What Was the Hardest Film to Make?

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Making any film comes with its challenges, but we've found 12 of the most difficult films to make. From pulling a 320-ton boat up a hill, to shooting half a film underwater, to even trying to make a movie with Wesley Snipes. Most of these will be production nightmares, where everything that could go wrong with making a film going wrong.
These film productions usually started with grand ambitions and ended with budgets ballooning because of an ever-growing list of issues. These are films disowned by their actors, or ones that nearly bankrupted studios, or even had the cast and crew constantly attacked by animals. In the end you decide on which film takes the crown for being the hardest to make.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Working on Water
02:35 - Overweight Typhoons
04:37 - Dream Project
06:17 - A Boat and a Dream
08:17 - Wesley Snipes
09:39 - Underwater
11:35 - Old Money
13:35 - Biggest Flop
15:26 - Leo vs Bear
17:05 - Most Dangerous
18:37 - Talking Parrots
19:51 - One Take
21:05 - BONUS
Waterworld. Kevin Costner. Box Office Bomb. Production Nightmare. Apocalypse Now. Francis Ford Coppola. Martin Sheen. Marlon Brando. Megalopolis. Adam Driver. Fitzcarraldo. Werner Herzog. Klaus Kinski. Practical Effects. Blade Trinity. Wesley Snipes. Problematic Actors. The Abyss. James Cameron. Filming Underwater. Cleopatra. Elizabeth Taylor. Mankiewicz. Most Expensive Movie. Heaven's Gate. Michael Cimino. Studio Bankrupt. The Revenant. Alejandro Iñárritu. Leonardo DiCaprio Oscar. Roar. Animals in Film. Dr. Dolittle. Russian Ark. Longest shot in film. Lord of the Rings trilogy.
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  • @FilmStack
    @FilmStack3 ай бұрын

    Hey everyone! Make sure to check out our Part 2 to this video which includes 11 more difficult films to make! Also just a small correction that's been brought up a few times in the comments. Russian Ark (2002) no longer has the longest single shot in film. Victoria (2015) has dethroned it with the whole film being filmed in a single 134 minute take. Russian Ark still deserves its spot on the list due to its scale and the pressure they had from not having much time to film.

  • @mikeboy0001

    @mikeboy0001

    3 ай бұрын

    Was going to point that And if you see the movie, you'll notice Victoria was much harder to shoot, different locations, outdoors, indoors, moving cars, actual script and fantastic performances Important to mention it's not boring as Russian Ark, it's a thrilling and brilliant piece of cinema A true Masterpiece in my view

  • @agabrielrose

    @agabrielrose

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mikeboy0001How many orchestras were in it?

  • @rogersheddy6414

    @rogersheddy6414

    3 ай бұрын

    12:38. She had pneumonia. She had a tracheotomy. And she had a heavy duty smoking habit.

  • @TTFerdinand

    @TTFerdinand

    3 ай бұрын

    I could take a day or two of "torture" to shoot a movie. Can't imagine it dragging on for months tho.

  • @gingernightmare9152

    @gingernightmare9152

    3 ай бұрын

    I ❤Victoria.

  • @fungus_am0nguz644
    @fungus_am0nguz6443 ай бұрын

    Wesley Snipes not opening his eyes in that scene musta been one of the most hilarious things ever pn that set. Haha can u imagine? "Aaaaaand ACTION .......Wes....wes open your eyes....wes...wes please open your eyes...HEY WES OPEN YOUR FKIN EYES.....pretty please"

  • @kidkangaroo5213

    @kidkangaroo5213

    3 ай бұрын

    when you can't bother to perform one of the most simple and common human actions to portray your character, then you cease to be an actor

  • @master-of-mind5881

    @master-of-mind5881

    3 ай бұрын

    The backstage drama behind the scenes is more entertaining then the movie itself. Snipes knew what he was doing. He knew his diva behaviour would be remembered more then the movie! I always thought the moment he opened his eyes looked weird now I know. 😂😂

  • @thatboybear

    @thatboybear

    3 ай бұрын

    @@kidkangaroo5213his filmography and pay scale would disagree.

  • @NoCluYT

    @NoCluYT

    3 ай бұрын

    @@kidkangaroo5213 the only time I'll feel bad for a hollywood actor is if they've been taken advantage of sexuallu(too common). Other than that, DO YOUR DAMN JOB. They get paid to much to act like children.

  • @goodoldbubba6620

    @goodoldbubba6620

    3 ай бұрын

    Well. Wesley sure got repaid dozens of times over afterwards. He is still paying for it actually. It's one thing for one of Marlon Brando's status to be a pain. It's quite another for one light-years below that level to act the fool.

  • @dominic4981
    @dominic49813 ай бұрын

    Apocalypse now definitely feels like most ambitious film ever made specially for what it did back in the day

  • @FilmStack

    @FilmStack

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah they just don’t make films like that anymore. Those guys were on a mission to get it done haha

  • @steveconn

    @steveconn

    3 ай бұрын

    Just alot of military gear. Recreating small version of Vietnam.

  • @marccru

    @marccru

    3 ай бұрын

    You will never see set design like that again.

