Accidents that make a movie?

Question

I was reading a article on Star Wars "Empire Strikes Back" and it said that originaly the whole ice monster was not planned in the movie. The reason it was added, was that a few days before shooting started, Mark Hammil got in some major accident (think it was a car wreck) and all the facial problems had not cleared up quicky enough to film Empire right.

TRON had some similar problem.

EVeryonece in a while you see a flash of light or something moving along the floor or wall that if you think about it isnt neccesary or seems out of place.

well turns out when they were done filming it they examined the film and noticed bloshes of light. To this day no one is sure what caused this but in order to save money they changed somethings and kept the film.

I'm sure there are other examples but would love to know some.

Oh one other from Star Wars

In "Return of the Jedi" when Han is freed from the carbon freezing, you see him topple forward. Well this wasnt totaly done how it was shown.

I understand its one reason why he was so sick looking when he came alive. Harrison Ford was suffering from Polio or something like it and was in a wheel chair for the scene. he fell forward onto the floor from a wheel chair for the shot.

Answer 1

In Fight Club Meatloaf drops his pants when they are coming out of the Bathroom after they beat up some guy. You can see him picking up his pants and catching up with the group.

Midnight Cowboy, Dustin Hoffman and the Taxi. That wasn't scripted, Dustin was almost hit by the cab, you can see the Cigarette fall from his mouth as he beats on the cab screaming "I'M WALKING HERE, I'M WALKING HERE!!"

Answer 2

In Raiders of the lost Ark when H Ford shoots the sword wielding assassin, it was totally unscripted. He along with pretty much everyone else was suffering from some water borne disease on the set. The script required Ford to launch into an elaborate sword fight, but in his weakened state he decided to just shoot the guy.It ended up becoming one of the most famous episodes in movie history.