So Scott Wilder and I had to come up with a plan. So what happened? Devine : Body casting involves using plaster bandages and different rubbers and materials. We made a plaster-bandage mold of his body and shipped it back here and cast three bodies of Brad, using that. How did you make the plaster mold? Was he naked? Devine : No. We did it in a hotel. We laid down plastic.
Devine : Yes, but he was wearing a unitard. We had a stand so he could hold his arms out to help support himself. When we did the front, he did his, uh, personal area, and [my colleagues] were laughing, because I had to do the backside. How do we re-create his body? I looked again. I opened it up, and sure enough, somebody had shot him from a building into another building; you could see him through a window with the curtains drawn enough.
A couple of front and back shots, but nothing … it was a little hidden. I bought the magazine and brought it back, and it was our backup. Though the mold got here fine. Okay, so walk me through shooting the effect itself. Hooker : The problem was that Marty wanted to shoot this, the hit on Brad Pitt, in one angle — with the camera never moving, never panning, no edits, no anything.
The car comes in, hits him, he flies through the air, hits another car, goes off the back — and this all has to happen without the camera moving.
So we created an endless cable rig. The van that hits Brad Pitt has a cable attached to the front of it. It goes down to 25, 30 yards, through a pulley. The cable goes through that pulley, over the other lane, through another pulley, then hooks on the back of the taxi cab. Now, on the front of the taxi cab, that cable is hooked again, and goes to another pulley, which goes around the pulley. Then there goes another pulley, attaches to the back of the van.
We had to find out how far Brad Pitt could fly, how high he could go without leaving the frame, how far he could travel before he hit the cab without going out of frame. We rigged the body with bungee cord, so instead of looking like a click-clack robot, it reacts like bodies react.
And they had to put a new windshield on the taxi every time. Pretty close call. Hooker : I had a brilliant idea. Nobody wanted to use CGI. In the first storyboard I sent you, the top of the page, you see where the blue van hits Brad Pitt? I'm so glad she's become recognized and acknowledged! What a gifted actress she is. Allison is so real and textured. Marcia makes every scene count. Mystic River is another example of her great talent.
The best moments in Meet Joe Black were between Marcia and Anthony Hopkins' characters, when she frankly discusses their relationship. She made this movie memorable for me. FAQ 2. Who's the voice of the death? Details Edit. Release date November 13, United States. United States. Official Facebook. English Dutch. Universal Pictures City Light Films. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 2 hours 58 minutes.
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The plot of the movie revolves around one successful and ageing business tycoon Bill Parrish Anthony Hopkins. The character gets a visit by death a devilishly charming Brad Pitt. What follows forms the rest of the narrative. Of course, eventually, she falls for death.
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