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English-language war films

  • Star Wars (film)George Lucas forgot Star Wars was opening the day it came out. That night, he saw crowds lined up outside a theater.
  • Oppenheimer (film)The teaser for the film Oppenheimer, released on the 28th of July 2022, carried a live countdown to 5:29 a.m. Mountain time on the 16th of July 2023. That hour marked the 78th anniversary of the first detonation of an atomic weapon.…
  • Star Wars: The Last JediIn Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Luke hesitates to burn the Jedi library, so Yoda's spirit does it.
  • The Empire Strikes BackOn the set of The Empire Strikes Back, the actor playing Vader was given a fake line.
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom MenaceA sudden sandstorm wrecked the Tunisian set of The Phantom Menace. The shoot still left Tunisia on schedule.
  • Rogue OneRogue One first had an ending where the heroes lived. Director Gareth Edwards wrote it, but it was never filmed.
  • Avatar (2009 film)Avatar, the 2009 science fiction film from director James Cameron, began with a dream he had when he was 19 years old. In the dream, he saw a bioluminescent forest. Its trees were made of fiber-optic strands, fan lizards moved through the…
  • Avatar: The Way of WaterAvatar: The Way of Water, James Cameron's 2022 science fiction sequel, contains an underwater scene for which Kate Winslet held her breath for more than seven minutes. That broke the record for a breath hold during a filmed scene, which…
  • Cold Mountain (film)The film Cold Mountain nearly died when MGM pulled out mid-shoot. A $10 million tax break saved it.
  • Free State of Jones (film)In the film Free State of Jones, a Confederate deserter leads an armed revolt in Mississippi.
  • Paths of GloryBy his own account, Kirk Douglas threw a script across a room over the ending of Paths of Glory.
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (film)George Lucas liked early footage of a Clone Wars TV series so much that he made it a movie.
  • Shenandoah (film)In the 1965 film Shenandoah, a farmer's son is captured over a cap. An old rebel hat pulls a neutral family into war.

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