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Independence Day: Creating Reality(2000)
Status: Released
Date: 2000-07-25
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Time: 0h 30m
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A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.
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Movie: Independence Day: Creating Reality
Top 10 Billed Cast
Roland Emmerich
Himself - Director (as Roland Emmrich)
Dean Devlin
Himself - Producer
Patrick Tatopoulos
Himself - Production Designer
Volker Engel
Himself - VFX Supervisor
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A look into the making of the state of the art special effects for the film Independence Day (1996). This crew spent a long time creating these 400 plus effects shots, and ended up winning an Academy Award for their work. Very interesting to see how hard these people worked in order to make the battles etc. seem so realistic.
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