  • @goodoldbubba6620

    @goodoldbubba6620

    3 ай бұрын

    It is a masterpiece. Not an even close accurate depiction of combat conditions in Vietnam, but a masterpiece of cinema nonetheless.

  • @travisbickle3835

    @travisbickle3835

    3 ай бұрын

    war and peace by sergei bondarchuk

  • @christianstryder
    @christianstryder3 ай бұрын

    I think Tarkovsky’s Stalker is an honorable mention. Not only did they have to nearly re-shoot the entire film because of a processing issue but it’s theorized filming in toxic locations is what eventually caused him and his wife to pass away from the same type of cancer around the same times.

  • @FilmStack

    @FilmStack

    3 ай бұрын

    It was actually the last one that didn’t make the cut for this video, even did the research for it. Too many films to talk about so we might make another one in the near feature going over even more films

  • @spiritualanarchist8162

    @spiritualanarchist8162

    3 ай бұрын

    Is that the movie based on the novel ; Roadside picnic ?'

  • @ianstopher9111

    @ianstopher9111

    3 ай бұрын

    @@spiritualanarchist8162 Yes it is.

  • @spiritualanarchist8162

    @spiritualanarchist8162

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ianstopher9111 thanks

  • @spiritualanarchist8162

    @spiritualanarchist8162

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ianstopher9111 thanks

  • @7bordello
    @7bordello3 ай бұрын

    Any movie with Klaus Kinski in it could qualify as a hard movie to make lol

  • @flzrian3623

    @flzrian3623

    3 ай бұрын

    His freakouts are absolutely iconic

  • @user-cp9id1mj8b

    @user-cp9id1mj8b

    3 ай бұрын

    Bro when he freaks out in german to another german chef in the middle of the amazon with tribespeople looking on confused. I literally almost shit my pants laughing.

  • @kellymoses8566

    @kellymoses8566

    3 ай бұрын

    He was completely insane.

  • @ChrisJensen-se9rj

    @ChrisJensen-se9rj

    3 ай бұрын

    Aguirre: The Wrath of God must take the crown for the worst Kinski movie of all. Supposedly about a Conquistador looking for El Dorado, the internet descriptions tell of the journey made by Kinski's character "taking its toll on his mental health." Anyone watching this low budget extravaganza of pointless film making would, I'm certain, have experienced a remarkably similar effect on the mental health of any audience unfortunate enough to have shelled out actual cash to view this film.

  • @mlvcsj

    @mlvcsj

    3 ай бұрын

    What about For A Few Dollars More?

  • @CourtlandSandoverSly
    @CourtlandSandoverSly3 ай бұрын

    I worked on The Grey. They dragged a plane from California to the top of a ski hill in northern BC, and shot "on location" in blizzards. I've never been so cold in my life, and all the actors and producers were there with us.

  • @mrfake675

    @mrfake675

    3 ай бұрын

    I love that movie. I appreciate your hard work.

  • @afakefilms

    @afakefilms

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mrfake675 another Mr Fake?! Pleased to meet your acquaintance.

  • @mikemcconville2495

    @mikemcconville2495

    3 ай бұрын

    Fantastic movie

  • @delauder

    @delauder

    3 ай бұрын

    I remember previewing The Grey at a Director’s screening at CAA before it came out in wide release. I do remember him coming out before the movie started and saying something like “we’ll see if they ever let us make something like this again” with like a nervous chuckle, as if to say the shooting was grueling. Then the movie started with a plane crash sequence that nearly scarred me for life. 😂 One of the most intense things I’d ever seen. You can completely tell when things are shot on location with real natural elements, especially in harsh conditions. You can’t fake stuff like that and sadly so many movies are. We’re getting more and more advanced yet slowly losing everything about what makes movies special. Bravo to you and your team!

  • @sandordula5207

    @sandordula5207

    3 ай бұрын

    One of my favourite. Great work in every ways! Congrats!

  • @eddiegreencheez
    @eddiegreencheez3 ай бұрын

    Cameron seems to put himself through everything that he puts his actors through, credit for that

  • @patrickwilliamson29

    @patrickwilliamson29

    3 ай бұрын

    Just because you're prepared to eat shit, doesn't mean you should expect others to do the same

  • @Greg_Buckingham

    @Greg_Buckingham

    3 ай бұрын

    @@patrickwilliamson29they’re signing up for the job to eat it? Lol

  • @whitedevil2

    @whitedevil2

    2 ай бұрын

    @@patrickwilliamson29 ever hear of great leaders saying "i wouldn't command any of my employees/soldiers/etc to do something i wouldn't do myself"? the fact that he's in the trenches with them, and already had the track record of making masterpieces, his crew has/had less cause for grumbling.

  • @seatownfan
    @seatownfan3 ай бұрын

    That “Roar” movie is legit insane.

  • @seanpaden7532
    @seanpaden75323 ай бұрын

    There’s a scene in Fitzcarraldo where a cable breaks and winds up killing one of the tribesman and I had to do a google search to make sure that was scripted and I didn’t just witness someone’s actual death.

  • @mogadon7

    @mogadon7

    2 ай бұрын

    How Badly injured was Leonardo DeCaprio by the Bear in The Revenant ?

