Eight weeks were spent in Morocco before the first unit moved to Pinewood. When filming began, the film's release date was postponed to May 28, with the studio seeking enough time for the post-production process in designing the film's special effects. The profit margin on the Pirates of the Caribbean films was compromised by overspending as special effects teams rushed to complete the films for their release dates.
Variety also ascribed the postponement to avoiding the potential Screen Actors Guild strike so the studio could ensure that the film leads to a "mega-franchise" similar to its successful Pirates of the Caribbean series. Other reasons for the release date change were that the film was originally scheduled a week before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen , and Disney needed more time to co-ordinate its marketing campaign.
Some fellow compatriots may be disappointed that the film was not shot in Iran which is the actual Persia where the story is supposed to take place. Also the first images seem to suggest that the film Sets such as the Palace seem to bear more similarities with Indian or Arabian architecture than those of the Medieval Safavid Palaces that can be found today in the enchanting city of Isfahan.
The same can be said as well about the costumes. Which is a shame However let's not judge the movie before its release and lets not forget that its first and foremost a story based on a computer game to begin with aimed at recreating the visual world of its creator. The last day of shooting in Morocco took place at the mammoth Merzouga Sand Dunes. For the big-screen version, Bruckheimer even brought in the Paris-based inventor of parkour, David Belle, to coach Gyllenhaal and stuntmen. For another crazy reason, Disney kept track of the bottles of water consumed — 1,, by the parched cast and crew.
In the midst of melting heat, the production was hit by thunderstorms, which unleashed flash floods in the valleys used as sets. Newell had weather scouts posted in the mountains with two-way radios to warn about disastrous downpours so cast and crew could quickly pack up. Other times, high winds kicked up fierce sandstorms that turned everything dark.
Back then, the self-described research freak read volumes about the architecture and history of Persia and became fascinated by tales of the ancient Silk Road trade route. He studied photographs of present-day Afghanistan, which has a landscape similar to Morocco.
He fixated on a book of midth century French paintings of the Middle East, a gift from Bruckheimer. I had to get my assistants to play the game for me. One, which was the size of a football field, housed wardrobe, hair and makeup for the film's background players.
And adjoining tent was built just for washing and drying. It was a mind-blowing degrees on the last day of Moroccan filming Merzouga Sand Dunes outside of Erfoud. According to Morocco Facilities Manager Gregoire Mouveau, during filming in that country the Prince of Persia company consumed 1,, bottles of water. Adding the people working in post-production, the total cast and crew amounted to more than 1, Donning a t-shirt emblazoned with "Snake Dude," he was easy to spot.
DAGGERS — Some 20 different versions of the Dagger which holds the Sands of Time were fabricated for the film — from the "hero" version, made of steel, to latex versions, created for stunt sequences.
The moment in which Alfred Molina, as Sheikh Amar, kisses his favorite ostrich on the neck was completely unscripted. It required 30 miles of scaffold tubing and tons of plaster, with members of the construction crew.
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