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'Gremlins 2' at 30: Director Joe Dante talks 'crazy, manic movie' and contributions of Rick Baker and Christopher Lee
From a massive budget to Lee's formidable mad scientist, Dante shares memories from making the beloved sequel on its 30th anniversary.
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How 'Monster Maker' Rick Baker turned Michael Jackson scary for 'Thriller'
Hollywood's legendary makeup man explains the secrets of the greatest video of all time, along with his Oscar-worthy work on "American Werewolf" and "Coming to America."
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MVPs of Horror: Griffin Dunne talks drinking tequila on 'Practical Magic' set and his 'American Werewolf' mauling
Actor and director Griffin Dunne shares set stories from two Halloween classics.
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'Men in Black' Turns 20: How It Rewrote the Playbook for Movie Special Effects
To watch 'Men in Black' 20 years later is to see Hollywood’s transition from practical effects to CG… and to understand why filmmakers are circling back
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Rare and Wacky Behind-the-Scenes Photos of the 'Star Wars' Cantina
In the original Star Wars, director George Lucas introduced audiences to a wondrous alien hangout called the Mos Eisley Cantina (and got this song stuck in all of our heads forever). Lucas, who envisioned the bustling alien cantina before he’d even come up with a plot for Star Wars, actually shot the scene twice: Once in London, and then the following year in Los Angeles, with a whole new cast of alien creatures.
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The 'Star Wars' Cantina Scene: The Out-of-This-World Story Behind the Galaxy's Favorite?Dive Bar
When Star Wars: A New Hope premiered in theaters in 1977, many a jaw dropped at the groundbreaking space adventure. The moment that really jolted audiences — the one that showed them they lived in creator George Lucas’s world now — was an early scene set in a drinking hole on the remote planet of Tatooine, populated by a wild assortment of aliens. The Mos Eisley Cantina, introduced by Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi as a “wretched hive of scum and villainy,” has been capturing the imaginations of fan
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Rick Baker Calls It Quits as Hollywood's Preeminent Monster Maker
Rick Baker, Hollywood’s most decorated makeup effects wizard, is hanging up the prosthetics after an astonishing career that has spanned four decades, spawned myriad monsters, and scored him seven Oscars.
