tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post3039057560305850923..comments2024-03-03T20:15:57.737+08:00Comments on model ships in the cinema: Action in the North Atlantic 1943munghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11833483639783575804noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-49215241878471307592019-03-26T10:09:05.617+08:002019-03-26T10:09:05.617+08:00Perhaps the models were used earlier, perhaps in &...Perhaps the models were used earlier, perhaps in "Air Force?"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18218629004823194575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-15821300980720015532013-07-07T01:42:29.000+08:002013-07-07T01:42:29.000+08:00Thanks NZPete, one of the shots that stands out fo...Thanks NZPete, one of the shots that stands out for its shock value is of the miniature sailor figures being sucked through the propeller. Oddly enough Byron Haskin in the interview book was quite dismissive of Action in the North Atlantic. He talked rather disparagingly of Jack Cosgrove shooting lots of spectacular shots without any feeling for progressing a story. However I think Byron was more interested in talking about his directorial career than his special effects career. He said he took over direction of the movie after the director Loyd Bacon quit with only half the film shot. Loyd Bacon was having a contract dispute with Warners at the time and spent nearly the entire budget on the tanker set which is set alight at the beginning of the film. The gas flames were so fierce the rising heat ignited the roof of the stage and caused quite considerable damage.number1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-57242406781259078792013-06-27T17:57:12.000+08:002013-06-27T17:57:12.000+08:00Congrats on including ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC...Congrats on including ACTION IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC. Definitely one of the best WWII effects movies ever. Beautifully orchestrated and, for the most part, photographed miniature set pieces by the biggest effects department in Hollywood at that time, the famed Warner Brothers Stage 5, who created hundreds of spectacular and eye popping trick shots throughout the 1940's.<br>That early night time fiery conflagration in the Bogart film is a masterpiece in full scale physical effects, miniatures, process and rotoscoped figures jumping into flaming sea - the high point of the film. How the show missed out in the visual effects Oscar stakes is shameful..... but don't get me started on bloody Oscar injustices!<br><br>Keep up the excellent work.<br><br>PeterNZPetehttp://www.nzpetesmatteshot.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-45675793676992778692014-10-24T13:41:26.000+08:002014-10-24T13:41:26.000+08:00Were some of the warships borrowed from another fi...Were some of the warships borrowed from another film? They look like Japanese cruisers and destroyers.Bob Bethellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4601090335485436846.post-47167392766306172792016-11-28T12:03:00.000+08:002016-11-28T12:03:00.000+08:00Definitely Japanese destroyer (Akatsuki Class). Al...Definitely Japanese destroyer (Akatsuki Class). Alas, not a particularly good rendering, though I suppose adequate for the wartime audiences.Franknoreply@blogger.com