Dollars on the screen

Looking at this shot from Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, I wonder how many dollars are up there on the screen -- the total investment of money required to put that vision on celluloid. You've got the crew, the equipment (including a crane, in this case), the salaries of the four stars striding across the busy Chicago street to meet their destiny, the period cars, the costumes, the extras, the permits and expense of having the ...

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