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Cameras ready. Okay,
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we'll go again right away.
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Here we go.
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Filming the many complex scenes in the new
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Universal film Howard the Duck
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required the highly skilled work of the
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special effects experts at Industrial Light
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and Magic
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near San Francisco. Oh
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no, it's a quake.
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At the start of the movie, The main
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character, Howard, is rudely jettisoned
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from his home on Duck World,
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curled across the galaxy, and plunked down
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on the planet Earth.
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The life-size Howard was shot through
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walls, but a miniature model was used to
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transport him through space.
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When combined with other film elements, it
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created the illusion of Howard falling from
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the sky.
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Joining Howard from outer space is the evil
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Dark Overlord,
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played by actor Jeffrey Jones.
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When I become the Dark Overlord, or at
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least in the latter stages of becoming the
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Dark Overlord, it involves being in makeup
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for five hours.
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It happens
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slowly over a period of time.
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Toward the end, the changes get grosser
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until
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the Dark Overlord then appears, and that's
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pretty gross.
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Ha cha
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cha cha.
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Why, are you ugly?
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This character's evil powers include the
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ability to move objects with his mind.
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In one scene, he prevents the hero's escape
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by dramatically blocking the exit.
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The special effects team achieved this
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illusion by building a slanted set and
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letting gravity do the work.
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OK, ready?
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And action.
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Actress Leah Thompson had her own view on
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what it was like to act surrounded by
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special effects.
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Well, when we did the final battle, we had
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to imagine that we were disintegrating, Tim
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Robbins and I,
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and we were getting disintegrated by this
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huge monster.
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After a certain point, you know, you feel a
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little foolish, but
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you just got to go for it and just go,
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ay-ay-ay-ay.
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I couldn't do it for more than like five
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seconds without cracking up.
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I mean, you just got to hope that ILM is
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making some great monster, which they
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assure me they are.
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This creature stands, in reality, close to
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15 inches tall.
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And on screen, he'll be close to 15 feet tall.
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Essentially, this is a computerized rod
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puppet that is being enhanced with manual
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stop motion animation.
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We call him Alan.
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Howard the Duck is a triumph of special
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effects teamwork.
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The months involved in bringing it all
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together have paid off in an action-packed
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fun-filled adventure that will long be
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remembered.
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