where did they get all the extras in the film zulu?

I see where your want to go with this.

just watching it and was wondering

Ok

Africa

Post Office

Newham.

There, I've stolen his thunder.

pathetic redbag - you're much better than this !

I've never seen any evidence of it.

there must of been thousands of zulus in the film..were they real?

momm

yes they were real. Film was made before CGI

ty facts

Yeah of course they were real. At the time the film was made it was only 80 odd years since the battle. Still thousands of Zulu descendants around.

baracouda has got a bot that alerts him to threads about black men

Must be the same one you have.

No I pop up on loads of them, your antennae extends to the potential to wave the race card around like Howard Webb

"The race card".

BF Translation Service : Someone whose view of race/colour differs to mine.

The extras were Zulus, didn't need any coaching, the chief directed them in the battle scenes

Extras? Well Micheal Caine was born in S.E. London.

or even Michael

Was it just a few of them and some mirrors

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If you look very closely you will see that some of them are wearing wristwatches.

That's what they were paid with.

Wasn't that so they knew what time to start attacking?

Brilliant film.

Came across this fred whilst looking for another.

Politician Mangosuthu Buthelezi, founder of Inkhatha, played his own great grandfather, in the 1960's film.

I worked with a Zulu.  He was a good soccer player, and spoke four languages.

Posties always come back for Christmas.

I saw it at the Odeon Hammersmith, now the Appolo theatre, and at the end when all the bodies were piled up some wag shouted out "Jesus It looks like the reject room at Firestones."

great film, Men of Harlech was a great scene.

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Apparently men of harlech was not sung during the siege,