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unusual facts about principal photography



The Trials of Oscar Wilde

According to production designer Ken Adam, producer Irving Allen set up four editing rooms for the production, working in parallel during principal photography; the setup permitted the film on the screen in the West End seven weeks after they had started filming.


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Captain EO

Cinematographer Vittorio Storaro was the lighting director during much of the principal photography.

Cathedral Caverns State Park

In 1983, principal photography for the 1984 horror film Secrets of the Phantom Caverns took place in the caverns.

Distant Land

Principal photography took place on Fårö and in a studio in Fårösund, Sweden.

Elizabeth Lochley

This was filmed in the last quarter of 2006, with actor Richard Biggs (Franklin) having died in 2004 and actor Andreas Katsulas (G'Kar) having died in January 2006, several months previous to principal photography on The Lost Tales.

Lost Flight

Most of the principal photography dealing with the stranded passengers and crew was filmed on Kauai.

Magma Pictures

In June 2008, directors Ed Boase and James Walker completed principal photography on their first feature film, Blooded, set on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.

Richard Lester

The films were somewhat controversial at the time because the producers, Alexander and Ilya Salkind, decided to split the first film into two after principal photography was completed.

Room in Rome

The principal photography of the film took place in Rome and Madrid from January 26 to February 27, 2009.

Room to Let

During principal photography Roz McCutcheon auditioned for the role of The Fat Lady in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban directed by Alfonso Cuarón, but the part eventually went to Dawn French.

See-Saw Films

In March 2011 See-Saw completed principal photography on Shame, starring Carey Mulligan and Michael Fassbender, and directed by British filmmaker/artist Steve McQueen, which will be distributed by Momentum in the UK, and Fox Searchlight in the US.

Song of Russia

The picture was credited as being directed by Gregory Ratoff, though Ratoff collapsed near the end of the five-month production, and was replaced by László Benedek, who completed principal photography; the credited screenwriters were Paul Jarrico and Richard J. Collins.

Tallulah Falls Railway

Later, in 1955, Walt Disney selected the railway as the location of principal photography for The Great Locomotive Chase.

The Bride Came C.O.D.

Principal photography took place in the Death Valley, California in January 1941, and was problematic as temperatures soared, the script problems were unresolved and one of the stars actually fell into a cactus, with Davis having 45 quills pulled out of her rear.