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The Great Race, 1965

Natalie Wood

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"The Great Race" (1965) featured the largest pie fight ever filmed, with 4,000 pies thrown over the course of five days of filming.

The scene cost US$200,000 ($1,642,450 in today's dollars) to shoot; US$18,000 ($147,820) just for the pastry.

Colorful cream pies with fillings such as raspberry, strawberry, blueberry and lemon were used.

For continuity between days of shooting, the actors were photographed at the end of each day and then made up the following morning to have the same colorful appearance, the same smears of pie crust and filling.

Shooting was halted for the weekend, during which the pie residue spoiled all over the scenery. When they all returned Monday morning, the set stank so badly that the building required a thorough cleaning and large fans to blow out the sour air. The residue was recreated carefully with new pies.