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Dennehy not on boat

posted 19 years ago by baxterspotlight1
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Is it just me or does it look like Walter isn't really on the boat in the last scene. Possibly a blue screen. I could be crazy but it looked kind of fishy to me. Any comments?

[–] littlegoldwoman 18 years ago

I totally agree. It made me wonder if he had died or something and they computerized him into the scene.

Merry CHRISTmas.

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[–] astro_5000 18 years ago

i think there was no aliens just some pervert luring old people into the back of a truck using drugs in 'hard-boiled eggs'

lmao

[–] Madman-10 17 years ago

IF Dennehy used a blue screen, then they all did. Because Ben clearly hugs him.

[–] jpvinci2012 17 years ago

On page 303 in the book "Idustrial Light + Magic Into the Digital Realm" it says, "For the first unit's shoot of the finale. Brian Dennehy could not be at the location, so ILM filmed him seperately with blue screen and optically composited the actor into the scene later."

[–] kennywolf 16 years ago

Probably Dennehy couldn't make the shootings schedule, so Petrie arranged to have Dennehy do all the scene in one day.

"Eye of the Beholder"

[–] Madman-10 14 years ago

Its only Blue Screen for the final moments. He is really there for the rest of the scene.

'Ziggy Piggy'

[–] stevenackerman69 10 years ago

No, I thought Walter was there.

[–] decmcg 10 years ago

Dennehy couldn't make the scheduled filming of the boat finale scene so in some shots is indeed blue-screen superimposed, however he did film some close-ups with Wilford Brimley later on the boat set and these are inserted in the sequence to make it more realistic. Apart from the shots where he's superimposed with the other cast members in full view, if you look closely at the close-ups there are "lookalike" backs-of-heads etc of the other characters behind him except for with Brimley with whom he mainly interacts.

[–] Classics-Movie-Fan 9 years ago

ILM composited him into the scenes with all the cast only the hugging scene was he present with another actor. Amazing work from ILM considering it was 1988 with little to no CGI used in those days!

[–] Madman-10 9 years ago

Having seen it again, you're all right, Dennehy is blue screen for his appearence, Wilford Brimley must have gone along too as he is blue screen for the hugging moment.

You know I never noticed it before. Damn this thread!