General / Off-Topic Film Club: 18/4/13

[Alien]

Listen to me ... I'm talking common sense but doing it as if i were crazy!!!!!!!

 

[Alien]

awwww kwute liddle bunny ... and they're gonna blow him up

 

[psykokow]

ill watch that later on.. currenlt chewing down a curry with some shawshank!!!
perfection

 

[Grendalmeo]

anyone know how they did the small robots?

One word


Dwarfs

 

[Frank]

Just finished watching Silent Running. It was great to watch it again. It must've been a great inspiration to Sam Rockwell and Duncan Jones in how to make one single man entertaining enough on the screen by himself.

 

[v85rawdeal]

anyone know how they did the small robots?

The drones were occupied by legless actors who walked around on their hands in lightweight, specially designed suits built of thin platsic. Director Douglas Trumbull got the idea for the drones by watching a bi-lateral amputee actor in Todd Brownings "Freaks" (1932).

There were four actors; Mark Persons, Steve Brown, Cheryl Sparks and Larry Whisenhunt - three of whom were teenagers. Whisenhunt and Persons were born without legs; Brown lost his in an accident. The drones are different heights to accommodate the actors differing physiques. Dewey is smaller than Huey, since Cheryl Sparks (the "Huey" operator) had a longer torso than Steve Brown (the "Dewey" operator), although some drones did share multiple operators.

 

[psykokow]

Wow, thanks for rhat info... It just adds a sense of magic to the
Movie when your learn it wasnt just a green screen doodah. I have huge respect for that kind of creative solution to achieve the goals.

I will look into this weeks offerings and post them up this week. Was some cracking movies on sunday there...

Front line fiyaaaare,