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Round 1 · 1999 AD
Constructing the Hobbiton Movie Set
The New Zealand army was brought in to build roads and carve out thirty-nine temporary hobbit holes into the pastoral Alexander sheep farm for Peter Jackson's epic fantasy trilogy.
Round 2 · 1974 AD
Filming the Mechanical Shark for Jaws
Steven Spielberg famously battled a malfunctioning mechanical shark named Bruce in the open ocean, inadvertently creating a masterpiece of suspense by forcing the creature off-screen.
Round 3 · 1958 AD
Filming the Ben-Hur Chariot Race
Requiring thousands of extras and months of preparation, the epic chariot race was staged on a colossal eighteen-acre set constructed at Italy's legendary Cinecittà studios.
Round 4 · 1998 AD
Filming Dil Se on the Nilgiri Railway
Shah Rukh Khan and a troupe of dancers performed a meticulously choreographed routine entirely on top of a moving narrow-gauge steam train winding through steep mountain tea estates.
Round 5 · 1999 AD
Filming Crouching Tiger Bamboo Forest Sequence
Actors Chow Yun-fat and Zhang Ziyi spent weeks suspended by complex wire-rigging to capture the poetic, gravity-defying sword fight swaying high above a sea of bamboo.