Richard Conway, a special effects supervisor who collaborated closely with director Terry Gilliam, has died, his family announced. He was 79.
Conway began working in television in the 1960s, where he began his career working alongside Gerry Anderson. He worked on shows such as “Thunderbirds,” “Captain Scarlet” and “Joe 90”. While there, Conway met fellow visual effects pioneer George Gibbs and together they would go on to work on the 1969 classic “The Battle of Britain.”
From there, Conway segued into film work. He was a senior effects supervisor on Dino De Laurentiis’ “Flash Gordon.” It was Conway who created the unforgettable multi-colored skies around Mongo and its neighboring planets.
Other films Conway worked on included “Conan the Barbarian,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Sunshine.” He also contributed to Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth.” During this time, Conway met Gilliam and the two began their collaboration together, working on “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life,...
Conway began working in television in the 1960s, where he began his career working alongside Gerry Anderson. He worked on shows such as “Thunderbirds,” “Captain Scarlet” and “Joe 90”. While there, Conway met fellow visual effects pioneer George Gibbs and together they would go on to work on the 1969 classic “The Battle of Britain.”
From there, Conway segued into film work. He was a senior effects supervisor on Dino De Laurentiis’ “Flash Gordon.” It was Conway who created the unforgettable multi-colored skies around Mongo and its neighboring planets.
Other films Conway worked on included “Conan the Barbarian,” “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “Sunshine.” He also contributed to Jim Henson’s “Labyrinth.” During this time, Conway met Gilliam and the two began their collaboration together, working on “Monty Python’s Meaning of Life,...
- 12/23/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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From Body Snatchers to World War Z, here are 12 movies intended to have downbeat endings, but were changed for their theatrical release...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen the subject of a particular entry, pay careful consideration to skipping it until you have...
"Good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature."
So said General Corman in Apocalypse Now. But what Corman should have said is, "Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature - assuming test audiences or studio executives will allow it to happen."
Downbeat endings are by no means out of the question in mainstream movies, but there have been times where filmmakers have, often at the last minute, had to go back and shoot a happier ending for one reason or another. For your delectation,...
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From Body Snatchers to World War Z, here are 12 movies intended to have downbeat endings, but were changed for their theatrical release...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen the subject of a particular entry, pay careful consideration to skipping it until you have...
"Good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature."
So said General Corman in Apocalypse Now. But what Corman should have said is, "Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature - assuming test audiences or studio executives will allow it to happen."
Downbeat endings are by no means out of the question in mainstream movies, but there have been times where filmmakers have, often at the last minute, had to go back and shoot a happier ending for one reason or another. For your delectation,...
- 2/5/2016
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
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From Body Snatchers to World War Z, here are 12 movies intended to have downbeat endings, but were changed for their theatrical release...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen the subject of a particular entry, pay careful consideration to skipping it until you have...
"Good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature."
So said General Corman in Apocalypse Now. But what Corman should have said is, "Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature - assuming test audiences or studio executives will allow it to happen."
Downbeat endings are by no means out of the question in mainstream movies, but there have been times where filmmakers have, often at the last minute, had to go back and shoot a happier ending for one reason or another. For your delectation,...
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From Body Snatchers to World War Z, here are 12 movies intended to have downbeat endings, but were changed for their theatrical release...
Nb: The following contains inevitable spoilers. If you haven't seen the subject of a particular entry, pay careful consideration to skipping it until you have...
"Good does not always triumph. Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature."
So said General Corman in Apocalypse Now. But what Corman should have said is, "Sometimes, the dark side overcomes what Lincoln called the better angels of our nature - assuming test audiences or studio executives will allow it to happen."
Downbeat endings are by no means out of the question in mainstream movies, but there have been times where filmmakers have, often at the last minute, had to go back and shoot a happier ending for one reason or another. For your delectation,...
- 2/5/2016
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
I never had a crisis of faith, because I never had any real faith in the first place. My parents were not wildly religious, but it was important to their lives in a general sense. My father's mother was a church organist, and my mother's mother was active in her own church in any number of ways. Both of my grandmothers lived in Memphis, so when we'd visit them, we'd have to make sure to schedule a trip long enough to show up at each of their churches at least once, just so they got to show off their grandchildren to their friends. In the life of my parents, church always seemed to serve primarily a social function. We moved frequently because of my dad's work as an engineer, and every place we moved, they became active in their local church. Each time, they made friends and they found a...
- 8/25/2015
- by Drew McWeeny
- Hitfix
Chicago – Frank Oz’s “Little Shop of Horrors” was one of my favorite movie musicals when I was a kid but I’ll admit that I hadn’t seen it i decades and was a little concerned that my nostalgia for the film was misguided. Mere minutes into the new Blu-ray release, I knew the opposite was true — this is an even better film than you remember, now fully enhanced by the legendary alternate ending that the studio forced Oz to cut after test screenings nixed it. This is a great release.
Rating: 4.5/5.0
If you don’t remember, “Little Shop of Horrors” is a clever musical about a schlub who gets the girl after he tends to a man-eating plant. In the original ending, the plant kills Seymour and Audrey before going on a rampage Godzilla-style with all of her plantlings. It’s an insane final reel featuring carnage and...
Rating: 4.5/5.0
If you don’t remember, “Little Shop of Horrors” is a clever musical about a schlub who gets the girl after he tends to a man-eating plant. In the original ending, the plant kills Seymour and Audrey before going on a rampage Godzilla-style with all of her plantlings. It’s an insane final reel featuring carnage and...
- 10/24/2012
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Frank Oz has potty-trained more children than probably anyone else in the entire world. Well, not literally, but he has been a huge help in the process for parents worldwide as the voice of Sesame Street’s Grover, Cookie Monster, and countless other characters from the Jim Henson universe (including Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and many more). But being a great voice actor and Muppeteer is only a small piece of what Oz has accomplished in the world of film and TV. He’s directed classics like Little Shop of Horrors, What About Bob?, The Dark Crystal (alongside Henson himself), The Muppets Take Manhattan, and Dirty Rotten Scoundrels. Talk about an amazing resume.
Hot on the heels of the release of the Little Shop of Horrors: Director’s Cut Blu-ray (finally containing his newly-restored original ending) this week FEARnet chatted with the legendary director to discuss that infamous original ending,...
Hot on the heels of the release of the Little Shop of Horrors: Director’s Cut Blu-ray (finally containing his newly-restored original ending) this week FEARnet chatted with the legendary director to discuss that infamous original ending,...
- 10/13/2012
- by Scott Neumyer
- FEARnet
I've never been a fan of musicals. Although I enjoyed "Annie," "The Wizard of Oz" and other movies of that nature, I always found myself fast-forwarding through the musical numbers to get to the real meat and potatoes of the plot. That's how I felt for the most part watching "Little Shop of Horrors" on Blu-ray for the first time. I did find a few of the songs humorous, but for the most part I found the musical numbers to be a distraction and break from the actual storyline. That's a funny thing to say about a beloved movie based on a hit play but that's how I feel.
Seymour works and lives in a plant shop where he eeks out a sad and lonely existence. His work mate is the lovely physically and emotionally abused Audrey. He pines for her day in and day out but never tells her about his true feelings.
Seymour works and lives in a plant shop where he eeks out a sad and lonely existence. His work mate is the lovely physically and emotionally abused Audrey. He pines for her day in and day out but never tells her about his true feelings.
- 10/9/2012
- by feeds@themoviepool.com (Eric Shirey)
- Cinelinx
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