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Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"
Ripplin
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OT's bucketbotHas this IMAX classic ever been out on video as a bootleg or anything like that?
I saw this one on Omnimax (similar to IMAX in size, but more of a dome in shape) at the Ontario Science Center. Though I can't remember too many specifics from it now, I do remember the revamped opening scene from Star Wars (had to look straight up to see the ships come in!
), stuff from Kazaam (uh...) and a newly created version of King Kong's fight and fall from the Empire State building. Kind of a shame that our only memories of it are 10 years old now and we may never see it again. Of course, I'm hoping someone will prove me wrong in this regard!
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Lighting the Sky on FireSad that so many IMAX films have been released to DVD, yet this one has just disappeared. It would be a big seller if they would only put it out. I'd even go see it at the IMAX theater again if they showed it.
I recall it also had desert scenes shot from a bouncing dune buggy as they were going out to film the new shots for the Star Wars Special Edition featuring the stormtrooper patrol.
--SKot
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Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the...*cringe*...Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project
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is automatic for the people.When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish memes.
Check out my reconstruction of the ROTJ Shooting Script
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Jedi Knight<sarcasm>Kazaam was an awesome movie that was worth all of the many hours dedicated towards perfecting its extra-special effects.</sarcasm>
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golden droid for the frenchHan: Hey Lando! You kept your promise, right? Not a scratch?
Lando: Well, what's left of her isn't scratched. All the scratched parts got knocked off along the way.
Han (exasperated): Knocked off?!
Ripplin
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OT's bucketbotNice link. Thanks! Of course, Real clips rarely work for me, including these ones, but still, nice article.
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Padawan Learner
SKot
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Lighting the Sky on Fire--SKot
Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the...*cringe*...Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project
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http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx/effects/producer.html
NOVA ran a modified version of the doc. The above link is an interview with the producer. The official PBS store used to sell copies.
About a third (most of the Star Wars related material) was previewed at a convention back in 96.. A preservation of that is available on TWC301:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Treadwell-Collection/post/583697/#TopicPost583697
Ripplin
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OT's bucketbotWell, well, well! Thanks for the info! :)
zombie84
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Jedi KnightThis is an aside but I saw Jurassic Park at the Ontario Science Centre in 1993, which was amazing. Wish I could have seen Star Wars footage on that.
The Secret History of Star Wars -- now available on Amazon.com!
"When George went back and put new creatures into the original Star Wars, I find that disturbing. It’s a revision of history. That bothers me."
--James Cameron, Entertainment Weekly, April 2010
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Jedi KnightWait, my bad it was at the Cinesphere at Ontario Place. Still cool though!
The Secret History of Star Wars -- now available on Amazon.com!
"When George went back and put new creatures into the original Star Wars, I find that disturbing. It’s a revision of history. That bothers me."
--James Cameron, Entertainment Weekly, April 2010
Ripplin
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OT's bucketbotTo be perfectly honest, as cool as Special Effects was, I was kinda more impressed with the trailer for a nature documentary before it! Maybe it's just because of the initial 'wow' factor, and then I was sort of used to seeing stuff that humongous afterwords. :p
SKot
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Lighting the Sky on Firenone said:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/specialfx/effects/producer.html
NOVA ran a modified version of the doc. The above link is an interview with the producer. The official PBS store used to sell copies.
So NOVA ran this on TV? And there were copies available for sale? What format - VHS, DVD? And did anyone buy a copy?
If such a copy was available, this screams preservation, folks.
About a third (most of the Star Wars related material) was previewed at a convention back in 96.. A preservation of that is available on TWC301:
Very nice...at least we can now review what was in the film!
--SKot
Projects:
Return Of The Ewok and Other Short Films (with OCPmovie) [COMPLETED]
Preserving the...*cringe*...Star Wars Holiday Special
The Star Wars TV Commercials Project
Ben Burtt's "Special Effects: Anything Can Happen"