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Why was \'\'Gandhi\'\' removed from the list?
It\'s not as well known as other films on the list, and its $22 mil. (today\'s equivalent of $48 mil.) budget is rather modest for a BFM (today\'s equivalent of $48 mil.), but its one of the largest, most ambitious biographical films I\'ve known. It holds the world record for the most extras in a single scene (\'\'300,000\'\'), survived DevelopmentHell for over 20 years, and is long enough that it actually has \'\'intermissions\'\'. Those facts alone already make it a BFM, but the film\'s subject, Gandhi, is a real life equivalent of an epic hero, whose actions peacefully liberated India and changed world history; the quote in the beginning of the film even mentions that its impossible to capture all of the weight of his events, but gave them the most justice they can in a single film. The performance by Ben Kingsley adds the final touch to make the movie larger than life.
It\'s not a Hollywood film (it\'s actually a co-production between British and Indian productions), but it is an \'\'epic\'\' film, which, IMO, makes it a BFM.
It\'s not as well known as other films on the list, and its $22 mil. (today\'s equivalent of $48 mil.) budget is rather modest for a BFM (today\'s equivalent of $48 mil.), but its one of the largest, most ambitious biographical films I\'ve known. It holds the world record for the most extras in a single scene (\'\'300,000\'\'), survived DevelopmentHell for over 20 years, and is long enough that it actually has \'\'intermissions\'\'. Those facts alone already make it a BFM, but the film\'s subject, Gandhi, is a real life equivalent of an epic hero, whose actions peacefully liberated India and changed world history; the quote in the beginning of the film even mentions that its impossible to capture all of the weight of his events, but gave them the most justice they can in a single film. The performance by Ben Kingsley adds the final touch to make the movie larger than life.
It\'s not a Hollywood film (it\'s actually a co-production between British and Indian productions), but it is an \'\'epic\'\' film, which, IMO, makes it a BFM.
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