 When it came time to film inside the boat, it was discovered that  the large 65mm cameras wouldnt fit. The boat had to be taken out of  the pond, cut in half lengthwise, and placed in an Italian sound  stage. The oars wouldnt fit in the soundstage, so they had to cut  them off just beyond the hull. This resulted in an extremely light  oars which, when rowed by the actors, didnt look believable, since  you could move them with one hand. To solve the problem, Zambuto  sent an army of production assistants to all of the hardware stores  in Rome to buy the kind of spring