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KNB effects presentation about THE GREEN MILE
Harry here with this report from some dang Canary Farmer about what sounds like one helluva presentation by KNB. I saw a very very early test of the one electrocution he mentions below, but it was an even earlier stage mock-up. Boy, this stuff sounds intense. I tell ya... it's gonna be great!
Hi there Harry.
I thought I would fill you in as to some of the work being
done with The Green Mile. There was a presentation tonight at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville by The Kurtzman Nicotero and Berger EFX Group (KNB),
and the speaker (whose name I"ve sadly forgotten) showed film footage of
tests for Delacroix's execution and models of the Mr. Jingles, the mouse.
Even though the electrocution shots shown were definitely the test stage,
you could tell that the final product for Delacroix's "unpleasantness" will
be very very cool. The animatronic dummy was controlled through slave
circuitry, allowing the mock-up to mimic the movement of a real person.
There was a shot of the dummy twitching his fingers and legs nervously as
there are only a few seconds to go before the switch is thrown. It was a
beautifully realistic shot, and as the fouled-up execution continued, the
fire burst from the torso and face mask, blowing out the front, allowing the
burning face to be seen. This should be an amazing sequence on-screen with
final touches added.
They also showed an aged Tom Hanks head that was
originally going to be used for the current time parts of the movie, but the
speaker said that they chose instead to go with a real older person just
looks like Hanks.
The mechanical Mr. Jingles was also incredibly realistic,
and as the guy said "They never ask us to make real animal models unless
something reeeeally bad is going to happen to it." There was also a bunch of
behind the scene shots from other movies the KNB group did, like Casino (the
whole eye-popping deal), a naked Gillian Anderson model used for the movie,
and From Dusk Till Dawn models and masks. It was a highly entertaining
evening, and I'm looking forward to The Green Mile more than ever. Keep up
the good work, Harry, and you can call me The Canary Farmer.
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Jan 22, 1999 8:03:53 AM CST
Yeah, who cares about "The Green Mile"? I wanna know if the Gill
by 16x9 widescreen
FIGHT DIVX! Don't buy DVDs unless they are anamorphic! The "X-files" will not be anamorpic because FOX sucks and doesn't care about the quality of their DVDs!
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I have no idea what this anamorphic stuff is... Anyways, I am very much looking forward to TGM. The book was amazing and very touching I thought. Yet another great SK adaptation. And with the creative team they have on it it should be phenomenol! Can't wait!
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Just follow this link: http://www.thedigitalbits.com/editorial/bz100298.html
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Probably the X-files movie. She was naked in the alien refrigerator.
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Actually, Gillian Anderson did have a sex scene in the movie "The Turning". I heard that the her scenes aren't very revealing, but then again, I haven't seen the film, so you'll have to find out for yourselves.
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Who would want to see Gillian Anderson naked anyway? She is pretty plain-looking if you ask me.
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