Trick Cinematography: The Oscar Special-effects MoviesMcFarland, 1986 - 370 pages Covers Academy Award-nominated special effects movies from 1929 through 1984. Exhaustive, never-before-published production and cast credits; and release dates, shooting locations, running times, photographic processes, sound systems. The history of the special effects award is presented, along with the problems or triumphs of each film. All scientific, technical, and special achievement awards are for the first time fully detailed, winners and also-rans. Coverage includes, just for example, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Gone with the Wind, E.T., Close Encounters, and King Kong. Lists all nominations. |
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20th Century-Fox Additional Oscar Nominations Arnold Gillespie Art Director Arthur Assistant Cameraman Assistant Film Editor Associate Producer Audible Bill Camera Operator Capt Charles Cinematographer Cmdr Color Copyright Costume Designer David Douglas Dubbing Mixer Edward Effects Supervisor Electric Mirrophonic Recording Executive Producer Farciot Edouart Film Editor Frank Fred Gene George Gordon Jennings Hairdressing Harry Howard Jack James John Key Grip L.B. Abbott Makeup Matte Artist Mechanical Effects Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Metrocolor Michael Mike Miniature minutes Musical Score Optical Cinematography Panavision 70 Paramount Paul Peter Photographer Picture Players Production Mixer Property Master RCA Photophone Richard Richard Edlund Robert Scientific or Technical Screenplay Script Supervisor Second Assistant Director Second Unit Director Selznick Set Decorator Sound Editor Sound Supervisor Special Effects Stereophonic Sound Steven Steven Spielberg Studios Technicians Technicolor Todd-AO Unit Publicist Visual Effects Walter Warner Bros Western Electric Western Electric Mirrophonic William