Winston helped make a lot of movies more special than they had any right to be on their own.
Predator without him would have just been Arnold fighting some jerk in a bright red 1950's monster suit.
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Winston helped make a lot of movies more special than they had any right to be on their own.
Predator without him would have just been Arnold fighting some jerk in a bright red 1950's monster suit.
Here's a vid of Stan Winston's creations. Embedding disabled, so click the link and turn off the volume, the song blows.
Now THIS is a travesty. RIP, FX Master.
Well this certainly came out of left field. What horrible news. You'll be greatly missed Stan, hopefully your studio will keep kicking ass.
All the news sites are just regurgitating the same AP story at the moment.
R.I.P. Stan.
:( R.I.P.
Check out the massive, four-sentence article on it buried on CNN.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dyne
Where's the fucking respect?
NO! This is awful. RIP Stan, you were the best. :(
EW.com has an article a little better.
Quote:
(FROM AP) — Stan Winston, the visual-effects pioneer who brought to life fantastic creatures in blockbusters like Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and Jurassic Park, has died at age 62. He passed away Sunday at his home in California, following a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma.
For more than three decades, the four-time Academy Award winner was among Hollywood's leading makeup, visual-effects, and animatronic artists. Winston frequently worked with filmmakers like Steven Spielberg, James Cameron, and Tim Burton; rarely since the early 1980s did an action or fantasy film come to theaters without the aid of his craftsmanship. His 10 career Oscar nominations illustrate the diversity of his output: Winston was responsible in part for the makeup in fantasies like Edward Scissorhands and Batman Returns, he was behind the dreaded alien monster in Predator, and he was a leader of the team that brought dinosaurs to life in Jurassic Park and its sequel, The Lost World.
Winston's company, Stan Winston Studio, has credits on three current releases — Iron Man, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and You Don't Mess With the Zohan — and it is slated to contribute to several major upcoming releases, including G.I. Joe, Terminator 4, and James Cameron's Avatar. (AP via Google)