The first trailer for Breck Eisner’s remake of George Romero’s 70s plague classic, The Crazies, has finally landed online. In a terrifying tale of the American Dream gone wrong, four friends find themselves trapped in their hometown when an unknown toxin turns the citizens into homicidal maniacs. A small-town sheriff David Dutton (Tommy Olyphant) tries to maintain law and order while protecting his pregnant wife, Judy (Radha Mitchell); Becca (Danielle Panabaker), an assistant at the medical center; and Russell (Joe Anderson), Dutton’s deputy and right-hand man. Forced to band together, an ordinary night becomes a struggle for survival as they try to get out of town alive.
The scheduled release date for the remake is February 26, 2010.
Make Up Department
Leo Corey Castellano … makeup department head
Mary Kate Gales … additional makeup artist
Chris Gallaher … key makeup effects: Almost Human Inc
Robert Hall … special makeup designer: Almost Human, Inc
Bill Johnson … additional prop bodies
Adruitha Lee … hair department head
Jonah Levy … special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc
Deborah Patino … makeup artist: Radha Mitchell
Erik Porn … special makeup effects supervisor: for Almost Human Inc.
Toby Sells … special makeup effects artist: Almost Human Inc.
Darnell Shepherd … hair/lab technician: Almost Human, Inc.
Diana Sikes … hairstylist: Mr. Olyphant
Betty Lou Skinner … key hair stylist
Justin Stafford … wig maker
Beka Wilson … key hair stylist
Leigh Ann Yandle … key makeup artist
Andrea Politte … additional hair stylist
Radha Mitchell
Special Effects Department
Vincent Ball … special effects technician
Kevin Carter … special effects contact lenses
William Catania … special effects technician
James Cheshire … special effects technician
Paul Damien … special effects technician
Peter Damien … special effects technician
David Fletcher … special effects coordinator
Ken Gorrell … special effects foreman
Skylar Gorrell … special effects technician
G. Heath Hood … special effects technician
Thomas Kittle … special effects foreman
Dalton Kutsch … studio technician: Almost Human, Inc
Brendan McHale … special effects technician
Randy Moore … special effects technician
Greg Oliver … special effects technician
James L. Roberts … special effects shop foreman
Fox Home Entertainment is promoting their upcoming direct to DVD release of ‘Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead’. You can check out the full feature when it arrives on DVD on October 20th.
Here’s the story: Three Finger and his disturbed family of inbred cannibals are alive and well-fed. The first course for the bloodthirsty family comes when a group of campers arrive, realizing only too late that ticks aren’t the only things that bite in these backwoods. But when some of the most vicious killers in the country escape into the woods from a bus transporting them to prison, Three Finger and his family may have met their match. Will justice be served on the convicted murderers or upon the mutant killers?”
Directed by
Declan O’Brien
Writers
Alan B. McElroy, Turi Meyer, Al Septien
Cast
Tom Frederic … Nate
Janet Montgomery … Alex
Tamer Hassan … Chavez
Gil Kolirin … Floyd Weathers
Tom McKay … Brandon
Christian Contreras … Willy
Jake Curran … Crawford
Chucky Venice … Walter
Make Up Department Yana Stoyanova … makeup and special effects makeup department head
Special Effects Department
Jovko Dogandjiski … special effects assistant
Nikolay Furtunkov … special effects technician
Visual Effects Department
Grits Carter … system engineer
Charles Collyer … digital compositor: Mechnology
Luke Guidici … visual effects editor
Erica Jean … visual effects editor
When actress Jenni Baird was cast in “Alien Trespass,” the campy science-fiction film released on DVD Tuesday, she was given homework.
Director R.W. Goodwin told her to go home and watch the original versions of “The Day the Earth Stood Still,” ”War of the Worlds” and “It Came from Outer Space.” He wanted Baird to get familiar with the movies that were the inspiration for his salute to the 1950s creature features.
Goodwin’s film looks likeit was shot in the ’50s, when movie monsters were often made of scraps of material and had exposed zippers. The task of the beautiful woman — fellow scientist, secretary, spouse — was to scream bloody murder.
