List of films using the Wilhelm scream
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The following is a list of some of the films which use the Wilhelm scream. The sound effect is frequently used by Skywalker Sound (particularly Ben Burtt, who gave it its name) and Weddington Sound, (particularly Richard L. Anderson).
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Movie franchises and sequels
- Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith
- Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Return of the King
- More American Graffiti (1979, the sequel to American Graffiti)
- Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, the sequel to Gremlins)
- Batman Returns (1992)
- Die Hard: With a Vengeance (1995, one of the Die Hard sequels)
- Lethal Weapon 4 (1998, one of the Lethal Weapon sequels)
1950s
- Distant Drums (1951, the original use of the sound. Used when a character is eaten by an alligator and when three Indians are shot.)
- Charge at Feather River (1953, the scream is uttered by the character Wilhelm, who gave his name to the scream, as well as by several other characters.)
- The Command (an indian is shot)
- Them! (1954)
- A Star Is Born (1954 version with Judy Garland)
- In the Land of the Pharaohs (1955) (the scream is emitted from inside a crocodile that has just eaten a man)
- The Sea Chase
- Helen of Troy
1960s
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
- PT 109 (1963)
- Harper
- The Green Berets (1968)
- The Wild Bunch (1969) (a member of the Bunch is shot in the face during the opening scene of the movie)
1970s
1980s
- The Big Brawl
- Swamp Thing
- Poltergeist
- Howard the Duck
- Spaceballs (1987)
- Willow
- Always
- Three Fugitives
1990s
- Legion of Iron
- Beauty and the Beast
- Cabin Boy
- Mom and Dad Save the World
- Aladdin
- Reservoir Dogs
- Matinee
- Evening Class
- A Goofy Movie
- Toy Story
- Dante's Peak
- Hercules (1997)
- The Fifth Element
- Titanic (1997)
- Small Soldiers
- Broken Arrow
2000s
- Thirteen Days
- The Kid
- Just Visiting
- Tomcats
- Osmosis Jones
- Planet of the Apes (2001)
- The Majestic
- Wet Hot American Summer
- Life or Something Like It
- The Salton Sea
- Spider-Man (2002)
- Scorched
- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
- Kill Bill
- Under the Tuscan Sun
- Hellboy
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- Looney Tunes: Back In Action
- Team America: World Police
- Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
- Sin City
- Family Guy
- Kingdom of Heaven
- Star Wars: Clone Wars
- Star Wars: Episode III
In the American Dad! episode "Rodger Coger", the scream is heard when a new rival of Stan throws a grenade off-screen.
More detail on when the scream is used in many of these films is available from the personal website of Steve Lee (http://www.hollywoodlostandfound.net/), a sound effects librarian and designer who used it in A Goofy Movie, and the archives (http://www.wnyc.org/onthemedia/transcripts/transcripts_020901_wilhelm.html) of NPR's On the Media.