Quick Facts

• an opening teaser featuring a 1990s update of the classic story of King Kong
  
  
• a history-making re-creation of several of the most breathtaking shots from the original Star Wars film in IMAX by Industrial Light & Magic
  
  
• backstage looks at the making of Lucasfilm Ltd.'s epic Stars Wars Trilogy Special Edition (distributed by Twentieth Century Fox), Independence Day from Fox, Jumanji from TriStar Pictures, Inc., and Kazaam from Interscope Communications, Inc.
  
  

Production Quotes

• "The science story is a natural, because special effects are all about perception. Knowing how the eye and brain work is an integral part of creating convincing effects."—Paula S. Apsell, Executive Producer
  
  
• "Everyone's going for bigger and better, so we decided why not 10 times bigger? The filmmakers we worked with loved the whole new dimension this medium gave them—and loved giving away their secrets for the camera."—Susanne Simpson, Producer
  
  
• "Filmmakers began to experiment with special effects almost as soon as motion pictures were invented. The history of special effects is the history of motion pictures."—Ben Burtt, Director

Credits:

Executive Producer: Paula S. Apsell
Producer: Susanne Simpson
Director: Ben Burtt
Co-producer: Laurel Ladevich
Narrator: John Lithgow
Writers: Susanne Simpson, Ben Burtt, Tom Friedman
Music: Christopher Stone
Directors of Photography: Reed Smoot, Jack Tankard
Production Manager/First Assistant Director: Lope Yap, Jr.
Imaging Consultant: Christopher Reyna
Post- Production Supervisor: Rick Gordon
Special Visual Effects: Industrial Light & Magic
King Kong Visual Effects: Kong Productions, IMAGICA USA
Post Production Facilities: Skywalker Sound
Additional CGI Sequences: New Wave Entertainment

Funding:

California Museum of Science and Industry, Los Angeles, CA
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Hull, Canada
Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinnati, OH
Denver Museum of Natural History, Denver, CO
Discovery Place, Charlotte, NC
The Franklin Institute Science Museum, Philadelphia, PA
La Géode, Paris, France
Liberty Science Center, Jersey City, NJ
Maryland Science Center, Baltimore, MD
Louisville Science Center, Louisville, KY
Museum of Science, Boston, MA
National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan
Omniversum, The Hague, The Netherlands
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center,
San Diego, CA
Science Museum of Virginia, Richmond, VA
St. Louis Science Center, St. Louis, MO

Major funding provided by the National Science Foundation
Corporate funding provided by Silicon Graphics Computer Systems

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