Apologies for the bump, Ripplin - you’re probably already well aware of this below from late 2022, though just in case…

Special Effects: Anything Can Happen (IMAX doc, French dub, 1996)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_c0Oa3yIo - 28 minute handheld cam video, from The Spaceshipper youtube channel.

The blurb: 'I just learned that this American documentary film, directed by Academy Award-winning sound designer Ben Burtt and released to IMAX theaters, does not exist on YouTube (nor in video format). So I put online this recording that I did (at 17) at Futuroscope (France), in September 1997.

Because it was a very good documentary on special effects and stop-motion! Some original models had been restored to recreate the opening scene of Star Wars (1977) in IMAX format for this documentary film.

It was narrated by John Lithgow, but unfortunately I only have the French dub. I will add subtitles in 2023.

Sorry for the recording quality 😃 ’

TheSpaceShipper twitter thread on it: https://x.com/TheSpaceshipper/status/1604215479127756802 (December 2022)