Top 10 Unscripted Moments in Movies
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33 COMMENTS

  1. the first clip about Heath Ledger is actually false. What really happened was the timed explosives they used when filming didn't actually go off as planned. Heath was supposed to be walking to, and then getting in, the bus as the buildings exploded. However, they didn't go off on time, and Heath realized this while being in character, so in the Jokers mind, he's probably thinking "hm. Is the detonator faulty? It worked before what the…>EXPLOSION< OH FUCK HAHAHA!". Nolan just kept rolling hoping the explosives would detonate. So that's how that scene actually came about. Thank you for reading.

  2. Private Hudson (Bill Paxton) in Aliens is by far the most quotable with his lines (as far as SciFi or Alien movies go) , although I'm not sure if any of that was improvised.

  3. There are no ex-Marines. Once a Marine; always a Marine.
    I like the list. Full Metal Jacket is my favorite movie and "You're gonna need a bigger boat." is my all-time favorite movie quote.

  4. I believe my two favorite are at least mentioned in their second video… but they should be top of the list here.

    #1 Harrison Ford's improvised "I know" to Leia's "I love you"
    #2 Rutger Hauer's "Tears in rain" at the end of Blade Runner

    Two of the most perfectly improvised lines in cinema history.

  5. I'm most impressed that the scene with Joe Pesci and Ray Liotta in Godfellas was improvised. The whole scene, really? Look how great Ray played along. Was even his comment "You're a funny guy" improvised? These are really great actors! And so relaxed and natural. They had a good time as godfellas should. I'm also impressed by Sgt Hartman. If most of what he said was improvised, my goodness, he's a brilliant actor. Btw, I intensely enjoy the prank call videos based on Hartman's lines.

  6. Number 8 is an actual proven improvise moment the movie was shot on a live Street in New York and then they almost got hit by the taxi. This is a proven because the line is a blooper that made the cut. I read an article somewhere about bloopers that made the cut and this was one of them.

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