  • @BedBugReviews
    @BedBugReviews3 ай бұрын

    FilmStack: "We don't want to over stay our welcome, because this was already a pretty long video." Me: "When is hardest films to make part 2?"

  • @evanroberts2771

    @evanroberts2771

    3 ай бұрын

    When the channel that's been making the content about these films produces enough content for him to steal....

  • @trevorpacelli8056
    @trevorpacelli80563 ай бұрын

    I don't think any film would ever be harder to make than Tommy Wiseau's The Room. Try being on set for longer than one hour while putting up with Wiseau's bizarre line of logic.

  • @patrickwilliamson29

    @patrickwilliamson29

    3 ай бұрын

    That movie sucked so hard, not funny at all. I honestly don't understand why people enjoy it

  • @trevorpacelli8056

    @trevorpacelli8056

    3 ай бұрын

    @patrickwilliamson29 Because it's so fascinating how many weird creative decisions Tommy Wiseau made while writing, directing, producing, and starring in his movie. Nothing he does ever makes sense, and results in something where the more times you watch it the more pathetic details that worsen the film’s quality you notice.

  • @stevenking4617

    @stevenking4617

    3 ай бұрын

    Does that one count as a movie, though?

  • @trevorpacelli8056

    @trevorpacelli8056

    3 ай бұрын

    @@stevenking4617 lol, sure it does.

  • @Masterfighterx

    @Masterfighterx

    3 ай бұрын

    @@patrickwilliamson29 Same can be said about Paranormal activity, just replace funny with scary

  • @tricivenola8164
    @tricivenola81643 ай бұрын

    Carrie Fisher said often that nobody would ever know how hard it was to make the first three Star Wars. I like your channel, you know some things that don't get out much. Thanks.

  • @danroberts9050

    @danroberts9050

    2 ай бұрын

    Because she was tripping on acid.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat

    @Novastar.SaberCombat

    5 күн бұрын

    Carrie was also a talented script doctor on DOZENS of films. She may have been troubled by substance abuse, and certainly became involved with the wrong people over the decades, but she was talented in a lot of aspects of production. Acting was just one of them, and I'd definitely say that she was a far better writer than she was an actor.

  • @johannesheym8471
    @johannesheym84712 ай бұрын

    The german movie "Victoria" by Sebastian Schipper was shot in a single continuos take and runs for 138 minutes. It is (afaik) the longest one shot movie that exists.

  • @cedricgist7614
    @cedricgist76143 ай бұрын

    Good job! Most of these films I've never seen - yet know of them by reputation. So, what you shared - even briefly - enlightened me. I think you did a good job picking these particular projects to profile - including the bonus. And I can see this video was a project in itself. I've got so many subscriptions - but you deserve a "like" and I am subscribing.

  • @E3ECO
    @E3ECO3 ай бұрын

    I heard "How the West was Won" (1962) was difficult to film because of the Cinerama process. It was a huge camera utilizing three lenses that had an enormous field of view. This made it hard to film without getting the camera itself into frame. Cinerama had until then been used to make travelogues, and the three directors found it cumbersome for filming drama. The actors had a tough time because they couldn't look directly at the person they were talking to during over-the-shoulder shots, but instead had to gaze between two of the lenses to make it look right. And the movie itself had enormous practical effects, horse and bison stampedes, and a rafting scene where the monster camera setup ended in the river. Despite all that, the movie was hailed as amazing and was a box office success. Not many movies were made using this process though, and the specialized theaters it needed for projection went out of business.

  • @rsigmond5422
    @rsigmond54222 ай бұрын

    The scalped cinematographer of Roar is Jan de Bont. In the 90's he became the director of the movies Speed and Twister.

  • @lavendardust

    @lavendardust

    11 күн бұрын

    Wow.

  • @TrillDeuce
    @TrillDeuce3 ай бұрын

    First video I've seen from your channel. 6 minutes in and it's excellent.

  • @JamesBond-pu6qf
    @JamesBond-pu6qf2 ай бұрын

    The Last Airbender was the hardest movie to make because someone actually made the conscious decision to plague mankind with such an atrocity- and then another man agreed to such a thing.

  • @mattjordan6743
    @mattjordan67433 ай бұрын

    I've always been intrigued by the plot of Megalopolis since I first heard of its premise way back in the early-2010s.

  • @smaze1782
    @smaze17823 ай бұрын

    Excellent compilation sir. I expect to see way more subs in your future.

  • @c.cudder1234
    @c.cudder12342 ай бұрын

    What Iñarritu and the rest of the cast and crew achieved with The Revenant still amazes me to this day. Some shots are just breathtaking and when I tell you I would get literal chills in the theater because of how freezing cold it looked was absolutely insane. I've never had an experience where I could actually feel the movie coming out of the screen. When you combine those inpeccable shots and realize how good of a performance everyone achieved, it seriously deserves the praise it got, and those oscars as well.

  • @carlsoll
    @carlsoll2 ай бұрын

    These are Great Bro! *subscribed*

  • @CIS101
    @CIS1013 ай бұрын

    Random video for me, but the critiques of these movies seems totally legit, and on point. It's amazing how a good movie can result from all of these problems.