Baird’s character is different. She plays a waitress who won’t back down to any little green men in flying saucers.
“I was told that my character does not exist in the original form,” said Baird during a break from meeting with WonderCon conventioneers earlier this year. She’s joined fellow actors Eric McCormack and Dan Lauria, plus Goodwin, to drum up interest in the movie at the comic book/movie/television event.
Goodwin, who grew up in Los Angeles, has seen countless old monster movies. He would take a bus to Inglewood, where a theater played double bills of ’50s science-fiction movies.
“It was important that we make an original movie and not do a remake. The story idea is an amalgam of a bunch of the real classic ’50s movies. Combine that with going back and looking at the films and realizing how funny they are today, I figured if we stuck to our guns and made an authentic ’50s movie, it could be charming and scary and fun,” Goodwin says.
McCormack’s biggest adjustment was how he delivered dialogue. These days, it’s not unusual for actors to pause, stutter or misspeak. Back in the ’50s, everyone delivered flawless lines of dialogue.
“It is hard to get in that frame of mind that it is not a good take until you have said everything just perfectly and not sound human at all,” McCormack says. “I think there are times in this movie where the alien sounds more human than the actual humans.”
McCormack worked on “Alien Trespass” just after working on the updated version of “The Andromeda Strain.” Before the films he spent eight years starring in the situation comedy “Will&Grace.”
As for his range of roles, McCormack says, “I have artistic A.D.D.”
Effects Crew for Alien Trespass:
Make Up Department
Jill Bailey … makeup assistant
Ian C. Ballard … key hair stylist
Julia Bors … extras makeup artist
Susan Boyd … hair stylist
Rachel Griffin … special makeup effects artist
Michael Nickiforek … creature fabricator
Michael Nickiforek … creature sculptor
Connie Parker … key makeup artist
Jessica Rain … hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Agnieszka Echallier … creature effects
Joel Echallier … creature effects
John W. Fisher … special effects assistant
Chris Flemington … special effects assistant
Rachel Griffin … creature creator
Tony Lazarowich … special effects coordinator
Robert Yeager … special effects best boy
Visual Effects Department
Eric Chauvin … visual effects supervisor
Andrea Chlebak … digital intermediate colorist
Lars Simkins … digital compositor
Tagline: Don’t fear the end of the world. Fear what happens next.
Look for a September 18th realease for this Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller Film.
Plot Summary:
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly – and horrifically – realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can’t remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft’s shocking, deadly secrets are revealed…and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.
Directed by Christian Alvart
Cast includes:
Ben Foster … Bower
Dennis Quaid … Payton
Cam Gigandet … Gallo
Antje Traue
Make Up Department
Tamar Aviv … prosthetic makeup artist
Allan B. Holt … mold maker
Birger Laube … special makeup effects artist
Björn Rehbein … hair department head
Björn Rehbein … makeup department head
Katrin Schneider … makeup artist
Jörn Seifert … prosthetic makeup artist
Arjen Tuiten … special makeup effects artist: Stan Winston Studio
Special Effects Department
Herbert Blank … special effects senior technician
Steffen Blechschmidt … life casting assistant: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Katharina Boehm … creature costume trainee
Johannes Brömel … life casting assistant: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Tom Christ … special effects technician
Laura Elliott … special effects technician
Norman Ernst … special effects senior technician
Gerd Feuchter … special effects supervisor
Damian Fisher … key mold maker
Thomas Friedrich … special effects buyer
Andreas Herberg … special effects technician
Mark Keetch … lab technician
Chris Kunzmann … lead casting technician: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Sebastian Lochmann … lifecast maker: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Michael Luppino … special effects foreman
Klaus Mielich … special effects technical & crew coordinator
