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360° scene from Building the Gladiator Colosseum Set1926 AD – 2012 AD

Enormous physical construction and daring practical engineering define these massive outdoor film productions, capturing breathtaking stunts, chaotic clashes, and sprawling immersive sets entirely on location.

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  1. Round 1 · 1999 AD

    Casual

    Building the Gladiator Colosseum Set

    Ridley Scott's crew spent months building a massive 52-foot-high, one-third scale replica of the Roman Colosseum inside a historic 17th-century Maltese fortress.

  2. Round 2 · 1999 AD

    Casual

    Building Edoras on Mount Sunday

    To create the capital of Rohan for The Lord of the Rings, the crew built a full-scale village on a remote shearer's station, flying the golden hall in by helicopter.

  3. Round 3 · 2012 AD

    Tricky

    Filming the Mad Max: Fury Road Chase

    After rare rains turned the Australian outback green, production of the post-apocalyptic epic relocated to the barren Namibian desert, relying on massive practical vehicle stunts.

  4. Round 4 · 1997 AD

    Tricky

    Filming the D-Day Landings in Saving Private Ryan

    Steven Spielberg chose the Irish coast to film his visceral Omaha Beach sequence because the real Normandy beaches were heavily developed and protected.

  5. Round 5 · 1926 AD

    Expert

    Filming the Bridge Collapse in The General

    Buster Keaton spent $42,000—a massive sum at the time—to send a real vintage steam locomotive plunging off a burning trestle into the Row River.

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