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Topic: Ray Harryhausen, special effects Titan
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Jean-Marc Toussaint
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From: France
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted February 09, 2013 07:28 PM
For those of you interested in the master of stop motion animation, the excellent documentary "Ray Harryhausen, Special Effects Titan" is being released on Bluray in the UK March 4, 2013. The film has been produced with the full collaboration of Harryhausen himself, with total access to his archives and the invaluable help of all members and curators of the Harryhausen Foundation. It's packed with a lot of previously unreleased footage (rehearsals, test scenes...) and interviews with not only people who have worked with this great wizard but people who have been strongly influenced by his craftsmanship (James Cameron, Dennis Muren, Peter Jackson, Nick Park...) 4 years in the making (and directed by two buddies of mine), the documentary has been approved by Ray himself as his definitive biography. I strongly recommend it.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted February 11, 2013 11:17 AM
Thanks for that piece of info Jean Marc, I for one will certainly snap this one up, although in normal DVD form.I would like to think that Mr Ernest Farino & Mr Sam Calvin get a mention, as their magazine FXRH published in the '70s was the only one of it's kind and even had fan letters from Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker) and has since been revamped as a book in it's own right,invaluable.Mention should also be made of Mr Mike Hankin whose own in depth books on Ray reach their conclusion with the final volume of three being published in a few weeks time. These three people deserve credit, but no doubt it will be the so called "fans" like Spielberg et al, More info can be gleaned from www.archive-edtions.com regarding availability of books. Surely Jean Marc there are some fans on here, and it makes a change from Star Wars.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
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From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
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posted February 12, 2013 01:59 PM
I've met Ray on a few occasions, the last time at the Hammer studios at Bray.He is a very approachable man and had a nice chat with him before other fans spotted him and moved in.The reason I mention the "three unsung heroes" above, is because the first two played a very important part in answering questions about his work, that Ray himself would not volunteer,through an excellent magazine "FXRH", although he has a bound set himself. The third gentleman has written three enormous tomes on Ray and his films, and the Americans have now taken them as part of their National Archive.I would have thought that merited some recognition as Tony Dalton,another author, is interviewed on the disc.That's why I think it will be another "Oh yeah, Ray's films changed my life" episodes from the Hollywood pack that is usually very false and done many times before.
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