Green Screen Tricks: Award-Winning Films & TV Series that Have Made Magic with Green Screens

The Matrix

The Matrix is one of those movies that’s still revered today. Fans loved the action-packed scenes and crazy backdrops. The vast majority of the film was created in a studio filled with green screens.

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The More You Know

  • The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.
  • A famous ‘Pulp Fiction’ shot was filmed in reverse
  • No actor in ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ recognized that Vader was Luke’s dad.
  • While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.
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