Peter Muehlenkamp … lifecast maker: Chris Creatures Filmeffects
Monty Ploch … special effects technician
Bernd Rautenberg … special effects foreman
Michael Rudnik … special effects foreman
Tobias Schroeter … creature costume supervisor
Tobias Schroeter … modelmaker/sculptor
Jürgen Thiel … special effects senior technician
Chris Zega … lab technician: Legacy effects
Visual Effects Department
Patrik Bergman … digital compositor
Jan Brukner … senior digital artist: UPP
Mario Dubec … visual effects artist
Martin Dusek … software research and development
Miro Gal … senior flame artist
Tyler Gooden … digital compositor
Petr Hastík … senior compositor
Jan Heusler … digital compositor
Milos Hudec … data operator
Dalibor Janda … digital compositor
Jan Jinda … senior cgi artist: UPP
Tomas Kalhous … senior compositor
Ales Killian … compositor
Tomas Kral … senior cgi artist: UPP
Jason Lopes … senior systems engineer stan winston studio
Jana Macenauerova … digital compositor
Petr Masek … digital compositor
Viktor Muller … visual effects supervisor
Tomas Munzar … digital compositor: UPP
Robert Pik … vfx compositor
Viktor Plch … senior effects artist
Vit Sedlacek … flame / inferno artist
Vit Sedlacek … matchmove artist
Jakub Szilvasi … digital compositor
Vladimir Valovic … digital compositor
Lucie Zemanova … digital compositor
A vampire named Saya, who is part of covert government agency that hunts and destroys demons in a post-WWII Japan, is inserted in a military school to discover which one of her classmates is a demon is disguise.
Director Chris Nahon fulfills the titular promise almost immediately, treating audiences to a dude getting cut in half lengthwise with a samurai sword and stuffed in the back of a subway car all before the opening credits.
Blood: The Last Vampire is a remake of an animated 2000 movie by the same name. They both feature a young-looking vampire named Saya (Gianna Jun), who hunts demons at an Air Force Base in Tokyo during the Vietnam War, getting sent undercover at a local high school. Violence breaks out, and Saya must protect Allison, a general’s daughter.
The film involves some maneuvering by the CIA, which must clean Saya’s messes while keeping the military out of the way.
Filming locations spanned the globe from China to Argentina
Make Up Department
Mike Elizalde … creature & makeup effects
David Beneke … dental prosthetics
Michael Davis … key hair stylist
Fernando Favila… production supervisor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Steve Koch … prosthetic designer and sculptor: Spectral Motion Inc.
Clayton Martinez… special makeup effects artist
James Ojala … special makeup effects crew: Spectral Motion
Suzanne Rodier … makeup department head
Special Effects Department
Suma Abuzaineh … seaming and patching department: Spectral Motion, Inc. Roland Blancaflor … prosthetic department supervisor
Kevin Carter … special effects contact lenses
Mary Elizalde … CFO: Spectral Motion Inc.
Eric Hayden … creature director
Bob Mano … mechanical designer: Spectral Motion Inc.
Brian Walsh … pre-build coordinator: Spectral Motion Inc
Jill Warner … production assistant: Spectral Motion
Diana Yun Soo Yoo … hair department supervisor: Spectral Motion
Story: A Young Man Who seeks revenge of his mothers death. He finds his grand-father, Heihachi Mishima, and pleas to be trained. When the Mishima leader announces a “King of Iron Fist” tournament. He finds out that his mother’s killer, OGRE, will be participating in the tournament. He must fight against the worlds top competitors to achieve his goal with no interference
Director – Dwight H. Little (Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers, Murder at 1600, Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid)
Make Up Department
Kimberly Amacker … makeup artist
Louisa Gore Hamn … key makeup artist
Yolanda Mercadel … key hair stylist
Chrissy Morris … makeup artist
Melizah Schmidt … department head hair
Justin Stafford … wig maker
Tony Ward … third hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Jack Lynch … special effects coordinator
Richard E. Perry … special effects foreman
Bob Trevino … special effects foreman
Michael B. Williams … specialty costume crew: Frontline Design Inc.
Jeffery D. Woodrel … special effects technician
A team of mercenaries head to South America on a mission to overthrow a dictator.
