What's Up, Doc? - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "What's Up, Doc?"
What's Up, Doc? (1972)
Timing:
1:34 (94 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- It was the first American film to credit stunt performers and extras in the credits. The first British film to do so was 'Moonraker' (1979) by Lewis Gilbert (1920-2018) about James Bond.
- The car accident caused by Barbra Streisand’s character while crossing the street on her way to the hotel was added to the film at the very last moment. The filmmakers didn’t have any vehicles for stunts on hand, and Peter Bogdanovich instructed one of the crew members to rent a couple of cars, but with collision insurance. He then arranged a car crash for the camera and returned the rented vehicles.
- The final chase scene – a parody of a scene from Peter Yates’ then-recent thriller “Bullitt” (1968) – was also filmed in San Francisco. It cost $1 million (a quarter of the film’s total budget) and took 19 days to shoot, plus the work of 32 stuntmen, for a scene that runs 11 minutes on screen. 4 to 5 days were spent solely on filming the scene with the large window pane. It was filmed in the Richmond district.
- Director Peter Bogdanovich did not receive permission from the city administration to film a high-speed car descent down the stairs in Alta Plaza Park, but he filmed the scene anyway, and the damage is still visible today. As a result, the San Francisco administration now always requires filmmakers to submit a detailed shooting plan.
- When Howard Bannister finds himself in a rooftop cocktail bar that was still under construction, the filming took place not on a set, but on the actual roof of the Hilton Hotel, which was undergoing renovations at the time. It genuinely offered that very view of San Francisco. A piano was specially hoisted up there for the shoot, and Barbra Streisand sang live (the director insisted on this, as he didn't want to use a recording).
- During the filming of the long shot of Barbra Streisand’s character on a bicycle, she was replaced by a male stunt double. He fell and broke his leg on one of the sharp turns.
- In the final scene of the film, Barbra Streisand says to Ryan O’Neal: “Love means never having to say you’re sorry.” This is a quote from the 1970 film “Love Story,” in which Ryan O’Neal played the leading male role.
- In the final scene of the film, Barbra Streisand says to Ryan O'Neal: "Love means never having to say you're sorry." This is a quote from the 1970 film "Love Story," in which Ryan O'Neal played the leading male role.
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