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When it comes to the big screen, the viewer, like you and me, gets to see only a tiny part of the carefully staged and very well-calculated world that happens behind the cameras.

We suspect there are hundreds of people if not more working behind the scenes, while we only get to see one or two actors in one shot. Turns out the magic happens way before the lights go off in movie theatres and it takes one hell of a joint effort to make the final result reach the audience.

Thanks to the “Far Out Cinema” Facebook page, which has collected some of the most intriguing, rarely seen and totally wild photos from behind the scenes, we can now get a real glimpse behind the lights, camera, action.

Scroll down to see the most interesting examples and don’t forget to upvote them as you go!

#1

In Lord Of The Rings, The Majority Of The Riders Of Rohan Were Women With Fake Beards. The Horses Used Were Owned By Those Women

In Lord Of The Rings, The Majority Of The Riders Of Rohan Were Women With Fake Beards. The Horses Used Were Owned By Those Women

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#2

Dogma (1999) - The Late, Great Alan Rickman As Metatron

Dogma (1999) - The Late, Great Alan Rickman As Metatron

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A Terrific Foreground Miniature By Spanish Effects Maestro Emilio Ruiz Del Río For Conan The Destroyer (1984)

A Terrific Foreground Miniature By Spanish Effects Maestro Emilio Ruiz Del Río For Conan The Destroyer (1984)

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#4

Keanu Reeves And Denzel Washington From 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1993)

Keanu Reeves And Denzel Washington From 'Much Ado About Nothing' (1993)

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Johnny Depp And Winona Ryder On The Set Of Edward Scissorhands

Johnny Depp And Winona Ryder On The Set Of Edward Scissorhands

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#6

The Columbia Pictures Logo On The Day It Was Made

The Columbia Pictures Logo On The Day It Was Made

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#7

Anthony Daniels Cooling Down On The Tunisia Set During The Filming Of A New Hope In 1976

Anthony Daniels Cooling Down On The Tunisia Set During The Filming Of A New Hope In 1976

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Harold Ramis, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray And Ernie Hudson, The Original Ghostbusters, Outside The Firehouse (1984)

Harold Ramis, Dan Akroyd, Bill Murray And Ernie Hudson, The Original Ghostbusters, Outside The Firehouse (1984)

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#9

Michael J. Fox On Set Of Back To The Future, Rehearsing Johnny B. Goode (1985)

Michael J. Fox On Set Of Back To The Future, Rehearsing Johnny B. Goode (1985)

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#10

Chadwick Boseman And Ryan Coogler On The Set Of Black Panther

Chadwick Boseman And Ryan Coogler On The Set Of Black Panther

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Lakota Wolf
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ah, Chadwick, you were truly a treasure. We all miss you. :(

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#11

Tim Curry's Transformation Into It

Tim Curry's Transformation Into It

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#13

Patrick Stewart Was Initially Set To Wear A Wig In Star Trek

Patrick Stewart Was Initially Set To Wear A Wig In Star Trek

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#14

Behind The Scenes Of Dr Strange With Benedict Cumberbatch

Behind The Scenes Of Dr Strange With Benedict Cumberbatch

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#15

Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, And Harrison Ford Going Over The Script For The Empire Strikes Back (1979)

Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, And Harrison Ford Going Over The Script For The Empire Strikes Back (1979)

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#16

Behind The Scenes Of Avengers Infinity War With Stan Lee

Behind The Scenes Of Avengers Infinity War With Stan Lee

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#17

Aubrey Plaza Holding Grumpy Cat

Aubrey Plaza Holding Grumpy Cat

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#18

Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, And Sean Astin During The Making Of 'Encino Man' (1992)

Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore, And Sean Astin During The Making Of 'Encino Man' (1992)

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Mason Kronol
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Saw this movie in the theaters with my bff when it came out because Brendon Fraser! Made husband watch it last year because he had never seen it and didn't know who Pauly Shore was. He did not enjoy it as much as I did, buuuuudy!

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#19

Shots Of Christian Bale's Gorr Makeup Test For 'Thor Love And Thunder'

Shots Of Christian Bale's Gorr Makeup Test For 'Thor Love And Thunder'

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#20

The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Weren't Graphics. Most Of Them Are Actors In Costumes

The Dinosaurs In Jurassic Park Weren't Graphics. Most Of Them Are Actors In Costumes

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#21

Alan Rickman Shooting His Final Scene As Hans Gruber In 'Die Hard' (1988)

Alan Rickman Shooting His Final Scene As Hans Gruber In 'Die Hard' (1988)

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#22

Jennifer Connelly And Ludo From 'Labyrinth' (1986)

Jennifer Connelly And Ludo From 'Labyrinth' (1986)

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Olivier Caissy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My favourite movie. My mom had the VHS, at the time they were expensive and she couldn’t afford them as a single mother. It was “delivered” directly in our mailbox by someone. We still don’t know who to this day.

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#23

Before And After Vfx From Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

Before And After Vfx From Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)

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Olivier Caissy
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know they are actors, but how do you keep a straight face and do the scenes with those pyjamas on?

