The 5 Most Horrifyingly Wasteful Film Shoots.Weve previously established that the chariot race in the 1.Ben Hur was one of the most dangerous film shoots in history.In a quest for realism at the expense of life, the film recreated a full on, no holds barred chariot race among the stuntmen with a 1.But thats not why its on our list the scene was also responsible for killing around 1.They still segregated horses back then, too.It was a different time.The majority of those deaths were thanks to one man B.Reeves Eason. He was the second unit director in charge of the chariot race and seemed to have a real vendetta against horses.When an animal had a problem, instead of getting treatment from a vet it, hed just shoot it instead.Worst of all, most of those horses were killed during the disastrous yearlong shoot in Italy, of which almost none of the original footage made it into the final movie.The race was shot again in America, this time with much fewer animal fatalities, although the crash at the very end of the race is real and resulted in five horse deaths alone.But before you accuse Ben Hur of being one of the bloodiest film productions in history, Casablanca director Michael Curitz created a movie in 1.The Charge of the Light Brigade that was responsible for so many horse deaths that people stopped counting.Heres looking at horse carnage, kid.In the scene depicting the charge for which the movie was named, the battlefield was strewn with trip wires.When the director shouted, Bring on the empty horses, meaning the horses without riders, the handlers sent them all sprinting full speed toward their doom.At least 2. 5 were killed, although some people claim the figure was as high as 2.Bring On The Empty Horses Director' title='Bring On The Empty Horses Director' />Replicants, superheros, and reboots await you in our Fall Movie Guide.Plan your season and take note of the hotly anticipated indie, foreign, and documentary.Charlie Pierce on all this ESPN nonsense and newspapering and what not is so fantastic and Im bitter we didnt run it.Go check it out. SI.If youre wondering what kind of monster could be so careless with the life of those animals, then you may not be surprised to learn that the scene was organized by the films second unit director, one B. . Reeves Eason, the same man who was by that point famous for killing as many horses as anyone would let him.This is the touching scene where a guy puts a horse out of its misery.No, it wont be in the final cut.The numerous animal deaths forced Congress to look at animal abuse in film for the first time.Its star Errol Flynn later asserted in his autobiography that it was he who complained to the ASPCA.Due to the use of trip wires and many animal deaths, Charge of the Light Brigade has never been rereleased by Warner Bros., although the scene has managed a second life as raw material for Iron Maidens music video for The Trooper.See, horses It was all worth it after all.But its viewed with a rose tinted lens, so we dont feel anything anymore.Bring On The Empty Horses Director' title='Bring On The Empty Horses Director' />We are the Save the Horses Horse Rescue Relief and Retirement Fund, Inc., a nonprofit that was established in 1998.Our mission is to rescue abused, abandoned and.Bring On The Empty Horses Director' title='Bring On The Empty Horses Director' />For more from Kevin read Listening for Grasshoppers, the blog, not the book to which he is unaffiliated, or follow him on Twitter.For more disturbing Hollywood stories, check out 9 Awesome Directors Who Temporarily Lost Their Mind and 1.Classic Movie Moments Made Possible by Abuse and Murder.And stop by Link.STORM to help you get over the hump.And dont forget to follow us on Facebook and Twitter to get sexy, sexy jokes sent straight to your news feed.Do you have an idea in mind that would make a great article Then sign up for our writers workshop Do you possess expert skills in image creation and manipulation Mediocre Even rudimentary Are you frightened by MS Paint and simply have a funny ideaYou can create an infograpic and you could be on the front page of Cracked.
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