article_snippet: ‘The hills are alive...
article_snippet: And as part of a 50th anniversary special, Diane Sawyer and Diane Sawyer film crew recreated The famous scene, but with a drone - it took Diane Sawyer and her film crew about four takes in just half an hour.
article_snippet: ‘The hills are alive...’ Diane Sawyer and Diane Sawyer film crew recreated The famous scene with a drone in Germany (pictured)
article_snippet: The drone flew over the top of the trees and captured Diane Sawyer as Diane Sawyer span around.
article_snippet: It took her film crew about four takes in just half an hour .
article_snippet: But Maria couldn’t be heard over the sound of the helicopter, and the pilot interpreted the pilot star’s hand signals as a thumbs-up gesture of,
article_snippet: ’ Andrews, who was 28 during the filming, told Sawyer said that the brook, which was actually plastic filled with water, was also brought in by the movie studio and the birch trees were also brought in.
article_snippet: In Sawyer Tom Santopietro writes how helicopter rentals were very expensive, and the budget was so slim on the film that With only the first half of the number requiring the use of the helicopter, as soon as the shot was captured, the pilot would instantly fly to Obersalzberg for the filming of the movie
article_snippet: There was no money for even one more day’s helicopter rental.
highlights_snippet: The famous scene was filmed over a week in 1964 .
  
highlights_snippet: As part of a 50th anniversary special, Diane Sawyer recreated The famous scene, but with a drone - it took them about four takes in just half an hour .