Editing The Edge (1997 film) (section)

==Production==
''The Edge'' began principal photography on August 19, 1996. Footage was taken primarily in [[Alberta]]. Among the [[Alberta]] locations were [[Banff National Park]], [[Canmore, Alberta|Canmore]], [[Edmonton]], Thunderstone Quarries, [[Fortress Mountain Resort]] and Allarcom Studios. Additional scenes were shot in [[Yoho National Park]] and [[Golden, British Columbia|Golden]] both in [[British Columbia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119051/locations|title = The Edge (1997) - IMDb|website = [[IMDb]]}}</ref> Filming ended on November 22, 1996.

The shooting of the film is discussed by [[Art Linson]] in his 2002 book ''What Just Happened?'', later made into [[What Just Happened (2008 film)|a film]] starring [[Robert De Niro]]. Initially called ''Bookworm'', the script was turned down by [[Harrison Ford]] and [[Dustin Hoffman]] before Alec Baldwin settled on the role of Green. De Niro showed some interest in the role of Morse but ultimately declined. Baldwin's unwillingness to shave a beard that he had grown for the role is reenacted by [[Bruce Willis]] in [[Barry Levinson]]'s adaptation of Linson's book.

Like many other actors who had worked with Bart the Bear, Baldwin was extremely impressed with how well-trained and docile the bear was. In interviews, he revealed that during filming he was concerned that the film simply would not work because of how docile Bart was. After the film was completed, Baldwin commented that Bart "should send the film editor a fruit basket every day for making him look so scary."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-09-29/lifestyle/9709260451_1_bart-kodiak-william-arnold|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150105015318/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1997-09-29/lifestyle/9709260451_1_bart-kodiak-william-arnold|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 5, 2015|title=Kodiak Moments Steal Show|author=Robin Berkowitz|date=September 29, 1997|work=South Florida Sun-Sentinel|publisher=Tribune Company|access-date=September 11, 2012}}</ref>  As for Hopkins, who had worked with Bart in ''[[Legends of the Fall]]'', he "was absolutely brilliant with Bart," according to trainer Lynn Seus, who went on to say that Hopkins "acknowledged and respected (Bart) like a fellow actor. He would spend hours just looking at Bart and admiring him. He did so many of his own scenes with Bart."<ref>{{cite news|last=Foy|first=Paul|title=Bart the Bear, a veteran of several films, dies at 23|date=19 May 2000|newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]]|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/20000519/4021798/bart-the-bear-a-veteran-of-several-films-dies-at-23|access-date=4 January 2015}}</ref>

Three months before the film was to be released, the studio felt ''Bookworm'' needed a more commercial title. Dozens of others were considered, according to Linson, until the film was renamed ''The Edge''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Linson|first=Art|author-link=Art Linson|title=What Just Happened? Bitter Hollywood Tales from the Front Line|year=2002|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=New York|isbn=1-58234-240-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/whatjusthappened00lins}}</ref>

This movie was shot in Alberta, Canada, in freezing conditions. [[Elle Macpherson]] was required to perform one long scene in a Native American get-up of beads, feathers and suede loincloth. "You rehearse with a coat on and then you have to take the coat off," she said. "It feels the coldest under your arms. You don't want to ever uncover your arms again."<ref>{{cite web |title=The thrill of it all actress Elle Macpherson has honed life, love and career to a fine edge |work=www.mcall.com |date=26 September 1997 |url=https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1997-09-26-3153658-story.html |access-date=26 March 2022 }}</ref>