May 22
Kevin Peter Hall and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Predator (1987)
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Kevin Peter Hall and Arnold Schwarzenegger - Predator (1987)
Selected pictures from the official Ghosts premiere program (Cannes Film Festival, 1997)
Everyone talks about the T-Rex from the first Jurassic Park (understandably), but the spinosaurus from Jurassic Park 3 deserves some love too!
While the T-rex had 200 horsepower, the spino had 1000. At 45 ft long and 25000 lbs, he's the biggest animatronic ever made for a movie.
This video of him being tested really shows how big he was!
According to the Stan Winston school website, in the spino vs. t-rex t fight scene, they restored the original t-rex animatronic and actually had it "fight" the spinosaurus. Unfortunately, the spino ended up breaking the t-rex's head off.
I was not able to find any official sources, but supposedly this is the spino animatronic's head. It was on display in the Icons of Darkness museum in Hollywood. The museum closed in 2024.
-Mod Coyote
Most “CGI” in Jurassic Park 1993 was actually practical effects and animatronics, and the movie used CGI in only around six minutes of shots, which is a big reason the dinosaurs still look convincing today.
The late Stan Winston, legendary dino wrangler and trainer, sharing a tender moment with the T-rex he raised from a hatchling on the set of Jurassic Park (1993).
Creature designer / suit maker Steve Wang multitasks while working behind the scenes on Predator (1987)
On the set of Jurassic Park (1993)
The creature effects for Tobe Hooper's 1986 remake of Invaders from Mars were designed by Stan Winston, who left the supervision to Alec Gillis (future founder of Amalgamated Dynamics) as he had to supervise the creature effects on Aliens the same year.
The Martian drones were designed to be unlike a humanoid; Winston came up with an armature inside the suit, where two people could fit inside. The taller person would be walking backwards, while the little person sitting on the upper side of the armature would operate the mouth and forearms.
The suit had a miniature hidden camera and screen for the taller person to be able to see while walking backwards.