Rare Photos from the Movie Sets of ’70s Classics

This rare behind-the-scenes moment brings together three actors at very different points in their careers during the making of Philip Kaufman’s unnerving sci-fi classic. Donald Sutherland anchors the film with quiet paranoia, Leonard Nimoy subverts expectations with a chillingly rational performance, and Jeff Goldblum—still early in his rise—adds nervous energy at the margins.

Off camera, the mood is lighter, but the film itself would become one of the most unsettling remakes of the decade, reflecting 1970s anxieties about identity, conformity, and trust in an increasingly impersonal world.