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There is a scene within the film where Ripley is playing basketball by herself and is interrupted by the crew of the Betty. At the end of the scene, after smacking them about, they look at her incredulously as she walks off and throws the bball over her shoulder into the hoop many feet behind her.
Anyway there was a special feature on this scene on the DVD and it's a classic. Sigourney and Jenut(sp?) who is the director, had major discussions on how they were going to film the scene and more importantly, what they need to do to make it look like Ripley has just aced a shot in a million. Eventually they agreed to CGI the ball and thus all Sigourney needed to do was to start the motion of throwing the ball.
However, (yes I am getting to the point), she decided that she'd have a go at making the shot anyway on this first take. Ron Pearlman (Johnners)introduces the rush (the actual on stage footage) and it is a classic. You can see the three actors in shot, watching Sigouney, as she calmly walks away and casually makes the perfect shot first time. Within a milisecond of making the shot, two of the actors on screen looked genuinely amazed but one of them, in his on words "breaks character and goes from Johnners to Ron" and is instantly celebrating the achievement before realising he'd just "f****d up the take".
However the tight edit in the finished version of the filmaway cuts just before he starts a-hollering.
So there.
Anyway there was a special feature on this scene on the DVD and it's a classic. Sigourney and Jenut(sp?) who is the director, had major discussions on how they were going to film the scene and more importantly, what they need to do to make it look like Ripley has just aced a shot in a million. Eventually they agreed to CGI the ball and thus all Sigourney needed to do was to start the motion of throwing the ball.
However, (yes I am getting to the point), she decided that she'd have a go at making the shot anyway on this first take. Ron Pearlman (Johnners)introduces the rush (the actual on stage footage) and it is a classic. You can see the three actors in shot, watching Sigouney, as she calmly walks away and casually makes the perfect shot first time. Within a milisecond of making the shot, two of the actors on screen looked genuinely amazed but one of them, in his on words "breaks character and goes from Johnners to Ron" and is instantly celebrating the achievement before realising he'd just "f****d up the take".
However the tight edit in the finished version of the filmaway cuts just before he starts a-hollering.
So there.
Heh, once a thief, eh, Winona?
Cling film Predators? Hope that the Aliens vs Predator is going to have better special effects.
The underwater filming took four weeks and was a very arduous undertaking for the actors. As the actors couldn't wear face masks in shot, they were effectively blind and were reliant on their diver buddy to grab them at the end of the take and shove the mouthpiece to the air tank into their grateful gobs. Winnona Ryder was particularly impressive as she almost drowned as a teenager and thus was less than enthusiastic. But she did the scenes anyway as the couldn't use a body double.
However she did mention at one point that she was "always trying to steal things from the set to take as souvenirs", which produced a wry smile...
The underwater filming took four weeks and was a very arduous undertaking for the actors. As the actors couldn't wear face masks in shot, they were effectively blind and were reliant on their diver buddy to grab them at the end of the take and shove the mouthpiece to the air tank into their grateful gobs. Winnona Ryder was particularly impressive as she almost drowned as a teenager and thus was less than enthusiastic. But she did the scenes anyway as the couldn't use a body double.
However she did mention at one point that she was "always trying to steal things from the set to take as souvenirs", which produced a wry smile...
They could have hung some cling film and swung it about a bit - that looks a bit like a Predator, in the dark, all blurred and stuff.
monkey_man wrote:
> Seriously?
Doubt it. They had to make cuts due to a lower than expected budget. Why spend cash on a scene that has nothing to do with the plot. :)
> Seriously?
Doubt it. They had to make cuts due to a lower than expected budget. Why spend cash on a scene that has nothing to do with the plot. :)
Seriously?
monkey_man wrote:
> Thanks for that, I'll sleep better at night now.
>
> Is there a deleted scene of her going one-on-one in the loader-bot
> thing with the dude from Delicatessen? There should be.
Nope.
There is however a deleted scene where a camouflaged Predator is stalking one of the Aliens.
> Thanks for that, I'll sleep better at night now.
>
> Is there a deleted scene of her going one-on-one in the loader-bot
> thing with the dude from Delicatessen? There should be.
Nope.
There is however a deleted scene where a camouflaged Predator is stalking one of the Aliens.
"Sigourney Weaver made the behind-the-back half-court basketball shot successfully after a day of practice, but after only a few takes. Ron Perlman was completely stunned (and thoroughly impressed), and turned directly at the camera and started swearing. The editors looked at the shot and decided that there was "enough room to get the scissors in". Weaver managed to make the shot again, though it seems in the movie to be an editing trick because of the way the ball disappears off-screen for a split second before going into the basket. Weaver was exited about making the shot, but the director was concerned that audiences would believe the shot to be faked due to the ball leaving the frame."
From IMDB. I tend to belive whats said on the commentary. In this trivia spot, she's done the shot a number of times.
From IMDB. I tend to belive whats said on the commentary. In this trivia spot, she's done the shot a number of times.
Thanks for that, I'll sleep better at night now.
Is there a deleted scene of her going one-on-one in the loader-bot thing with the dude from Delicatessen? There should be.
Is there a deleted scene of her going one-on-one in the loader-bot thing with the dude from Delicatessen? There should be.
There is a scene within the film where Ripley is playing basketball by herself and is interrupted by the crew of the Betty. At the end of the scene, after smacking them about, they look at her incredulously as she walks off and throws the bball over her shoulder into the hoop many feet behind her.
Anyway there was a special feature on this scene on the DVD and it's a classic. Sigourney and Jenut(sp?) who is the director, had major discussions on how they were going to film the scene and more importantly, what they need to do to make it look like Ripley has just aced a shot in a million. Eventually they agreed to CGI the ball and thus all Sigourney needed to do was to start the motion of throwing the ball.
However, (yes I am getting to the point), she decided that she'd have a go at making the shot anyway on this first take. Ron Pearlman (Johnners)introduces the rush (the actual on stage footage) and it is a classic. You can see the three actors in shot, watching Sigouney, as she calmly walks away and casually makes the perfect shot first time. Within a milisecond of making the shot, two of the actors on screen looked genuinely amazed but one of them, in his on words "breaks character and goes from Johnners to Ron" and is instantly celebrating the achievement before realising he'd just "f****d up the take".
However the tight edit in the finished version of the filmaway cuts just before he starts a-hollering.
So there.
Anyway there was a special feature on this scene on the DVD and it's a classic. Sigourney and Jenut(sp?) who is the director, had major discussions on how they were going to film the scene and more importantly, what they need to do to make it look like Ripley has just aced a shot in a million. Eventually they agreed to CGI the ball and thus all Sigourney needed to do was to start the motion of throwing the ball.
However, (yes I am getting to the point), she decided that she'd have a go at making the shot anyway on this first take. Ron Pearlman (Johnners)introduces the rush (the actual on stage footage) and it is a classic. You can see the three actors in shot, watching Sigouney, as she calmly walks away and casually makes the perfect shot first time. Within a milisecond of making the shot, two of the actors on screen looked genuinely amazed but one of them, in his on words "breaks character and goes from Johnners to Ron" and is instantly celebrating the achievement before realising he'd just "f****d up the take".
However the tight edit in the finished version of the filmaway cuts just before he starts a-hollering.
So there.