  • @spacecadet35
    @spacecadet35Ай бұрын

    The remake of Snow White should be on this list. Even though it isn't finished yet, but is probably the most expensive film in history, and also going to be the biggest financial bomb in cinema history. There may even be a complete reshoot in the near future.

  • @lavendardust

    @lavendardust

    11 күн бұрын

    " and is going to be a financial bomb." lol could very well be.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat

    @Novastar.SaberCombat

    5 күн бұрын

    No more attention should ever be placed on that putrid attempt at rewriting and rebranding the original in order to fit some janky, megalomaniacal, "woke" agenda. It's worse than "Madame Webb", "Willow" (reboot), "Rebel Moon", and "Röbê¥π Hœød" by 'The Director' or whatever that non-sequitur nonsense was all about. 🙄 Bunch of slipshod hacks.

  • @craigkemery
    @craigkemery3 ай бұрын

    The difficulty of the Revenant is pretty overblown. It was a pain, mostly due to the use of all natural light as previously mentioned. It really wasn’t all that remote, almost all of the locations are regularly used for other productions, and the notion that travelling to locations took up 40% of the days is pretty absurd. There were certainly some cold days, but in the later months, the production actually struggled to maintain the snow during an unseasonably warm winter. Many major productions such as Fargo(tv) and Cold pursuit used the exact same locations in far harsher weather. Dicaprio definitely had some challenging scenes, but still spent the vast majority of the shoot in heated tents and trailers surrounded by an entourage of assistants. The amount of crew turnover however, was not at all exaggerated.

  • @osareafallire
    @osareafallire3 ай бұрын

    Roar is straight insane. No movie like it will ever be made again. I met the son (the guy with the beard) at a screening in Austin. The whole thing is terrifiying but the background music is something right out of a 1980's live action Disney family adventure film including goofy "boing" sound effects. The only FAKE blood in it is some they put on one lion that was designed to be the "bad guy" lion. Spoiler: There's a fair amount more blood in it. Thanks for including it in this list.

  • @g-manthenurseman7532

    @g-manthenurseman7532

    3 ай бұрын

    I wonder if everyone involved with Roar wished they had waited for CGI-😅. It is definitely terrifying, especially the guy getting scalped.

  • @shmooveyea
    @shmooveyea2 ай бұрын

    Love The Revenant shoot, freezing wilderness of winter, bro that's just my hometown 😢

  • @sebastianm.2901
    @sebastianm.29013 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the timestamps!

  • @prestonvanhorn6248
    @prestonvanhorn62483 ай бұрын

    I think the space movies have to be super expensive because to go up there and film things for an entire movie would be crazy expensive

  • @travisbickle3835

    @travisbickle3835

    3 ай бұрын

    fr

  • @apokatastasian2831

    @apokatastasian2831

    3 ай бұрын

    they don't film movies in space, it's all effects

  • @Migmaqiw

    @Migmaqiw

    3 ай бұрын

    @@apokatastasian2831prove it

  • @Puppy_Puppington

    @Puppy_Puppington

    3 ай бұрын

    I know right! And can you imagine how much it costs to get to those galaxies far far away with the crappy mileage we get on our older rockets & space shuttles!!! I’m truly grateful to Lucas film ltd. For taking the time and risks to give us great films!

  • @Puppy_Puppington

    @Puppy_Puppington

    3 ай бұрын

    @@apokatastasian2831mhmm. Sure buddy.. next your gonna say that the moon landing is all fake fx too!!! 😂😂

  • @hippomancy
    @hippomancy3 ай бұрын

    "making a movie with Wesley Snipes"...

  • @williamdillard5060
    @williamdillard50603 ай бұрын

    That scene in the amazing movie "The Revenant" when "Glass" is attacked and mauled by the bear, is so realistic that it literally makes me cringe every time I see it. That cold and those extremely difficult weather conditions can not be done with CGI. They ALL had to be cold and somewhat miserable. It reminded me of being on guard duty for 8 hrs in South Korea in below 10 WCF back in the late 70s.

  • @mrquirky3626

    @mrquirky3626

    2 ай бұрын

    That's not quite true about cold conditions can't be replicated with CGI. HBO's brilliant Band of Brothers came out in 2001, and if you watch the behind the scenes stuff, a lot of the winter forest scenes for the Battle of the Bulge episodes were actually done in a warm, indoor studio with the actors pretending to be freezing in fake snow and their icy breath added in post with CGI to make it seem more realistic.

  • @lukelocks9083
    @lukelocks90833 ай бұрын

    The Dr Dolittle movie, has the funniest mishaps! Where the goat ate the script, the ducks wouldn't float and hilariously the Parrot kept shouting "Cut"! They say never work with kids and animals if you want a stress free filming.

  • @Novastar.SaberCombat

    @Novastar.SaberCombat

    5 күн бұрын

    Youth, animals, nature, the ocean, Snipes, Brando, etc., etc. 😂 There are too many things to avoid when it comes to the idea of "shooting stress free". Chances are... yer gonna have drama, issues, setbacks, problems, obstacles, financial woes, illnesses, accidents, etc.

  • @gmg9010
    @gmg90103 ай бұрын

    Roar the reason why I’m fine with having cgi wild animals for the most part.

