10 Photos from Behind the Scenes of 1970s Movies

The 1970s were a defining decade for filmmaking. Behind the scenes, some of Hollywood’s biggest ever stars relaxed and got themselves together. These images reveal how much work went into building scenes that later became iconic. Looking at them now offers a clearer sense of how films from that era were actually made, flying by the seat of their pants.

Steven Spielberg talking with Roy Scheider on the Set of Jaws

Michael Myers Takes a Break From Terror To Sip on a Dr. Pepper on the Set

Anthony Daniels Prepares To Step as C-3PO on the Set of Star Wars

All the Cast of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre Takes a Break Between Takes

Rod Steiger Talks With the Crew on the Set of Waterloo

Ridley Scott and His Crew Prep the Terrifying Facehugger for Alien

Hopper, Sheen, and Francis Ford Coppola During Apocalypse Now

Sylvester Stallone and Carl Weathers Prepare for a Fight on Rocky

Spielberg Lines Up a Shot in India for a Scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Robert Redford and Cliff Robertson Pictured on the Set of Three Days of the Condor