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Afghanistan | Buzkashi
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The film began shooting using 65mm negative (Super Panavision), but during production Columbia Pictures went through a change in management. The budgets for this and another 65mm production, Mackenna's Gold (1969), were cut and both films were forced to switch over to 35mm anamorphic Panavision. However, both were released in 70mm, with the later-shot sections blown up. In later years, the mix-and-match formats made restoration of the films more time-consuming and expensive than if they'd been shot entirely in 65mm, and they were preserved in 35mm only.
Two to three weeks into shooting, cinematographer James Wong Howe left the project due to a disagreement with director John Frankenheimer over use of lenses.
Frank Langella was offered a part by John Frankenheimer, but Columbia insisted on a screen test before signing any contract. The screen test was a success, but in the meantime Mel Brooks had offered Langella the second lead in The Twelve Chairs (1970) and he chose that instead. A furious Frankenheimer told him he would never work in this town again.
John Frankenheimer considered Anthony Quinn for the Jack Palance role.
The British Broadcasting Company (BBC) made an hour-long documentary about the making of The Horsemen that, as noted in a Sep 1970 HR article, was shown first in Britain and then in America.
"District Chief: What demon has possessed you to mock these good people with that piece of dog-bait?"
