http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/25/the-valley-of-gwangi-1969/ Film reviews and commentary tonight, before I forget tomorrow Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:41:45 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/2006/07/25/the-valley-of-gwangi-1969/comment-page-1/#comment-6140 Roland Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:22:43 +0000 http://thisdistractedglobe.com/?p=576#comment-6140 This was my favorite movie growing up and turned me into a life-long Harryhausen fan. Although Gwangi was patterned after Tyrannosaurus (Charles R. Knight's paintings of T-Rex were said to be an inspiration) he (she?) was actually an Allosaurus (note the three fingered hands, T-rex had two). Many in the SPFX community consider this one of Harryhausen's finest works and it holds up pretty well even with today's computer generated beasties (or at least the ones on BBC America's PRIMEVAL). This was my favorite movie growing up and turned me into a life-long Harryhausen fan. Although Gwangi was patterned after Tyrannosaurus (Charles R. Knight’s paintings of T-Rex were said to be an inspiration) he (she?) was actually an Allosaurus (note the three fingered hands, T-rex had two). Many in the SPFX community consider this one of Harryhausen’s finest works and it holds up pretty well even with today’s computer generated beasties (or at least the ones on BBC America’s PRIMEVAL).

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