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On the set of Empire Strikes Back (Original Post)
pokerfan
Apr 2013
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. That's going to be a good one!
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)2. I heard they were filming out of the hotel entrance in Finse Norway,because it was the worst winter
in many years.
pokerfan
(27,677 posts)3. Sounds like it was brutal
Filming began in Norway, at the Hardangerjøkulen glacier near the town of Finse, on March 5, 1979. Like the filming of Star Wars, where the production in Tunisia coincided with the area's first major rainstorm in fifty years, the weather was against the film crew. While filming in Norway, they encountered the worst winter storm in fifty years. Temperatures dropped to ?20 °F, and 18 ft of snow fell. On one occasion, the crew were unable to exit their hotel. They achieved a shot involving Luke's exit of the Wampa cave by opening the hotel's doors and filming Mark Hamill running out into the snow while the crew remained warm inside.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back#Production
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Episode_V:_The_Empire_Strikes_Back#Production
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)5. They mentioned it in this documentary
jakeXT
(10,575 posts)6. Irvin Kershner and Mark Hamill on filming Planet Hoth
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)7. Sounds like fun actually...
But I imagine it was frustrating. I understand one of the worst filming experiences was Apocalypse Now.
Aristus
(66,093 posts)4. "I'd sooner kiss a Wookiee!" - "I can arrange that! You could use a good kiss!"
Looks like Han finally arranged it...
Locut0s
(6,154 posts)8. Now that's one 'crazy' girl I'd like to have kissed!
Don't mean crazy in a derogatory sense here just playfully. I know depression and other me tall issues intimately.
Aristus
(66,093 posts)9. I had SUCH a crush on Carrie Fisher when I was a kid!
I was 8 in 1977 when 'Star Wars' was released. Several years away from puberty. But she still made me tingly in my guy-parts...