The Epics – Matte Shots: Part 9

I was only ever going to do a couple of ‘Epic’ blogs but upon a couple of recommendations from like minded fans of ‘visual effects old school’, I have continued this series, as I do after all have a zillion old matte shot frames gathering dust (or whatever they gather in a computer)…. so without further ado, on with the first of today’s double feature, ALEXANDER THE GREAT (1956).

Not to confused with the convoluted, out of control ego trip that Oliver Stone turned out a few years back, this Robert Rossen version with Richard Burton, although no masterpiece, wasn’t too bad and at least got to the point and stayed there. Of course Dickie Burton was afraid by now of being typecast in this sort of thing as he’d just done the big Fox biblical epic THE ROBE (next installment on the very matte shot blog you are reading at this exact moment) though I think he’s good at this type of thing, being principally a stage actor and a Shakespearian one at that, which more than lends itself to this larger than life genre…

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A Tribute to Golden Era Special FX

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