Sylvester Stallone is the Director and Writer
Cast
Sylvester Stallone … Barney Ross
Jason Statham … Lee Christmas
Jet Li … Bao
Dolph Lundgren … Gunnar Jensen
Eric Roberts … Monroe
Randy Couture … Toll Road
Steve Austin … Dan Paine
David Zayas … General Garza
Giselle Itié … Sandra
Terry Crews … Hale Caesar
Mickey Rourke … Tool
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Brittany Murphy … Amy
X-Men Origins Wolverine on Blu Ray DVD
Make Up Department
Nikki I Brown … makeup artist
Scott H. Eddo … makeup department head
Stacy Kelly … key makeup artist
Rick Stratton … special tattoos
Amy Wood … assistant hair stylist
Special Effects Department
Marcio Bittencourt Farjalla … pyro/ weapons house manager
Garry Cooper … special effects workshop supervisor
Lawrence Decker … special effects technician
Erika Faccini … special effects producer
Sergio Farjalla Jr. … special effects coordinator
Giuliano Fiumani … special effects senior technician
Alexander Gunn … special effects floor supervisor: Brazil
Graham Hills … senior special effects technician
Edward Joubert … special effects technician
Michael Kay … special effects engineer
Jeff Khachadoorian … special effects co-supervisor
Jack Lynch … second unit coordinator
Jeff Ogg … special effects co-coordinator
Richard E. Perry … special effects foreman
Bob Trevino … special effects technician
Andy Weder … special effects supervisor
Jeffery D. Woodrel … special effects technician
Plot outline
An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
Trivia
Sam Worthington was considered for the role of Duke, but turned it down due scheduling conflicts with Avatar.
David Murray was cast as Destro, but dropped it when he had problems with his visa. He was replaced by Christopher Eccleston; however, the character was named James McCullen XXIV, thus enabling Murray to film a flashback scene as the first Destro, James McCullen I.
Skip Woods wrote an early draft of the film, which featured Alex Mann (aka Britain’s Action Man) and the antagonist as the Naja/Ryan, a corrupt CIA agent. Scarlett is married to Action Man but still has feelings for Duke, and is killed by the Baroness. Snake-Eyes speaks, but his vocal cords are slashed during the story, rendering him mute.
Makeup Dept
Leo Corey Castellano … makeup department head: second unit
Leo Corey Castellano … prosthetic design and application
Patricia Dehaney-Le May … hair stylist: second unit
Linda Dvorakova … hair stylist: second unit
Roxane Griffin … key hair stylist
Barbara Kichi … hair stylist
Toby Lamm … additional makeup artist
Bart Mixon … special makeup effects ast to Kazuhiro Tsuji
Michael Mosher … special makeup effects artist
Jessica Nelson … contact lens technician
Gabriela Polakova … makeup artist
Richard Redlefsen … special makeup effects artist
Bobo Sobatka… makeup artist
Kimberley Spiteri … department head hair stylist: second unit
Peter Tothpal … hair department head
Kazuhiro Tsuji … special makeup effects artist
Cindy J. Williams … makeup department head
Hiroshi Yada … special makeup effects crew: KTsfx
Kentaro Yano … makeup artist
Special Effects Department
Ozzy Alvarez … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX
Ryan Banfield … mold maker
Gary D. Bierend … second unit special effects crew
David Boucher … special effects technician
John P. Cazin … special effects crew
Jerry Constantine … specialty costumer
Sophia Coronado … specialty costumes: Film Illusions
Matt Corrigan … special effects technician
Jeff Crocker … mold maker
Sam Dean … special effects technician
Robert Kato DeStefan … specialty costume crew
Brandon Engstrom … special effects technician
Damian Fisher … mold maker
Damian Fisher … special effects technician
Megan Flagg … specialty costumer
Terry Glass … special effects foreman: UK
Joe Gomez … mold shop supervisor
Roy Goode … pyrotechnician
Allan B. Holt … special effects technician
Jeff Jingle … special effects props
Pete Kelley … special effects technician
Brenna Kelly … special effects assistant
Yong Lee … specialty costume crew
Shane Mahan … accelerator suit effects: Stan Winston Studio
Jacqueline Makkee … special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX
Al Marangoni … special effects technician
Keith Marbory … special effects makeup
David Merritt … accelerator suit model department key coordinator: stan winston studio
David Mesloh … special effects technician
Hans Metz … special effects technician
Sara R. Morris … special effects purchaser
Jesse Noel … special effects technician
Justin Raleigh … specialty prop / specialty costume coordinator: Quantum Creation FX
William ‘Barcode’ Rosa … lab technician
Scott Schutzki … model maker: props
Ray Shaffer … specialty costume crew
Charles Sowles … costume props
Christopher A. Suarez … special effects technician
Daniel Sudick … special effects coordinator
Sally Wilson … texture artist
Chris Zega … lab technician: Stan Winston Studios
If there’s one movie you absolutely must have on Blu-Ray this year, it has to be Watchmen. Just imagine those glowing blues of Dr. Manhattan popping off your television, or the dark, film noir shadows lurking on your screen as Rorschach stalks the streets of your disc. You’ve gotta have it.
