Behind The Scenes Of Iconic Movies

Nostalgia never gets old. A whole lot of the movies on this list are concerned with the past. “Pulp Fiction” is obsessed with the ’70s.

“Forrest Gump,” “The Sandlot,” “Goodfellas” and “That Thing You Do” all are nothing if not wistful about the ’60s. And, well, “Sleepy Hollow,” “Titanic” and “Shakespeare in Love” all look back more than 100 years.

Now look at us, revisiting these ’90s movies and getting nostalgic about the nostalgia. The never-ending cycle continues and grows ever more incepted.

Star Wars: Episode 1 — The Phantom Menace

This behind-the-scenes photo is from an unproduced “Star Wars” movie called “The Phantom Menace.” It was actually a prequel to the “Star Wars” trilogy we all know and love.

They spent almost $120 million on the project, but the end result was so bad that George Lucas demanded it never see the light of day. The film’s release was canceled, and all prints were destroyed.

All that remains are a few behind-the-scenes images, like this one, of characters who will forever remain mysterious to anyone who didn’t work on the film.

Pulp Fiction

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“Now, Uma, when we film this dance contest scene, can you take off your shoes?”
“What?”
“After Ed Sullivan tells you to take it away, but before the Chuck Berry song plays, can you, uh, slip off your shoes and dance barefoot?”
“Quentin…”
“I think it’ll inform Mia’s character.”
“You promised me. When we did the scene at the house, you promised I wouldn’t have to do that in any other scenes.”
“Just this one other one, though. I really think it’ll inform Mia’s character.”
“How?”
“Just, I really think it’ll make the dancing pop if we can see your feet.”
“Well, what about John?”
“Huh?”
“Will he be barefoot too?”
“Ew, what? Ew, no.”
“Why not?”
“Why would anyone want to see John’s feet?”
“Because it’ll make the dancing pop.”
“No, you don’t get it.”
“I’ll take off my shoes if John takes off his shoes too.”
“I don’t think seeing John’s feet will make the scene pop.”
“Explain to me why I should be barefoot in the dance contest but John shouldn’t be.”
“Uma, please just trust me about this.”
“If John wears shoes, I want to wear shoes.”
“OK, what if John takes off his shoes but not his socks? Then can I see your toes?”
“Oh, come on. OK, fine. Fine.”

Hocus Pocus

These are the characters from “Hocus Pocus” who everybody remembers. Every October, when Halloween season is in full swing, we say to ourselves and each other, “I just can’t wait to watch on ‘Hocus Pocus,’ my favorite Halloween movie, so I can see a young Thora Birch, the tall kid, the girl in the sweater and the other kid.

All my favorites.”

Edward Scissorhands

I haven’t seen “Edward Scissorhands” since the ‘90s, but here’s what I remember about it: Edward is a weird man-doll who lives in a castle that Vincent Price lived in before Vincent Price died.

He died before he got to put hands on Edward’s body, so Edward has scissors for hands. Edward goes into the town and falls in love with Winona Ryder.

But Winona Ryder has a boyfriend who is the dweeb from “The Breakfast Club.” But now he’s not a dweeb anymore, and he’s a bully. Also, Winona Ryder’s mom is Dianne Wiest and her dad is Alan Arkin.

Then Winona’s boyfriend tries to beat up Edward, so Edward kills him. And the whole town tries to kill Edward, so he has to go back to the castle, even though Winona Ryder loves him now.

And also there’s a horny cougar in the town who wants to f–k Edward.