R2-D2 Creator Grant McCune Dead At 67 37
CBC reports on sad news for Star Wars fans: "Grant McCune, a special effects artist who earned an Oscar for his work on the 1977 film Star Wars, has died. He was 67. McCune died Monday at his home in Hidden Hills, Calif., of pancreatic cancer. McCune created scenes with miniatures, models and special effects for dozens of movies, including Spaceballs, Ghostbusters II and 2008's Rambo. He began in special effects in 1975 when he and friend Bill Shourt were hired to make a giant white shark model for Steven Spielberg's Jaws. They got no credit for the film, but McCune caught the eye of the film community and he became chief model maker for Star Wars, where he created R2-D2 and many of the creatures that populate the film."
Re:Only thing that can be said (Score:2, Funny)
The R2 scream. A proper, and possibly the most impressive R2 noise, IMHO. I have it as my SMS alert. It royally pisses off my work colleagues.
Re:What David Lynch had to say about this man's wo (Score:4, Funny)
McClune was obviously working as directed. Lynch just wanted naked chicks in his movies and thats out of the jurisdiction of the effects guy.
Re:Uncredited in Jaws (Score:4, Funny)
Weren't they uncredited in the movie Jaws because the robot hardly worked when they wanted it to?
Must have been the inspiration for the Millennium Falcon.