  • @FilmStack

    @FilmStack

    3 ай бұрын

    Haha agreed! It’s crazy they didn’t stop after the first few attacks

  • @landondavis8125

    @landondavis8125

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@FilmStack, they should sue

  • @user-sl2ng2hr1k

    @user-sl2ng2hr1k

    3 ай бұрын

    When I saw it I assumed they just kept the camera rolling and then wrote the script around the best shots they got, but apparently they kept making reshoots so that the lions got tired and grumpy. Insanity. The modern trailer is hilarious though. Best trailer ever.

  • @jp3813
    @jp38133 ай бұрын

    Watching The Abyss is really a double feature: one for the film itself (preferably the special edition) and the other for the behind-the-scenes documentary ("Under Pressure: Making the Abyss").

  • @a.nobodys.nobody

    @a.nobodys.nobody

    3 ай бұрын

    Was just thinking how id never watched it. Almost put it on last night. Thanks for the tip to watch the behind the scenes doc

  • @JohnBender1313

    @JohnBender1313

    2 ай бұрын

    I like the special edition but have decided Cameron made the right choice cutting the wave. It wouldn't make sense for the NTIs to threaten us for our actions when they are asking us to stop and put away such things.

  • @jp3813

    @jp3813

    2 ай бұрын

    @@JohnBender1313 It makes sense when you consider that the NTI's almost got nuked out of existence. The Cold War was a threat, but WWIII is a holocaust.

  • @a.nobodys.nobody
    @a.nobodys.nobody3 ай бұрын

    .... he refused to open his eyes!? What!?!?!

  • @lavendardust

    @lavendardust

    11 күн бұрын

    Yeah, that got me too.

  • @lavendardust

    @lavendardust

    11 күн бұрын

    Now I've head that actors get sleepy in scenes when they're in a hospital bed or such. In fact, one actor had to be woke up. They kept waiting for him to say his line but he fell asleep. hehe

  • @Wheretheportlandorarealadiesat
    @Wheretheportlandorarealadiesat3 ай бұрын

    Waterworld will live on forever it’s a cult cult hit people love this movie

  • @Xylus.
    @Xylus.2 ай бұрын

    I saw your video, and my first thought was Fitzcarraldo. Of course, the first image of the video is in fact Fitzcarraldo 😂 looking forward to the rest of the video.

  • @EldestSaint
    @EldestSaint2 ай бұрын

    I've never heard of Fitzcarraldo.. but it's free on KZread right now. I'm going to watch it right after this video. Thank you. 🙂

  • @pleasantlyblue7425
    @pleasantlyblue74252 ай бұрын

    The movie Apocalypse Now, I thought it was chaotic. Thank you for sharing.💞🌟🕊🌺💯

  • @Supermunch2000
    @Supermunch20003 ай бұрын

    I see Herzog, I smile and thumbs up.

  • @FilmStack

    @FilmStack

    3 ай бұрын

    Within the last year alone, we’ve talked about Herzog in 4 videos. But there’s still so much room for more Herzog in our lives haha

  • @williampotter2098
    @williampotter20983 ай бұрын

    When I saw the title, "Apocalypse Now" first came to mind. Coppola had many battles to win to get that made but persevered and got it finished. A great man.

  • @jimmerhardy
    @jimmerhardy3 ай бұрын

    You missed Friedkin's Sorcerer. Shot in the jungle, it's a magnificent film that broke everyone involved.

  • @ScottyColoradoKid

    @ScottyColoradoKid

    2 ай бұрын

    Agreed; and its his best movie....(I think nobody saw it just because of the title)

  • @jimmerhardy

    @jimmerhardy

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ScottyColoradoKid And because of Star Wars, mostly that, and it's an adult-level non-popcorn date movie.

  • @benmcfee

    @benmcfee

    11 күн бұрын

    It's one of those movies that legitimately translates the stress of filming it, into stress watchimg it, too. Once those trucks get moving, there is little time to breathe. The movie that it's based on, _The Wages of Fear,_ is also worth a look.

  • @ScottyColoradoKid

    @ScottyColoradoKid

    11 күн бұрын

    Just like Apocalypse Now; those damn Jungle movies!

  • @jimmerhardy

    @jimmerhardy

    10 күн бұрын

    @@benmcfee I own Wages. Only watched once out of interest. Friedkin's take is a modern classic.

  • @ForeheadPushUps
    @ForeheadPushUps3 ай бұрын

    You must include Howard Hughes' HELL'S ANGELS (1930) at the Great Depression with real planes crashing, filming delays. BEN HUR (1925) was ambitious too. Worth a mention cause it's one of my fav movie: the train scene in THE GENERAL (1926) cost 500k$.

  • @FRN2013

    @FRN2013

    2 ай бұрын

    And Ben Hur (1959) was no 'walk in the park' to make, either!

  • @hildahilpert5018

    @hildahilpert5018

    15 күн бұрын

    There is also the movie Greed, from the 1900s directed by Eric von Stroheim eith Gibson Gowland , Jean Hersolt and Zazu Pitts. It was based on a book by Frank Norris and part of it was actually filmed in Death Valley.

