Stan Winston: R.I.P
06-16-08, 01:08 PM
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Stan Winston: R.I.P
Update:
A little more detail:
Source:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...ws.php?id=6556
Lots of sites picking it up now:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...inston-de.html
http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/...n_winston.html
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...ston-has-died/
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/16/stan-winston-died/
Man this sucks.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37106
Also:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080616l.php
Damn.
A little more detail:
Winston died at home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma.
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news...ws.php?id=6556
Lots of sites picking it up now:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/ente...inston-de.html
http://blogs.news-journalonline.com/...n_winston.html
http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/...ston-has-died/
http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/06/16/stan-winston-died/
Man this sucks.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/37106
Steve Wang, known effects maestro, sent out a myspace bulletin saying he's confirmed it with the shop. This is an incredibly sad day. Word is cancer, but I don't know anything past that.
I didn't want to post it as definitive since there has been no word from his estate or from Stan Winston Studios... but I've gotten over a dozen private confirmations from people who knew him or worked with him now, so I went ahead and changed the headline.
Also:
http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080616l.php
Damn.
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06-16-08, 01:10 PM
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Awaiting further proof, but if it's true, what a tremendous loss.
06-16-08, 01:19 PM
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Damn. I was just reading an article remembering Tim Russert. The year's not even half way over, but all these greats keep passing.
Wasn't he supposed to work on Terminator 4? A huge loss for that film, I reckon.
Wasn't he supposed to work on Terminator 4? A huge loss for that film, I reckon.
06-16-08, 01:33 PM
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Sweet Jesus... Stan Winston was a God among FX artists. His work was always some of the best I'd ever seen. I grew up on a steady diet of his creations. This is a huge loss. I'll try to watch some of his better works in remembrance. R.I.P.
06-16-08, 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Damed
Yep. At least according to IMDB.
06-16-08, 02:16 PM
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Rarely does a famous person's death literally suck the wind out of me. Last time was Anthony Minghella's death. Before that, Jim Henson. Stan Winston was one of the truly great figures in filmmaking.
06-16-08, 02:43 PM
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Winston died at home Sunday evening after a seven-year struggle with multiple myeloma.
Source:
http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/new...ews.php?id=6556
06-16-08, 02:46 PM
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Originally Posted by scott1598
wow! nobody like him. what great FX movie didn't he do. rip.
so that is Tim Russert, Stan Winston, and ?
very sad week for luminaries.
so that is Tim Russert, Stan Winston, and ?
very sad week for luminaries.
06-16-08, 02:49 PM
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So many of my greatest cinema memories were created by this man. Sad, sad news.
06-16-08, 02:53 PM
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Transcript of what just happened at my house:
Me: Oh no!
Mother: What?
Me: Stan Winston died. This is really sad to me.
M: Who?
Me: Visual effects guy, did all the stuff on Terminator and the Penguin in Batman Returns...
M: ...
Me: The dinosaurs from Jurassic Park...
M: Oh, okay.
This one is especially heartbreaking to me.
All of his stuff was iconic: Aliens, T2, Batman Returns, Predator, Jurassic Park, The Thing...all great.
And yes, Iron Man was indeed an end on a high note.
Me: Oh no!
Mother: What?
Me: Stan Winston died. This is really sad to me.
M: Who?
Me: Visual effects guy, did all the stuff on Terminator and the Penguin in Batman Returns...
M: ...
Me: The dinosaurs from Jurassic Park...
M: Oh, okay.
This one is especially heartbreaking to me.All of his stuff was iconic: Aliens, T2, Batman Returns, Predator, Jurassic Park, The Thing...all great.
And yes, Iron Man was indeed an end on a high note.
Stan Winston
06-16-08, 03:18 PM
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This is seriously F**kin' weak.
Stan Winston was the man. He designed the best creatures and effects in the history of film IMO. I remember being around 8 or 9 years old and already knowing his name and who he was and would be excited whenever we was attached to do work on a new film. He was one of the first behind-the-camera filmmakers who I really knew by a name basis.
Jurassic Park, Aliens, Predator, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Big Fish, A.I. were all wonderful memorable films in large part due to Stan's involvement and imagination and craftsmanship.
RIP sir.
Stan Winston was the man. He designed the best creatures and effects in the history of film IMO. I remember being around 8 or 9 years old and already knowing his name and who he was and would be excited whenever we was attached to do work on a new film. He was one of the first behind-the-camera filmmakers who I really knew by a name basis.
Jurassic Park, Aliens, Predator, Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, Big Fish, A.I. were all wonderful memorable films in large part due to Stan's involvement and imagination and craftsmanship.
RIP sir.
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