Did they use a green screen…

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hillarytrump — 9 years ago(October 01, 2016 05:58 PM)

for the train scene. There's one part in that scene where it looks really fake. Was green screen technology in it's early development stage at the time of filming?

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rek16803 — 9 years ago(October 02, 2016 11:35 AM)

There's one part in that scene where it looks really fake. Was green screen technology in it's early development stage at the time of filming?
In the Dvd commentary , Im pretty sure they said that the train scene incorporated a long telephoto lens shot to make the train appear much closer to the kids that in really was. I'm sure the studio effects were used in the final production. Making kids run on a bridge that high would have been risky .

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PhantomDreamer1 — 9 years ago(November 13, 2016 05:05 PM)

They had female stunt persons with short hair for that scene.

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MrHooba — 9 years ago(October 24, 2016 10:15 PM)

Nope. They stuck the kids on the bridge with the train and made them run and jump off. Child actors didn't have many rights back in 1986. Corey Feldmans were a dime a dozen.