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Some cool behind the scenes news on PERFECT STORM
Hey folks, Harry here with some interesting behind the scenes technical info on the making of 100 ft tall tidal waves that crash into the ship in PERFECT STORM, the new Wolfgang Peterson film that will be underway soon. This set up sounds amazing and... a tad dangerous. I'm sure they have tons of safety harnesses and stuff... but... Man... You know that'd have to be scary and fun as hell! Well, here ya go...
Hi Harry,
I raise wyverns, and a couple of days ago one of them flew back home with
news about A Perfect Storm. It seems he had overflown Edge Innovations,
the amazingly cool robot effects house which built fish for the film, where
he spotted somewhere around 50 or 60 fish, most of which were swordfish
(what the Gail and her fleet fish for). Of these, some actually swim, but
most were designed to look, act, and feel like dead fish ought to. They
also built a large mako shark, which acts very alive. I'll touch on that
again at the end, where the spoilers are. After looking in on Edge, he
flew on down to the WB set and spied on the huge pit where they built a
full-size mock-up of the Gail, mounted it on a giant motion base (which can
tilt it and move it in any direction), and surrounded it on all 4 sides
with giant walls over 100' high made of dump tanks. On the order of 70 per
wall. That's a few tons of water that will all get released in the space
of a couple of seconds. To simulate the 100' waves, they tilt the boat up
to like 50 degrees, dump one wall and move the boat upward at the same
time. Then they suddenly tilt it back and move it again and dump another
wall. And they have stuntmen on board the whole time. That just drips
with cool.
PLOT SPOILERS!
It seems that the scriptwriters decided that the basic factual story of
what happened to the Gail wasn't enough; they really liked all the stories
of what has happened in the past, and decided to make it all happen to the
Gail. So, in the middle of the storm, a large mako shark gets washed onto
the deck and grabs hold of Bobby's leg, and another crew member has to
shoot it in the head with a shotgun to get it off.
They also apparently have attempted to insert some touching, empathic
scenes with the crew in the middle of the storm. How on earth they're
going to shoot an emotional scene when the boat is bouncing around in 100'
waves and 100 mph winds, I don't know.
That said, he took off to go find a snack.
I trust this information will find itself useful.
-Silbakor
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My god, if this is anywhere up to the standard of Das Boot i am there. Das Boot puts the boot straight into that certain private Ryan as far as WW2 movies go. Sorry to bang on about this movie but i just watched the directors cut again last night. Man thats one intense film.
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Just thinking about waves like that gives me chills. I once got caught out in some sudden high wind in my little 18-foot Victoria and we were scared just fighting it back into the marina, leaning over the port side, tied to nylon runners, trying to keep the starboard rail out of the water. I wasn't all that interested in this project before, but now I'm, well, giddy just thinking about it.
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Stuntmen are cool. I don't think they get half the amount of credit they deserve...
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This could be a truely terrifying movie if they get the storm right.
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all right, you twits. let's set the record straight. much of the new heavily-hyped gangster pic of the "great" Martin Scorsese is bullshit because it has been copied from the truly great film by Sergio Leone, "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA." Even the name of the girl that the young hood to be played by Leo DiCaprio whose name is "Jenny" is a direct rip-off of the young girl Robert De Niro's hood in "ONCE UPON A TIME OF AMERICA." What kind of utter bullshit is this? Is Marty Scorsese so dumb that he thinks no one would notice this, or is this just dumb luck? Anyway, check out the great film by Sergio Leone, if you've never seen it. That, and "RAGING BULL," are the two great films of the 80's. By the way, if anyone's heard anything about this, will "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA" ever be re-released into theatres? I hope so, damnit. By the way, idiots, I know you have this penchant for violence because I've talked to too many people who love "CASINO," which I thought was a piece of shit, except for the tornado of a performance by the one-time-great Sharon Stone, a basic rehash of "GOODFELLAS" just with none of the urgency and excitement. People, you're seeing stuff that is just not there. See "GOODFELLAS" and then "CASINO" again. I mean, the same goddamn actors playing the same roles but, basically, just under different names? I know Scorsese is addicted to this type of material but "RAGING BULL" was his greatest film and, no matter what anyone says, that was not part of his gangster series -- that is a great fucking film that stands on it's own and, like "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA," haunts you for years. The only thing that haunted me for years was the blatant, disturbing, truly obscene and unnecessary violence that he decided to put in "CASINO," most likely for the sake of realism. You've been on a downside for a long time, Scorsese -- "CAPE FEAR" was all style and no substance -- stick with what you've done best -- look back at "RAGING BULL" and "THE KING OF COMEDY," see what you're capable. Stop going over the same train tracks you've been using for years. And, by the way, don't give the truly (and, hopefully, still) great Robert De Niro and underwritten part, and get that little sissy Leo DiCaprio away. And if you're going to borrow so many elements from "ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA," at least do yourself right by getting the music done by Ennio Morricone, the same cinematographer (if he's still alive) and make sure you have the same haunting mythic feel to it, to try and make it something we'll remember. There's a scene with Robert De Niro and the gorgeous Tuesday Weld in this movie -- check it out. Don't piss on your career. Out.
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Aug 27, 1999 11:15:23 PM CDT
more good stuff of the 80's, for anyone who isn't sick of me alr
by meow
also, see "THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING." These are films that will change the way you look at life and movies, twits! See them, idiots! See them all before they're gone! Lena Olin is the one of the most ravishing visions you WILL EVER HAVE SEEN, MY FRIENDS! SEE IT! It's EROTIC! SEE IT!! IT'S A MASTERPIECE! A TRULY GREAT ENDING! GREAT PERFORMANCES! AN UNFILMABLE BOOK? HOW MUCH BETTER CAN YOU GET?!?! I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS HAS nothing at all to do with "THE PERFECT STORM" (which I haven't read) but sounds good, primarily because I love fishing, and Clooney's good, but, anyway, I was just looking for a moment to write down my feelings. Anyway, I don't really think any of you idiots are really idiots, anyhow. Okay, idiots?
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Hey man, this isn't a rip on you or anything, but this film is based on a really special book of the same name by a fella by the name of Sebastian Junger. The book is an account of the loss of the long line fishing boat called the Andrea Gail. Like I said, great book. Check it out if you're curious.
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Meow, please consult your psychiatrist. I think you need different medication. Whatever you're taking hasn't cured you of being a moron.
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Meow, please consult your psychiatrist. You need different medication. Whatever you are taking hasn't cured you of being a moron.
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It bears saying one more time: Meow, you need help.
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I dunno. I did not think that Perfect Storm needed improving. Shark? touchy-feely crewmen?
loved Das Boot btw.The GodFather was the best gangster movie ever made, hands down!
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