# When was the last big-budget Hollywood movie to include stock footage? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2017, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419 "2017-06-08T03:48:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/41 "2017-06-18T06:47:48Z")
_For All Mankind_ was entirely stock footage. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/42 "2017-06-18T08:12:32Z")
I’m getting irked by the fact that most posters in this thread don’t know what stock is. I understand that most people don’t, because most people aren’t in fields where it’s meaningful. But stock is like, generic shots made to be used by those who don’t take the time to shoot their own. It’s the photography (or cinematography, or music) equivalent of clip art. It’s not historical news shots; it’s not reused shots. It’s a specific thing. ---
**Author:** ![MedellinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MedellinMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MedellinMike)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/43 "2017-06-18T09:25:01Z")
I think the 2014 film _Lucy_ staring Scarlett Johansson used stock footage for some of its scenes (African Wildlife, maybe some generic office shots, I forget some of those montages). And looking on the IMDB page under company credits the film does list at least two stock footage companies. And then, more or less at random, I saw that _Captain America: Civil War_ lists one company for stock footage, though off the top of my head I can’t think what scene that would be. This is a guess, but I bet the use is probably more common than we think and might just be less noticeable due to better editing or CG. ---
**Author:** ![MedellinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c6cbf5/32.png) [@MedellinMike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MedellinMike)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/44 "2017-06-18T09:36:29Z")
Quick edit: It looks like _Lucy_ had a budget of $40 million which is probably not a “big budget” movie these days. That said it was a mid-budget movie with a wide release, a big name star, and a well known director. It wasn’t a hit either, though I thought it had some interesting bits. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/45 "2017-06-18T11:52:47Z")
Cars 3 has old voice clips from Paul Newman, does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/46 "2017-06-18T14:58:35Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I’m getting irked by the fact that most posters in this thread don’t know what stock is. I understand that most people don’t, because most people aren’t in fields where it’s meaningful. But stock is like, generic shots made to be used by those who don’t take the time to shoot their own. It’s the photography (or cinematography, or music) equivalent of clip art. It’s not historical news shots; it’s not reused shots. It’s a specific thing. I work for a stock footage company that deals mostly with historical images and we do use the term “stock” when referring to archival footage, as do many our clients when requesting footage. ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419/47 "2017-06-18T21:07:17Z")
I stand corrected, then. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-big-budget-hollywood-movie-to-include-stock-footage/788419.md?page=2)