In the early 1990s, the former Bayi Film Studio spent a lot of money to shoot the Trilogy of Armageddon, namely "Liaoshen Campaign", "Huaihai Campaign" and "Pingjin Campaign".
Due to the grand scenes, the true narrative, and the image of the actors close to historical figures, these three films caused a huge sensation as soon as they were released, and became classic masterpieces.
Fast forward thirty years, CCTV in the second half of last year to start the "greeting the 100th anniversary of the founding of the party" gift drama shooting work, the three major battles are indispensable, this time still with "Armageddon" as the title, but from the film version to the drama version.
Compared with the two, the film version is more convenient to show the magnificent scene because it is a large screen, while the drama version is more convenient to show historical details because of its longer length.
CCTV's production skills are very strong, which can be seen from the "Crossing the Yalu River" broadcast at the end of last year, during the broadcast of the drama, not only dominated the ratings for a long time, but also the quality left most of the dramas broadcast in the same period behind, and the Douban score was as high as 8.8.
Therefore, the drama has attracted much attention since its shooting, and the theme coupled with the success of "Crossing the Yalu River" is now very exciting.
The success of a play is naturally the most critical, which is very reassuring to "Armageddon", because its director is Ghosh.
Ghosh
If you have seen the military drama "The Sky of History", the historical drama "Three Kingdoms", the period drama "New on the Beach", the emotional drama "Happiness Like a Flower" and other plays, you will definitely be familiar with Ghosh, these are his works.
And these dramas should have scenes, thick and heavy, delicate and delicate, fully demonstrating Ghosh's ability to control various themes of drama.
Works directed by Ghosh
Before the filming of "Armageddon", Gao Xixi once said about the casting of the play that the main characters will choose powerful actors who resemble gods with real historical figures, and at the same time take into account the selection of young actors with market appeal to participate, in order to attract more young audiences.
At present, "Armageddon" has been halfway through the shooting, most of the starring lineup has been unveiled, we may wish to see what changes and highlights are compared with the same film version of "Armageddon".
The most successful character in the film version of "Armageddon" is Mao Zedong played by Gu Yue, who has both form and god, which is legendary.
The drama version of Mao Zedong is played by Tang Guoqiang, which is also the most successful actor who has played Mao Zedong on the screen since the ancient moon, and from the on-site work photos, it is very chairman's charm of that year.
On the left side of the chairman picture above is Marshal Zhu De, played by Wang Wufu, who also plays Zhu De the most times on the screen at present.
The film version of "Armageddon" played this role is Liu Huaizheng, unfortunately, in February 1997, Liu Huai was in a car accident during a visit to the United States, unfortunately killed.
Liu Huaizheng plays Zhu De
In the film version of "Armageddon", Zhou Enlai is played by Su Lin, and Ren Bishi is played by Lu Xi.
The drama version of "Armageddon" Zhou Enlai is played by Liu Jin, and Ren Bishi is played by Wang Jian, both of whom are special actors who have played Zhou Enlai and Ren Bi on the screen many times in recent years.
The second from the right is Zhou Enlai, played by Liu Jin
The role of Chiang Kai-shek in the film version of "Armageddon" is played by the famous actor Zhao Hengduo, this role has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people as a film and television image, and the three actors who play Chiang Kai-shek in film and television dramas are Zhao Hengduo, one is Sun Feihu, and the other is Ma Xiaowei.
This drama version of "Armageddon" is unconventional, inviting Teacher Wang Jinsong to play Chiang Kai-shek, and he has only played this role in another tribute drama "Glory and Dreams" before, but the drama has not yet been broadcast.
Therefore, the effect of the effect still needs to be tested.
This is the shape of Wang Jinsong's "Glory and Dreams"
In the film version, Chiang Kai-shek's wife Song Meiling is played by Wu Zhiyuan, and the drama version is played by Liu Tao.
The film version of "Armageddon" Chen Yi is played by Liu Xitian, and the drama version is played by Gu Wei.
The drama version of "Armageddon" is filming
The second from the right in the picture above is the image of Chen Yi created by Gu Wei in "Armageddon", and the others are Guo Guangping as Su Yu, Lu Qi as Deng Xiaoping, and Liu Zhibing as Liu Bocheng from left to right.
Stills of Deng Xiaoping in the film version of "Armageddon"
Among the many actors, only Lu Qi has played the same role twice, and Deng Xiaoping in the film version of "Armageddon" thirty years ago was portrayed by him.
The reappearance of this image thirty years later shows that Luci is well maintained and does not see age.
In addition, the drama version of "Armageddon" also selected Guo Lianwen as Liu Shaoqi, Wang Ting as Han Xianchu, Lin Yongjian as Nie Rongzhen, Shao Bing as Chen Geng, Wang Yanan as Liu Yalou, Huo Qing as Gu Zhutong, Zhao Liang as Wei Lihuang, He Shengming as Jiang Jingguo, and Li Qiang as Du Yuming.
Wang Ting is filming
It should be mentioned that the actor Li Qiang, who plays Du Yuming, is the actor who played Director Zhong in last year's hit drama "Hidden and Great".
With so much mentioned, there is another key figure that is indispensable in the Armageddon, and he is Lin Biao.
In previous film and television dramas, the most outstanding actor in the role of Lin Biao was Ma Shaoxin, whose thin face was especially close to the image of Lin Biao.
In the recently concluded "Crossing the Yalu River", Lin Biao's role is played by Ma Shihong, but the role is less, not the main character.
Ma Shihong plays Lin Biao
Some viewers may not be familiar with Ma Shihong, but if you have watched "The Little Woman at Zhengyang Gate", you will know that He Yongqiang is played by him in the play.
In the drama version of "Armageddon", Gao Xixi boldly used "new" people, and the role of Lin Biao was played by the old drama bone Yu Hewei.
Judging from the news revealed so far, Yu Hewei version of Lin Biao's cheekbones and mouth shape are very similar, that is, the face shape is slightly fatter.
How the specific effect is, the performance of motion and jing is not the same, as an audience, of course, it is expected that Yu Hewei can shape this key figure who commanded the Liaoshen Campaign into a divine.
In addition to the news of the main cast, "Armageddon" also has a lot of war pictures flowing out, and the scene is quite shocking.
The street set is also very warlike, with ruins and broken walls, and the tiles are in disarray, making people look as if they are suddenly in that era of gunfire.
It is reported that the main role of the play is more than 350, the filming process spans 3 provinces, restores 85 battles and battles, 570 scenes, digs 25,000 meters in trenches, more than 30,000 explosion points, 1,500 props and firearms, more than 100,000 bullets, a total of 9,540 sets of costumes, more than 60,000 people are used in group performances, and the crew reached 1,500 people at the peak.
Such a large-scale production is to better and truly restore the thrilling Armageddon scene of that year, so that the audience can relive the magnificent history while visually enjoying a beautiful and shocking feast.
Introduced so much, I believe that everyone will be very much looking forward to it, the drama is expected to be broadcast around The Eleventh of this year, and it is expected that there will be a wave of ratings boom at that time.