We all love settling down in front of a good film. Whether it’s at home or in the cinema, it’s fun to be swept away by the magic of Hollywood and it’s all too easy to get wrapped up in the adventures and romances of the on screen characters. But the reality of the film making process is often far from romantic, and we’ve compiled ‘22 Revealing Behind The Scenes Pictures From Classic Films’ that display this all too well…

1. This kind of spoils our childhood knowing that Luke only actually had about 5 foot to fall…

2. Some amazing miniature work from the set of Back To The Future Part III is on display here…

3. That’s Stanley Kubrick and his daughter taking this rather blurry shot of Jack Nicholson on the set of The Shining…

4. James Cameron proving that the water Jack and Rose found themselves in wasn’t actually that deep…

5. Peter Jackson getting up close and personal with Frodo and a pre CGI Golem…

6. Heath Ledger just hanging around as the Joker on the set of The Dark Knight…

7. More stunning miniatures on display here, this time filming a big sequence from Steven Spielberg’s E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial…

8. Did you have any idea this was how they used to film the opening crawl on Star Wars films? We certainly didn’t…

9. Spielberg in the mouth of ‘Bruce’, the mechanical shark that didn’t work very well in salt water…

10. Filming the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for 1984’s Ghostbusters…

11. James Cameron again, getting a close up shot of The Terminator’s robotic hand…

12. Recognise the film? It is of course Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page filming a scene from Inception…

13. Michael J Fox working out if they’ve got him the right sized shoes on the set of Back To The Future Part II…

14. Kenny Baker having a sandwich in between takes as R2-D2 on the set of Star Wars…

15. Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder getting cosy whilst filming Edward Scissorhands…

16. Showing how they combined small and large physical models (as well as CGI) to make us believe that dinosaurs really could come back to life…

17. Another shot from the set of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining…

18. Hey, even killer clowns are entitled to a lunch break…

19. Robert Englund getting ready for his next session as Freddy Krueger…

20. These amazing practical effects really did make us believe that a man could fly…

21. Han Solo and a headless Greedo deciding who should shoot first…

22. Indiana Jones and friends on the legendary mine-cart ride.

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