  • @vicariously143
    @vicariously1433 ай бұрын

    Great vid. Thanks

  • @WUStLBear82
    @WUStLBear82Ай бұрын

    _Roar_ might have been the most dangerous near-term, but _The Conqueror_ (1955) might be the most dangerous long-term, given that dozens of the cast and crew contracted various types of cancer, many fatal, over the following two decades. Outdoor scenes were filmed 200 mi downwind of the active Nevada Nuclear Test Range, and for studio shooting at RKO they trucked in hundreds of tons of still-radioactive sand from Nevada because Howard Hughes complained that the color of the beach sand they originally used didn't match the location footage. How that sand was eventually disposed of is unknown, according to the book 'Killing John Wayne: The Making of The Conqueror'.

  • @Skybloo263
    @Skybloo2633 ай бұрын

    Jodorowsky's Dune is also an iconic movie that never been completed, although a bit out of this category because it never hit the screens, the documentary is fascinating, showing all the art work that some been used in the movie "The Fifth Element"

  • @Magneticlaw
    @Magneticlaw3 ай бұрын

    I very much appreciate your narration....no goofy AI voice. Good video!

  • @joeri-uu5kp

    @joeri-uu5kp

    Ай бұрын

    really? You dont get annoyed that all sentences are equal length and equal intonation with that annoying rise at the end?

  • @KasFromMass
    @KasFromMass3 ай бұрын

    Kevin Costner's very quick to point out that over time, Waterworld has made over 1 Billion and still makes money. It only broke even in theaters, but its been a success on video, traditional TV, and now streaming, throughout every worldwide market.

  • @Professorlicme8

    @Professorlicme8

    Ай бұрын

    I LOVE that movie. Post apocalyptic water settings are so interesting and rare

  • @benmcfee

    @benmcfee

    11 күн бұрын

    Info-dump time: From what I've heard, from both Kevin Reynolds and Kevin Costner, _Waterworld_ wasn't a set that was as "plagued" as it was made out to be. There _were_ some significant setbacks (like the set blowing away, the creative differences between the Kevins, and things that normally would have been simple on land-such as buried squibs to simulate gunfire hitting the ground-being logistical nightmares on the water) most of the problems they encountered were things they knew they would have to deal with. From the sounds of things, it was the press that really amplified the hype about the on-set problems, and by the time the film hit theatres, people had already been conditioned to think it was a flop, so no one went). The movie had its production issues, but the hype really killed it. And like one commenter said, it's really not a bad film at all. Would I choose _Waterworld_ over _Mad Max 2,_ or _Mad Max: Fury Road?_ No. Would I choose _Waterworld_ over _Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome?_ In a heartbeat.

  • @354Entertainment
    @354Entertainment3 ай бұрын

    For me it is Apocalypse Now by far! The hardest production in history and the result is magnificent, still today!

  • @edwardturner1282
    @edwardturner12823 ай бұрын

    Thoroughly enjoyable. I might review them. Some again and some for the first time.

  • @user-ym4xy6us5e

    @user-ym4xy6us5e

    3 ай бұрын

    You speak as though your are a person of note. Forgive me, but may I please know your credentials?

  • @doublethomas8415
    @doublethomas84153 ай бұрын

    Before watching I was like "IF Fitzcarraldo isn't on the list, it's incomplete". Thanks for not letting me down!

  • @robertdominicceasarsalvill2221
    @robertdominicceasarsalvill22213 ай бұрын

    Apocalypse Now is one of the greatest war movies ever made because of FFC. It just so happened that they filmed it here in the Philippines where typhoons were devastating.

  • @adambraverman756
    @adambraverman7562 ай бұрын

    I worked on the Revenant. A very difficult shoot. The problem honestly was that the director and cinematographer, who are both from Mexico, would have private discussions and not share their information with the crew. Suddenly we’d be told to pick Up The camera and move it several hundred meters, then face another direction. This lack of communication (Ys Canadians didn’t speak Spanish) and possibly a cultural difference between the director/DOP and the crew on how we work in Canada led to many felt being disrespected.

  • @DA-bk9bf
    @DA-bk9bf3 ай бұрын

    17:08 That must have been a terrifying set, for a movie I literally never heard of.

  • @jeremycunningham7897
    @jeremycunningham78973 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love these movies - except the last Blade effort + Water world. I also haven’t seen Roar + Russian Ark but they look good! All the others tho, absolutely terrific stuff! Thanks :)

  • @johncambridge554
    @johncambridge5543 ай бұрын

    Great job. Maybe not perfect, but extremely informative. For the follow-up, I'd definitely recommend considering Aliens, The Godfather, and Terminator 2. Perhaps also The Bourne Identity and Toy Story 2.

  • @benjaminskylerhill8276
    @benjaminskylerhill82763 ай бұрын

    It’s a crime that this channel doesn’t have more subscribers

  • @flzrian3623
    @flzrian36233 ай бұрын

    Your fact about Russian Ark being the longest single shot is wrong. Victoria (2015) is another movie that was taken in just a single shot and it's 140 minutes. They filmed it 3 times on consecutive nights between 4 and 6 AM and used the first one

  • @evanroberts2771

    @evanroberts2771

    3 ай бұрын

    If filmed BETWEEN 4 and 6, how long is that runtime again?????

