Given the millions of dollars that go into making them, one would, at the very least, expect Hollywood blockbusters to comprise original footage. But it turns out many a smash hit has cut corners, and Screen Rant’s rundown of some of the most notable movies to cop footage is a fun, insightful gloss on cinematic recycling.
Some of this theft is to be expected: It’s not surprising, for instance, that Star Wars and Star Trek movies have drawn on their predecessors for the stray explosion or background shot. Other examples, though, are more bizarre, and the revelation that Blade Runner’s ending used footage originally filmed for The Shining is especially jarring.
