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Films with notable large battle scenes and the historical battles/wars they depict: Prehistory and ancient history. Spartacus (1960) – Third Servile War; The 300 Spartans (1962) – Battle of Thermopylae; Gladiator (2000) – Marcomannic Wars; Troy (2004) – Trojan War; Alexander (2004) – Battle of Gaugamela, Battle of the Hydaspes
Most of the battle scenes were filmed using five Panavision cameras simultaneously – from ground level, from 100-foot towers, from a helicopter, and from an overhead railway built right across the location. [18] [9] The battle reportedly cost $5 million of the $25 million budget. [4] It was the largest battlefield ever used for a film. [19]
The film was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck for 20th Century Fox, and is directed by Ken Annakin (British and French exteriors), Andrew Marton (American exteriors), and Bernhard Wicki (German scenes). The screenplay was written by Ryan, with additional material written by Romain Gary , James Jones , David Pursall and Jack Seddon.
Recreating epic battle scenes was just part of the challenge in filming “Napoleon” with director Ridley Scott, says Polish-born cinematographer Dariusz Wolski, who screened the grand-scale ...
The film's major tank battle scene, and some other battle scenes, were fought in flat, bare, arid territory. The aviation reconnaissance scenes with Henry Fonda were filmed with one or more Cessna L-19 aircraft, which did not fly until December 1949, instead of the Piper L-4 that was widely used during World War II.
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. [1] [2] The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war films often end with them.
Image credits: LoveEffective1349 The original thread started with this post by the user u/Sufficient_Season_61 in the r/Movies community a couple of years ago, and now has almost 2K upvotes and ...
Carl Gottlieb, who worked closely with Steven Spielberg on the movie’s script, shared behind-the-scenes revelations in an interview with Hollywood Reporter: “It was an overlap of a real-life ...