CaptCBoard
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A friend of mine will be filming a movie starting in August that has a scene in it that takes place at ILM during the filming of Star Wars in 1977. I know that sounds odd, but even odder is the fact that the film is a true story. I can't go into all that, but the scene will be filmed at the actual building that housed ILM at that time and as you can imagine, quite a few models will be needed. I have the X-wings covered, but we still need to find a Y-wing, a Falcon and a Blockade Runner. The Falcon will be seen going into a packing crate, but the Blockade Runner will be set up on a model mover, with the real Dykstraflex parked nearby. We will also be re-creating the Death Star trench model as it was set up in the parking lot. Oh, yeah, we might need some help making the patterns for that...
I know several people are working on replicas of all of these models, but I don't know who they are or the stage of completion the models might be in. This is a very low budget film and they can only afford the cost of shipping the models to the set and back to their owners, they do not have any money for rentals. This is so low budget that I'm donating my time as Art Director for this part of the film!
A lot of you know me and know I don't go around blabbing about things I don't know much about. I can say that while this film is being done on a budget that is way too low, the people connected with it would impress you without a doubt. I will be able to reveal who they are once shooting starts. And one guy in particular, who's initials are GL, is not involved in the film, but has given it his stamp of approval.
PLEASE-- do not send any PM's to me about this. Any responses need to be by email so I can archive the correspondence. I will NOT answer any PMs. Also, if you don't have any info about the models we need to find, please don't email me with extraneous questions. I have already posted the information I can give out about this project and won't be able to supply anything more detailed until later. Except for one thing-- the title...
5-25-77
Its a date.
Scott
CaptCBoard@AOL.com
I know several people are working on replicas of all of these models, but I don't know who they are or the stage of completion the models might be in. This is a very low budget film and they can only afford the cost of shipping the models to the set and back to their owners, they do not have any money for rentals. This is so low budget that I'm donating my time as Art Director for this part of the film!
A lot of you know me and know I don't go around blabbing about things I don't know much about. I can say that while this film is being done on a budget that is way too low, the people connected with it would impress you without a doubt. I will be able to reveal who they are once shooting starts. And one guy in particular, who's initials are GL, is not involved in the film, but has given it his stamp of approval.
PLEASE-- do not send any PM's to me about this. Any responses need to be by email so I can archive the correspondence. I will NOT answer any PMs. Also, if you don't have any info about the models we need to find, please don't email me with extraneous questions. I have already posted the information I can give out about this project and won't be able to supply anything more detailed until later. Except for one thing-- the title...
5-25-77
Its a date.
Scott
CaptCBoard@AOL.com