It arrives both on Blu-Ray and DVD as a 2-disc Special Edition Director’s Cut in just a few weeks on July 21st. Warner Bros. has given us a sneak peek at just some of what you can expect loaded onto this disc, with a series of clips showcasing some of the film’s behind the scenes features along with flat out badass scenes that you won’t be able to live without seeing again.
Crew edited by Mark Gorelord – GoreMaster.com
Make Up Department
Anji Bemben … hair department head
Greg Cannom … special makeup designer
Rita Ciccozzi … key makeup artist
Rosalina Da Silva … makeup department head
Emanuela Daus… makeup artist
Cara Doell … assistant hair stylist
Vanessa Giles … assistant makeup artist
Celine Godeau … tattoo artist
Will Huff … special makeup effects artist
Jason James … mold/lab technician
Jim Knell … production photographer: Drac Studios
Rebecca Lee … assistant makeup artist
Carrie LeGrand … makeup production supervisor: Drac Studios
Harvey Lowry … director of operations: Drac Studios
Sharon Markell … assistant hair stylist
Mark Nieman … silicone prosthetic supervisor: Drac Studios
Geoff Redknap … special makeup effects artist
Rick Stratton … tattoos
Miles Teves … makeup designer
Miles Teves … special makeup effects artist
Todd Tucker … creative director: Drac Studios
Steve Winsett … special makeup effects artist
Jacqueline Robertson Cull … wig maker (uncredited)
Special Effects Department
Dan Cervin … special effects first assistant
Jerry Constantine … special effects makeup
Dan Crawley … special effects technician
Brandon Ellison … special effects technician
Brandon Engstrom … special effects technician
Janet Pearce¹ … special effects technician
Bill Fesh … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.
Damian Fisher … special effects technician
Christopher Gilman … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Chris Hampton … special effects supervisor
Nicholas Hiegel … model maker
Kelly Kerby … pyrotechnician
Alan McFarland … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Randy Pike … special lighting effects: Dr. Manhattan: Global Effects Inc.
Dale Shippam … special effects technician
Charles Sowles … costume specialist
Andrew Verhoeven … special effects: electronics
Adam Walls … special effects technician
Joel Whist … special effects coordinator
Brad Zehr … special effects technician
Suma Adams … seaming and patching department: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ozzy Alvarez … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jason Barnett … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Sophia Coronado … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Robert Kato DeStefan … body shop technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Megan Flagg … special effects technician: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Joe Gomez … mold shop supervisor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Carol Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX (uncredited)
Steve Koch … sculptor: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Jacqueline Makkee … seaming and patching dept: Quantum Creation FX, Inc.(uncredited)
Walter Phelan … special makeup effects technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … prosthetic suits supervisor: Quantum Creation FX Inc. (uncredited)
Justin Raleigh … specialty costumes: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Ray Shaffer … special effects lab technician: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Brett Stern … special effects costume painter: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited)
Chris Wolters … mechanical designer: Quantum Creation FX, Inc. (uncredited
When it comes to pyrotechnics, “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” has earned its place in cinema history. Director Michael Bay’s just-released follow-up to his 2007 summer movie blockbuster features the biggest explosion ever filmed with live actors, according to special effects supervisor John Frazier.