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#24

Liv Tyler And Miranda Otto On The Set Of 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King'

Liv Tyler And Miranda Otto On The Set Of 'The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King'

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#25

Sissy Spacek While Filming 'Carrie' (1976)

Sissy Spacek While Filming 'Carrie' (1976)

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#26

Behind The Scenes Of The Dark Knight With Heath Ledger

Behind The Scenes Of The Dark Knight With Heath Ledger

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#27

Russell Crowe, Cigarette In Hand, And Joaquin Phoenix Share A Joke While Filming Their Final Duel For Gladiator (1999)

Russell Crowe, Cigarette In Hand, And Joaquin Phoenix Share A Joke While Filming Their Final Duel For Gladiator (1999)

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Corvus
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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn't realize Joaquin was Commodus until I just read it here... I am so absent-minded.

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#28

Cesar Romero Prior To Filming His Surfing Scene With Adam West On Batman (1967)

Cesar Romero Prior To Filming His Surfing Scene With Adam West On Batman (1967)

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Bernd Herbert
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That scene is hilarious.watch it if you don't know it. The bathing shorts over his suit makes it eben better

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#29

Photograph Taken On The Set Of 'Fight Club' (1999)

Photograph Taken On The Set Of 'Fight Club' (1999)

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#30

Relaxing Between Takes On 2001: A Space Odyssey

Relaxing Between Takes On 2001: A Space Odyssey

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#31

A Great Behind The Scenes Shot Of Jack Nicholson On The Set Of The Shining (1980)

A Great Behind The Scenes Shot Of Jack Nicholson On The Set Of The Shining (1980)

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benjamin fowler
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Albert Watson photograph , taken at Jack's house , not from the shining and it was real snow.

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#32

All The Work That Goes Into Capturing A Shot Of Will Smith Sitting On A Bench. Men In Black (1997)

All The Work That Goes Into Capturing A Shot Of Will Smith Sitting On A Bench. Men In Black (1997)

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Bernd Herbert
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you ever wonder why are so many names listed on the credits at the end of a movie....this is it. Making a movie is a huge effort with many people contributing

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#33

Jamie Lee Curtis, With Arnold Schwarzenegger's Stunt Double And James Cameron, Filming The Helicopter Stunt For True Lies (Nov 19, 1993)

Jamie Lee Curtis, With Arnold Schwarzenegger's Stunt Double And James Cameron, Filming The Helicopter Stunt For True Lies (Nov 19, 1993)

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Little Wonder
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That really is her, she was told it would be a short, low flight IIRC and it was neither.

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#34

John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John On The Set Of Grease (1978)

John Travolta And Olivia Newton-John On The Set Of Grease (1978)

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#35

Peter Jackson And Ian Mckellen On The Set Of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)

Peter Jackson And Ian Mckellen On The Set Of The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King (2003)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That set looks so cool, I’d love to spend a day there, or on Witcher, anything like that! I still don’t know why no one has made a Skyrim, Witcher-esque medieval park, I’d go!

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#36

Jim Carrey Having A Ball In Front Of And Behind The Camera On The Set Of 'The Mask'

Jim Carrey Having A Ball In Front Of And Behind The Camera On The Set Of 'The Mask'

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#37

Behind The Scenes Of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Behind The Scenes Of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

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Hippopotamuses
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing now, but even more amazing for its time. The techniques that were used in the original trilogy.

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#38

Lighting Up The Set Of Jordan Peele's 'Nope'

Lighting Up The Set Of Jordan Peele's 'Nope'

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#39

Malcolm Mcdowell Costume Testing (1970)

Malcolm Mcdowell Costume Testing (1970)

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Susan S
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was for A Clockwork Orange. A movie classic everyone should see at least once

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#40

Alfred Hitchcock And A Baby On The Set Of The Birds, 1963

Alfred Hitchcock And A Baby On The Set Of The Birds, 1963

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#41

Joaquin Phoenix As Napoleon In Ridley Scott's Upcoming 2023 Film

Joaquin Phoenix As Napoleon In Ridley Scott's Upcoming 2023 Film

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#42

Boris Karloff Getting Ready For 'The Bride Of Frankenstein'

Boris Karloff Getting Ready For 'The Bride Of Frankenstein'

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#43

Johnny Depp On The Set Of A Nightmare On Elm Street

Johnny Depp On The Set Of A Nightmare On Elm Street

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#44

The Remains Of One Of The Animatronic E.t. Puppets

The Remains Of One Of The Animatronic E.t. Puppets

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#45

On The Set Of Independence Day (1996)

On The Set Of Independence Day (1996)

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pat hayes
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

despite many neg. reviews, i watch this movie every 4th of July, love it and Bill Pullmans ,best Presidential speech EVER,!

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#46

Actor Ralph Foody On The Set Of 1990's 'Home Alone'

Actor Ralph Foody On The Set Of 1990's 'Home Alone'

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#47

Behind The Scenes Of Avengers Endgame

Behind The Scenes Of Avengers Endgame

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That fat suit that Chris Hemsworth had to wear looks WAY to convincing, LOL

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#48

Lighting A Freeway Up For Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'

Lighting A Freeway Up For Quentin Tarantino’s 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'

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#49

Naomi Watts On The Set Of King Kong (2005)

Naomi Watts On The Set Of King Kong (2005)

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#50

Mads Mikkelsen On The Set Of Hannibal (2013-2015)

Mads Mikkelsen On The Set Of Hannibal (2013-2015)

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Note: this post originally had 128 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.

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