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Property from the Collection of Glenn Dellimore
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983: Technirama Motion Control Camera
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983
Details
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983: Technirama Motion Control Camera
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983
A Technirama camera, converted in the mid-1950s from a 1930s Technicolor three-strip 35mm camera by Technicolor Corporation, USA, blue crackle finish on alloy body, the brass plate to the rear of the body engraved TECHNICOLOR CAMERA G-9, TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP., HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., a second plate to the side door engraved 1, fitted with a Technicolor co-axial magazine stencilled R6/L6 and stickered with the logo for Richard Edlund’s Pignose portable guitar amplifiers, a 1953 Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 lens, an original ILM motor, a 1920s Mitchell friction head numbered 7065, and wooden Mitchell tripod legs with spreader for display, together with associated ILM camera control box marked G-NINE RAMA and labelled Property of Lucasfilm Ltd., and an original Technirama camera flight case stencilled DG3 and STAR WARS CORP, EMI STUDIOS, LONDON, UK, containing period 28mm and 35mm lenses and filters; accompanied by copies of ten original exposure reports documenting the camera’s use in the production of Star Wars, 1976-1977, seven colour behind-the-scenes photographs (printed later) showing the camera in use on all three films in the original Star Wars Trilogy, and a detailed letter of provenance from ILM visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund
Camera: 26 x 11 x 19 in. (66 x 28 x 48 cm.); magazine: 20 ½ x 8 x 15 ¼ in. (52 x 20 x 40 cm.); control box: 17 ½ x 15 ½ x 6 ½ in. (44.5 x 39 x 16.5 cm.); flight case: 21 x 19 x 12 ½ in. (53 x 48 x 32 cm.)
(a lot)
A Technirama motion control camera owned and used extensively by visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for their groundbreaking effects photography on Star Wars, 1977, The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, and Return of the Jedi, 1983.
Star Wars Trilogy, 1977-1983
A Technirama camera, converted in the mid-1950s from a 1930s Technicolor three-strip 35mm camera by Technicolor Corporation, USA, blue crackle finish on alloy body, the brass plate to the rear of the body engraved TECHNICOLOR CAMERA G-9, TECHNICOLOR MOTION PICTURE CORP., HOLLYWOOD, CALIF., a second plate to the side door engraved 1, fitted with a Technicolor co-axial magazine stencilled R6/L6 and stickered with the logo for Richard Edlund’s Pignose portable guitar amplifiers, a 1953 Leica Summicron 50mm f/2 lens, an original ILM motor, a 1920s Mitchell friction head numbered 7065, and wooden Mitchell tripod legs with spreader for display, together with associated ILM camera control box marked G-NINE RAMA and labelled Property of Lucasfilm Ltd., and an original Technirama camera flight case stencilled DG3 and STAR WARS CORP, EMI STUDIOS, LONDON, UK, containing period 28mm and 35mm lenses and filters; accompanied by copies of ten original exposure reports documenting the camera’s use in the production of Star Wars, 1976-1977, seven colour behind-the-scenes photographs (printed later) showing the camera in use on all three films in the original Star Wars Trilogy, and a detailed letter of provenance from ILM visual effects supervisor Richard Edlund
Camera: 26 x 11 x 19 in. (66 x 28 x 48 cm.); magazine: 20 ½ x 8 x 15 ¼ in. (52 x 20 x 40 cm.); control box: 17 ½ x 15 ½ x 6 ½ in. (44.5 x 39 x 16.5 cm.); flight case: 21 x 19 x 12 ½ in. (53 x 48 x 32 cm.)
(a lot)
A Technirama motion control camera owned and used extensively by visual effects studio Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) for their groundbreaking effects photography on Star Wars, 1977, The Empire Strikes Back, 1980, and Return of the Jedi, 1983.
Provenance
Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction; Propstore, London, 27 September 2016, lot 423.
Literature
J. Dykstra, ‘Miniature and Mechanical Special Effects for Star Wars’, American Cinematographer, Vol. 58, No. 7, July 1977, pp. 702-705.
R. Edlund, interview by M. Garris, Cinefantastique, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 17-18.
P. Mandell, ‘Tauntauns, Walkers and Robots: creating stop motion magic for The Empire Strikes Back’, Cinefex, No. 3, December 1980
K. H. Martin, ‘War Stories’, Cinefex, No. 65, March 1996, p. 73.
D. Muren, interview by Paul Mandel, Cinefantastique, Vol 06 No 4, p. 21-24.
D. Shay (ed.), ‘Jedi Journal’, Cinefex, No. 13, July 1983, illustrated, pp. 22, 30.
R. Edlund, interview by M. Garris, Cinefantastique, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 17-18.
P. Mandell, ‘Tauntauns, Walkers and Robots: creating stop motion magic for The Empire Strikes Back’, Cinefex, No. 3, December 1980
K. H. Martin, ‘War Stories’, Cinefex, No. 65, March 1996, p. 73.
D. Muren, interview by Paul Mandel, Cinefantastique, Vol 06 No 4, p. 21-24.
D. Shay (ed.), ‘Jedi Journal’, Cinefex, No. 13, July 1983, illustrated, pp. 22, 30.
Further Details
Vintage computers and machines have been preserved for their cultural and aesthetic importance in both the history of technology and the making of the modern world; they are composite items fabricated from multiple parts. The computers and machines in this sale may have been used by their original owners as tools in the trade over many years or indeed decades and may have been modified then or subsequently from their original form.
This lot is being sold as an antique and collectible only. The lot may not operate, function, or comply with current requirements or technical standards and may no longer be operational or fit for its original or any other purpose. Please see the Condition Report for further details.
This lot is being sold as an antique and collectible only. The lot may not operate, function, or comply with current requirements or technical standards and may no longer be operational or fit for its original or any other purpose. Please see the Condition Report for further details.
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