The sequence, in which a fleet of bombers flies in to annihilate a group of combative robots, required more than 1,000 gallons of gasoline and more than 300 sticks of dynamite.
“We did it in White Sands, N.M., but the scene takes place in Egypt,” Frazier explained. “While [the film's stars] Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox and Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson were running, we started the explosions. When they started running, they were 25 feet away. When the first bomb went off, they were 75 feet away. The heat was just intense. That was a big, big shot.”
Although Frazier originally studied construction and engineering at Los Angeles Trade Technical College with the intention of building high-rises, his career took a different path when, in 1965, a producer friend recommended him for a job at NBC.
“I went to the studio thinking I was going to build sets,” Frazier said. “I got there, and they just pointed at me and said, ‘You go over and work with those guys.’ And it happened to be the special effects department.”
A year later, he was promoted to head of the special effects department at the network, where he spent the next eight years working with Elvis Presley, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson and Dean Martin.
In the ’70s, Frazier transitioned into movies and signed on for Wes Craven’s desert horror film “The Hills Have Eyes.” Since then, Frazier has worked on more than 100 features, creating a host of special effects — standouts include designing an underwater gimbal for “The Perfect Storm” and blowing up a $60-million house for Bay’s “Bad Boys II.”
“If it moves, it’s on fire or it blows up, we do it,” Frazier said. “We wear a lot of hats.” Dynamite 101: All bombs are not created equal. “What we call a lifter is a low explosive — it’s black powder,” Frazier explained. “Dynamite is a high explosive. A lot of times when you’re using high explosives, you have to shoot high speed because it’s so fast you don’t see it. High explosives cut things and tear things up. That’s what Michael Bay likes. What Michael loves is this stuff we call Kinepak. It’s dynamite, but you mix it on set. You just take a syringe, and you mix a powder and a liquid together and you have a stick of dynamite. And it’s still totally safe until you put the blasting cap on it. The great thing about it is you can ship it. And if you want to get rid of it, just throw it on your lawn because that’s what it is. It’s fertilizer.” Coming down the pipe: Frazier tries to take care when pelting actors with large debris. For the “Transformers” sequel, “We were in Pittsburgh at a steel mill, and we ‘blew up’ all of these big concrete culvert pipes,” he recalled. “They’re about 8 feet in diameter. We made all of those out of foam, and we launched those in the air at the actors. We have what’s called a car flipper that we developed when we did ‘Armageddon.’ It looks like a floor jack. You set it underneath a car, you put about 2,500 pounds of pressure on it, and it launches the car about 25 feet and looks like a bomb’s going off. But we use them to launch everything. So we put these underneath all these big foam culvert pipes, and we launched those 50 feet! And then we do little mini explosions in the background. Well, they weren’t exactly that little.” Pretty choppy: Frazier uses similar restraint when threatening actors with falling helicopters. “We brought in this big construction crane from Albuquerque, and it was about 150 feet in the air or so, and it had a guide cable that ran right down to the ground,” he explained. “It was the guide for the helicopter, which crashed into the dirt. And so the actors were running from it, and we had explosions. It came down sideways, and then we turned it so it would nose in, and it would look like the pilot had gotten control of it. You don’t want it to look like people die in a movie like this. We wanted it to look like they all lived.” Architecturally unsound: In Frazier’s business, some structures are designed specifically to fall down. “In the [scene in the] Bedouin village, there were these big architectural columns like you see in Rome,” he said. “They were like 25 feet tall and about 6 feet in diameter. They’re all made out of foam, and they all had dynamite behind them. What we’d have to do is precut the foam and create this cavity out of fiberglass, and it was about an inch thick. We used the Kinepak in that. “Michael Bay loves that Kinepak. He’ll do a shot, and he’ll just shake his head and go, ‘What was that? Get out the Kinepak!’ He’s funny. He should have been a stand-up comedian.”
