explosion on set.
8. In A Night's Tale, Cher's speech to a crowd with no reaction was due to extras not understanding English.
9. In This Is 40, Paul Rudd's farts in one bedroom scene were real.
10. In The Revenant, no animals were harmed during filming, except for a horse kicked by Leo.
11. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Ron Weasley's fall off the couch was unscripted.
12. In The Evil Dead, Ash's head being visible while burying his girlfriend was an accident.
13. In The Lego Movie, Morgan Freeman's frustration with line changes was used as a joke.
14. In Scrooged, Bill Murray's fall while exiting a restaurant was not scripted.
15. In Gettysburg, Confederate reenactors mobbed Martin Sheen, who stayed in character.
16. In Guardians of the Galaxy, Chris Pratt accidentally dropped the orb but stayed in character.
17. In The Lord of the Rings, Ian McKellen's head bump on a door frame was not scripted.
18. In Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home, a woman's response to a question was not scripted; she was a non-actor.
19. In The Sound of Music, Julie Andrews' trip during "I Have Confidence" was accidental.
20. In The Bird Cage, Robin Williams' slip and fall during the shrimp scene was real.
21. In Captain Phillips, the medic in the infirmary scene was a real Navy medic.
22. In Die Hard, the scene where Al Leong pockets a candy bar was improvised.
23. In Buster Keaton's Three Ages, Keaton's missed building jump was accidental but kept in.
24. In Under the Skin, men seduced by Scarlett Johansson's character were non-actors filmed with hidden cameras.
25. In Rainman, Dustin Hoffman's fart in a phone booth was real and unscripted.
26. In Wolf of Wall Street, Matthew McConaughey's chest-beating ritual was a warm-up exercise, not scripted.

**Actor/Director Facts**

27. Lee Gil (Gary in Joker) mentioned in an interview that a scene was improvised by Joaquin Phoenix.
28. Morgan Freeman's frustration with line changes was used in The Lego Movie.
29. Ian McKellen played off an accidental head bump in The Lord of the Rings.
30. Peter Jackson decided to keep Ian McKellen's accidental head bump in The Lord of the Rings.
31. Matthew McConaughey has a chest-beating warm-up ritual, captured in Wolf of Wall Street.
32. Martin Sheen stayed in character during an unexpected mobbing in Gettysburg.
33. Chris Pratt stayed in character after accidentally dropping the orb in Guardians of the Galaxy.