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stay on schedule, Cameron worked through Christmas and persuaded |
Schwarzenegger to cancel a visit to American troops in Saudi Arabia with U.S. |
President George H. W. Bush to film his scenes. [19] The interior of Kaiser |
Steel mill in Fontana, California ( c. 1949 ), served as the location of the |
film's ending. The production filmed in many locations in and around Los |
Angeles. [4] The now-destroyed Corral bar in Sylmar is where the T-800 |
confronts a group of bikers. Location manager Jim Morris chose Corral because |
it was raised above ground, allowing the scene to take place over different |
levels. [71] The 1991 police beating of Rodney King took place at the same |
location a week after filming, being captured on the same videotape a |
spectator used to capture the filming of the biker bar scenes. [72] On one |
occasion, a woman who was oblivious to ongoing filming walked into the bar. |
When she asked Schwarzenegger, who was wearing only a pair of shorts, what was |
going on, he replied: "It's male-stripper night". [19] [73] Executives |
suggested cutting the scene to save money but Cameron and Schwarzenegger |
refused. [74] The T-1000 arriving in 1995 was filmed at the Sixth Street |
Viaduct , and John hacking an ATM at a bank in Van Nuys . His foster parents' |
residence is situated in the Canoga Park neighborhood , deliberately chosen |
for its generic appearance. The Terminators confronting John takes place |
inside Santa Monica Place mall, although exterior shots were captured at |
Northridge Fashion Center because there was less traffic. [71] In the |
subsequent scene, Patrick's training allowed him to outrun John on his |
dirtbike, so the bike's maximum speed was increased. [56] [58] The T-1000 |
continues its pursuit using a truck, in a scene filmed at the Bull Creek |
spillway. [4] [71] Other locations include the Lake View Terrace hospital , |
standing in as Pescadero State Hospital, and the Petersen Automotive Museum |
used as its garage. [71] In a 2012 interview, Hamilton said she suffered |
permanent partial hearing loss after not wearing earplugs during the hospital |
elevator scene, where the T-800 fires a gun, as well as shell shock from |
months of exposure to violence, loud noise, and gunfire. [75] Elysian Park |
serves as the site of Sarah's apocalyptic dream, and scenes at the Dyson home |
were captured at a private property in Malibu . [71] The Cyberdyne Building's |
destruction was filmed at an abandoned office in San Jose , scheduled for |
demolition. To bring a heightened sense of authenticity, real members of the |
Los Angeles Police Department 's SWAT division were featured in the scene, |
although Cameron embellished their tactics to be visually interesting. [39] In |
a spontaneous decision during Morton's death scene, Cameron opted to detonate |
nearby glass to examine its visual impact. [4] [19] The final highway chase |
was filmed along the Terminal Island Freeway near Long Beach , of which a |
2.5-mile (4.0 km) stretch was closed to traffic every night for two weeks. |
[39] [71] Scenes set during the future war of 2029 were filmed in the rubble |
of an abandoned steel mill in Oxnard, California , in a one-half square mile |
(1.3 km 2 ) space that was enhanced with burned bicycles and cars from a 1989 |
fire at the Universal Studios Lot . Terminator 2 ' s ending was filmed in the |
closed Kaiser Steel mill in Fontana , which Greenberg made appear operational |
mainly through lighting techniques. Despite appearing to be actively smelting |
steel, the mill was frigid and dangerous because of the moving machinery and |
high catwalks. [j] The T-800's thumbs-up during his death was added during |
filming (Hamilton considered it too sentimental). [4] [76] Six months of |
filming concluded on March 28, 1991, about three weeks behind schedule. [14] |
[21] [77] Post-production [ edit ] Terminator 2 was edited by Conrad Buff IV , |
Richard A. Harris , and Mark Goldblatt , who said although there was more time |
to edit than on The Terminator , it was still relatively small given the |
greater scope of the sequel. They described the complexity of scenes such as |
the final battle between the Terminators, which required a seamless |
combination of live-action, practical effect shots, and CGI. [78] After having |
to rush editing at the end of The Abyss , Cameron limited filming on |
Terminator 2 to five days a week so he could help edit the film on weekends |
from the start of filming. [43] Several scenes were deleted, in part to reduce |
its running time. These include Kyle Reese appearing to Sarah in a dream and |
encouraging her to continue fighting, [20] Sarah being beaten in the hospital, |
[79] the T-1000 killing John's dog (a scene the animal-loving Patrick was not |
a fan of), [56] [80] John teaching the T-800 to smile and discussing whether |
it fears death, the T-1000 malfunctioning after being frozen in the steel |
mill, and additional scenes with Dyson's family. [79] [81] Schwarzenegger |
unsuccessfully rallied to retain his favorite scene, in which John and Sarah |
modify the T-800's CPU, allowing it to learn and evolve. Sarah attempts to |
destroy the CPU but John defends the T-800. The scene was replaced with |
dialogue indicating the T-800 already possesses the ability to learn. [4] [79] |
[80] The scripted ending depicted an alternative 2029 that was filmed at the |
Los Angeles Arboretum in Arcadia , in which an aged Sarah narrates how Skynet |
was never created while John, now a US Senator , plays with his daughter in a |
Washington, D.C. playground. To make the film more evocative and memorable, |
Cameron changed this scene to one in which the characters look out at the road |
ahead. [k] The production ran until about two days before the film's |
theatrical release. Delays were mainly caused by the rendering of shots at |
Consolidated Film Industries , the most difficult of which was the T-1000's |
death. Co-producer Stephanie Austin said the production crew worked twenty- |
four-hour shifts and slept on site. The 137 minute long release print was |
delivered to theaters the night before its release. [33] [84] There were two |
private pre-release screenings: one for family, friends, and crew at Skywalker |
Ranch and another in Los Angeles for studio executives. Austin said, "People |
were stamping their feet and clapping for ten or fifteen minutes", at which |
point the crew knew they had succeeded. [33] During test screenings the ending |
was well received, and was described as a "touching" favorite scene. [4] The |
minimum estimated cost to produce Terminator 2 had been $60 million, dwarfing |
the budget of the first film. [4] [26] [77] Cameron and Schwarzenegger said |
the final budget, excluding marketing, was about $70 million, and the cost of |
making the film was about $51 million. [77] [85] According to Carolco |
executives Peter Hoffman and Roger Smith, the film cost $75 million before |
marketing, saying Terminator 2 was only "modestly" over budget. Including |
marketing and other costs, the film's total budget is reported to be between |
$94 million and $102 million. [l] [m] Kassar said he had secured 110% of the |
budget from advances and guarantees of $91 million, including North American |
television ($7 million) and home-video ($10 million) rights, and $61 million |
from theatrical, home-video and television rights outside the U.S. [26] [32] |
[85] The distribution deal with TriStar Pictures earned it a set percentage of |
the budget—an estimated $4 million. [26] [32] News sources labelled Terminator |
2 the most-expensive independent film ever and predicted it would "bankrupt |
Carolco". [4] [26] Special effects and design [ edit ] Main article: Special |
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