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2006-10-08 11:12:49 · 23 answers · asked by Darrell 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Alot of answers you would think would be correct:
Star Wars, LOTR Trilogy, Cleopatra, Gone With The Wind, Gettysburg....
But the answer is GHANDI: 300,000 extras for the funeral scene (imagine the catering?!)
2006-10-08 11:19:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actor Jackie Chan is set to star in the most expensive movie ever made in Hong Kong.
The star of Rush Hour is to take the lead and has helped adapt a martial arts epic based on an ancient military text by a Chinese philosopher.
Crouching Tiger has been a world-wide hit
The film is expected to cost about $38.5m (£27m) and is an adaptation of Art of War, written by Sun Tzu more than 2,000 years ago.
Filming is not expected to start until 2003 and will have a cast of thousands.
Gulf War
"The film will require around 100,000 extras and we need to discuss with authorities in China to see if they would allow some People's Liberation Army soldiers to be in the film," said Tony To, promotions manager at distributors Golden Harvest.
Chan first had the idea of adapting Art of War during the 1991 Gulf War, said To.
The film will hope to capitalise on the success of the Oscar-winning movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which has become the most successful ever foreign language film in the US.
Since release, the film has taken more than $100m (£69m).
Chan is said to be opposed to the liberal use of special effects in modern films and will use them sparingly in the movie.
He is slated to film at least three other movies - including an action adventure, Operation Condor 3 - before work on Art of War is set to begin.
Chan is a major celebrity in Hong Kong, where he was born.
He has made more than 80 films and established himself as a star in the US with movies such as First Strike and Rush Hour.
The actor recently completed filming Rush Hour 2 which will hit the screens later this year.
2006-10-08 19:14:14 · answer #2 · answered by Lauren 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but I know that things like Rob Roy & other movies with many battle sequences used real people and not CG for the combat. Check into anything of clan wars, or Scottish films about historical events & you'll probably get quite a list.
2006-10-08 18:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by Shadow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possibly Ben Hur
2006-10-08 18:19:34 · answer #4 · answered by helen p 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was either 'Ben Hur', 'The Ten Commandments' or 'The Wizard of Oz'...
It was NOT Star Wars! LOL! Most of the extras in Star Wars are computer generated. Back in the day before the day before the day before, they didn't have computers so if they wanted a crowd, they went out and got a crowd... :-)
2006-10-08 18:32:06 · answer #5 · answered by Army Of Machines (Wi-Semper-Fi)! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the answer is Ben Hur.....many thousands......nowadays although they do use a lot in modern films....trick imagery will always cover those 000s in the distance in battle scenes etc rather than employing people to do it....
So I guess the previous record will never be broken......
2006-10-08 18:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Robbo31 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its going to be impossible to find an answer to this... records of extras were never kept years ago and even today getting figures for a whole cast would be hard.
2006-10-08 18:18:03 · answer #7 · answered by will t 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Ben Hur
2006-10-08 18:18:54 · answer #8 · answered by musiclover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No idea but a film like Ghandi would need a cast of thousands.
2006-10-08 18:15:33 · answer #9 · answered by Saskia M 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Gandhi
2006-10-09 02:39:33 · answer #10 · answered by Basil P 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