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Full Metal Jacket
Essentially the whole dialogue by the drill instructor was improvised.
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The Silence of the Lambs
The famous "shhhh" sound was added on the spot by Anthony Hopkins.
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Taxi Driver
Robert De Niro was only told to talk to the mirror. The famous line "You're talking to me? was improvised.
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A Clockwork Orange
Stanley Kubrick wasn't satisfied with the script version of this scene. When Malcom McDowell started singing, without being told, Kubrick soon liked it.
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Midnight Cowboy
The taxi in the scene was a real taxi that ignored the filming signs. Dustin Hoffman improvised "I'm walking here" and the rest of the scene.
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The Shining
The line "Here's Johnny!" was improvised. Jack Nicholson took it from "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson".
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Annie Hall
The sneeze was not in the script. The scene was cut short because the actors couldn't stop laughing.
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Reservoir Dogs
Michael Madsen was not told what to do with the ear. Movements and dialogues are improvised.
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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The action and line "Mein Führer! I can walk!" was improvised and it wasn't the scripted ending.
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The Godfather
"Leave the gun" was in the script, but "Take the cannoli" was improvised.
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The Usual Suspects
The delivery of the line "Give me the fucking keys" was improvised by all actors.
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Tootsie
Bill Murray's character had to make it look like he'd been talking through the entire party. The whole dialogue was improvised.
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The Dark Knight
The explosion stoping was scripted but Heath Ledger's actions were unscripted.
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