  • @flzrian3623

    @flzrian3623

    3 ай бұрын

    @@evanroberts2771 approximately. Idk the exact times but about 3:50 to 6:10 or something

  • @mikeboy0001

    @mikeboy0001

    3 ай бұрын

    They actually used the last take on the last attempt It's a Masterpiece

  • @flzrian3623

    @flzrian3623

    3 ай бұрын

    @@mikeboy0001 true! Filmed between 4:30 and 7:00. Looked it up just now

  • @a.nobodys.nobody

    @a.nobodys.nobody

    3 ай бұрын

    Never heard of it. Worth checking out?

  • @cyr0osworld834
    @cyr0osworld83426 күн бұрын

    Crazy good and interessting video

  • @anauticalgate5496
    @anauticalgate54963 ай бұрын

    Loved that line in Waterworld ,from the weary old guy down in the boiler room when he saw the lit,stick of dynamite Costner dropped down the stack. "Oh,.. thank God"

  • @mandisf555
    @mandisf5552 ай бұрын

    great video! thanx

  • @Anarchy303
    @Anarchy3032 ай бұрын

    The Cinema Tyler videos about Apocalypse Now are great. Highly recommend them

  • @cyrollan
    @cyrollanАй бұрын

    good lord, these are INSANE. it's a miracle that Apocalypse Now was even made, but it's also an excellent movie

  • @ArtLike
    @ArtLike3 ай бұрын

    Great video! However, just a correction. Unless I'm mistaken, the longest film ever shot in one take is Sebastien Schipper's "Victoria" (2015)

  • @psterud
    @psterud3 ай бұрын

    I know this video deals with American movies, but one I think of is Andrei Tarkovsky's Stalker, based loosely on the Strugatsky brothers novel Roadside Picnic, which got entirely remade several times during the process. If you know Tarkovsky, you know every single thing he did was epic, highly deliberate, and existential. The final film is a masterpiece, but it boggles my mind to think of those people having to recreate the movie over and over. There's got to be something demoralizing about that process. But there's also something to be said about not going with your first effort.

  • @BloodSweatandFears

    @BloodSweatandFears

    7 күн бұрын

    I’ve seen multiple comments here about this movie, now I must see it 😂

  • @AlexanderRentsch
    @AlexanderRentsch3 ай бұрын

    Quest for Fire would also fit into this list. 😉

  • @jalin8039
    @jalin80392 ай бұрын

    Pirates of the Caribbean 2 and 3 were also a big challenge to film

  • @WatchAndGame
    @WatchAndGame3 ай бұрын

    Small correction: I think that the german movie Viktoria is a longer signle shot movie than Russian Ark. Also, really good, worth a watch!

  • @JohnBender1313
    @JohnBender13132 ай бұрын

    Its sad The Abyss never got the recognition it deserved for all that went into it. I remember seeing it for the first time flipping through channels on the TV, and couldnt stop watching. Its one of my favorite movies. And so many people i know have never heard of it.

  • @wetwilly01
    @wetwilly0119 күн бұрын

    I was thinking to myself, "this better have fitzcarraldo." And it was the first shot. Nice 👍

  • @janegoodwin1823
    @janegoodwin18233 ай бұрын

    I worked on the Abyss. Interesting to see develope.

  • @Cadence733
    @Cadence7333 ай бұрын

    Re LOTR check out Ian Nathan's book on the making of it- absolutely brilliant.

  • @cadillacdeville5828
    @cadillacdeville58283 ай бұрын

    Thanks for this

  • @munkustrap2
    @munkustrap22 ай бұрын

    I was surprised that Jaws wasn't mentioned beyond the Spielberg warning about filming on the ocean. That movie was extremely difficult to make.

  • @MerchantIvoryfilms
    @MerchantIvoryfilms3 ай бұрын

    Bridman: "We made it "look" like one shot" Russian Ark: "We DID do it in one shot"

  • @PaNNgz
    @PaNNgz28 күн бұрын

    Well done!

  • @eddiegreencheez
    @eddiegreencheez3 ай бұрын

    Cleopatras inflation is insane Along with Elizabeth Taylor smoking a cigarette with a fresh Tracheotomy bandage on

  • @ultimobw
    @ultimobw3 ай бұрын

    Underrated youtube channel

  • @warpathh
    @warpathh3 ай бұрын

    You missed one of the hardest to make films of all time… William Friedkin’s 1977 film Sorcerer…

  • @ihavegymnastics

    @ihavegymnastics

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes!!!

  • @Polyphemus47

    @Polyphemus47

    3 ай бұрын

    I must have seen that film at least a dozen times back then. The Tangerine Dream soundtrack was a big plus.

  • @Willrobert92

    @Willrobert92

    3 ай бұрын

    I can always tell just by watching that film that the logistics must've been a nightmare. The bridge scene alone looks like it would've been hell for both the cast and the crew

  • @seatownfan

    @seatownfan

    3 ай бұрын

    Of course, before Sorcerer, there was “Wages of Fear” which had its own difficulties. I would like to see “Socerer”, but it is very hard to find.

