ICE FROM THE SUN

Film Facts
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ICE FROM THE SUN's pre-production time spanned 7 months (November 1995 through May 1996)

ICE FROM THE SUN was filmed in 54 shooting days spanning 8 months (June 1996 through January 1997)

In the 8 months of ICE FROM THE SUN's production, the highest concentration of consecutive shooting dates was 16 days (July 13, 1996 through July 28, 1996).

ICE FROM THE SUN was shot on 193 rolls of Super 8 film. This equals 9,650 feet of film!

4 cameras were purposely destroyed to achieve specific shots for the film.

In director Eric Stanze's last movie, SAVAGE HARVEST, 13 people made up the entire cast. ICE FROM THE SUN utilizes a cast of 69 people, 21 of which participated on both the cast and crew.

The following actors in the cast of ICE FROM THE SUN have acted in previous Eric Stanze movies: DJ Vivona, Ramona Midgett, Tommy Biondo, Jessica Wyman, Michael Bradley, Jerry Bates, David Berliner, Jeremy Wallace, William Clifton, and Lisa Morrison.

The four-and-a-half minute long opening credit sequence of the film has 431 edits in it.

It cost approximately $500 for the ingredients used in making the gallons of fake blood for this film.

85% of ICE FROM THE SUN's main production crew were 19 to 25 years old.

ICE FROM THE SUN was shot on 74 different interior and exterior sets (at 27 different locations).

In the first draft of the ICE FROM THE SUN screenplay, Alison's name was Alice, named after ALICE IN WONDERLAND.

The filming of Scene 56/58 (The Medical Room) involved 3 actors with sync dialogue, a set that had to be dressed from scratch on the day of the shoot, several on-set special effects gags, constant security problems, and electricity run from the production's power generator because the set was in an abandoned school building. Even with these time-consuming elements, the production crew accomplished 49 camera set-ups in the one night of shooting this scene. This is the record number of set-ups in one night for the entire shoot.

Scene 62 (The Alleyway) necessitated the crew showing up on location at 1:30pm on a Saturday for set dressing. Because the scene took place at night, the set couldn't be torn down till the following morning. The crew did not leave the location until 9:00am the following Sunday. Of the entire shooting schedule, this scene took the longest to set up, shoot, and tear down.

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