  • @warpathh

    @warpathh

    3 ай бұрын

    @@seatownfan no, it’s not.

  • @ArmandDiab
    @ArmandDiab3 ай бұрын

    Good list. I’ve seen all the films. I would also add “Sorcerer” (1977) 😉

  • @kellymoses8566
    @kellymoses85663 ай бұрын

    Cleopatra's inflation adjusted budget is $316 million

  • @amrita_s8094

    @amrita_s8094

    3 ай бұрын

    More than infinity war

  • @madlenellul3430

    @madlenellul3430

    2 ай бұрын

    Kelly…Yes I have to agree with you with Cleopatra. Two films became one … nearly bankrupted the studio. Over budget, over acted….over long..🤫🤗

  • @Trevorious2010
    @Trevorious20102 ай бұрын

    Filmstack: "these are the hardest films to make!" Cast of Jackass has entered the chat

  • @maxheadrom3088
    @maxheadrom30882 ай бұрын

    I never knew Cimino was the guy who played Dukakis on SNL around 1988 ... interesting!

  • @bpdbhp1632
    @bpdbhp16323 ай бұрын

    Gotta be hachi. Working with a dog in the leading role must be a nightmare

  • @lavendardust
    @lavendardust11 күн бұрын

    I was surprised about the ducks not being able to swim. wow. My 2 favorite things was The parrot in Dr. Doolitte that yelled CUT. And the one that makes me laugh is Director Michael Cimino owning the land, so taking his sweet time to film Heaven's Gate, to make more money , inducing Studio United Artists to investigate the over blown price for renting the land. haha

  • @brick6347
    @brick63473 ай бұрын

    I mean, they sounded horrible to make, but at least nobody died. The same cannot be said of Twilight Zone: The Movie, which claimed 3 lives (2 of them children). There's probably other examples, but i can't think of any of the top of my head. And course an actor dying always makes it hard to finish the movie. The Crow, Gladiator etc.

  • @alancrawford8749

    @alancrawford8749

    3 ай бұрын

    Was thinking the exact same.

  • @abracadaverous

    @abracadaverous

    3 ай бұрын

    I was surprised it didn't make the list.

  • @misterpaulggftw9103
    @misterpaulggftw91033 ай бұрын

    For the one take film, watch Victoria by Sebastian Schipper as well. It is 2 hours and 20minutes long- all in one take.

  • @acrophobe
    @acrophobe3 ай бұрын

    "The sheep kept peeing on Harrison" is an incredible sentence to say out loud out of context. Just let people imagine.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn3 ай бұрын

    Fitzcarraldo - pulling a ship up a mountain - c'mon, hardest to make easily (other than life with my mother).

  • @bizybee8192
    @bizybee81922 ай бұрын

    I know it was mentioned but I can’t believe the island of Doctor Monroe was not on the list.. I watched a documentary on it and that alone gave me nightmares..

  • @frankzelazko
    @frankzelazko2 ай бұрын

    cheers. nice job

  • @Daniel_B_23
    @Daniel_B_233 ай бұрын

    Liked and subscribed.

  • @IMINTHEMOMENTRU
    @IMINTHEMOMENTRUАй бұрын

    @22:10 "The Fall" is a big one !

  • @jamessarrio
    @jamessarrio2 ай бұрын

    Venturing into storytelling and creative video making recently. VideoGPT quietly became my secret weapon, imparting a sense of professionalism to my content effortlessly.

  • @master2uall88
    @master2uall883 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love Waterworld and I watched all different cuts of it over the years my other favorite Kevin Costner movie is the postman I know they're not favorites to some people but there is a fan base for both of those movies because they're post-apocalyptic movies and well I love all post-apocalyptic movies

  • @pegacorn13

    @pegacorn13

    3 ай бұрын

    I can't think of one Kevin Costner film that I like. He's just such a boring actor who's made incredibly bad, boring or mediocre movies at best. Waterworld is terrible.

  • @yagomi32
    @yagomi323 ай бұрын

    Wesley CGI eyes are the funniest thing ever 🤣🤣🤣🤣. I wonder how many times they begged him to open his eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @alrightylol
    @alrightylolАй бұрын

    Sounded so similiar to "Green Grass" channel, like allmoust everything i heared in that video was in other channel.

  • @thenightstar8312
    @thenightstar83123 ай бұрын

    No mention of The Thief And The Cobbler? What about Pink Floyd: The Wall? The director of it had some pretty choice words about how difficult it was to make and how he ultimately believed the experience wasn't even worth it in the end

  • @Polyphemus47

    @Polyphemus47

    3 ай бұрын

    You're the only person I've ever seen that mentioned "The Thief and the Cobbler". That one deserves its own vid. I liked it a lot, but my VHS copy is long gone, now.

  • @Able_Cylon
    @Able_Cylon2 ай бұрын

    It’s a toss up between Star Wars (fairly remote location, and the equipment was rudimentary since it was such a long time ago) and Fantastic Voyage (just the process of getting everything miniaturized, and having to go back in for reshoots).

  • @danieldravot341
    @danieldravot3413 ай бұрын

    The cold in ‘The Revenant’ was almost unbearable to watch so making the movie must have been a gargantuan challenge.

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