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SHIRLEY MACLAINE: WE HAVE
PETER USTINOV: DO
YOU THINK WE SHOULD
EXPLAIN WHAT ‘SPECIAL
EFFECTS’ ARE?
SHIRLEY MACLAINE:
WELL, PETER, THEY ARE A
LITTLE DIFFICULT AND
COMPLICATED TO EXPLAIN …
—1959
During the 50s and 60s, many
special effects underwent huge development,
increasing the realism of sci-fi films.
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FROM TOP: RON GALELLA/WIREIMAGE/GETTY IMAGES;
PARAMOUNT PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES; HULTON ARCHIVE/GETTY
IMAGES; CHARLOTTE OBSERVER/MCT VIA GETTY IMAGES
BEEN ASKED TO ANNOUNCE
THE WINNER OF THE AWARD FOR
SPECIAL EFFECTS.
quoted
“My name is Chevy
Chase and I must
say I feel privileged
to be your host this
evening. Actually
I’m one of your cohosts. Well, that’s
not true. I’m really
a replacement. I’m
sorry to have to
tell you that Jim
and Tammy Bakker
couldn’t make it
tonight. Apparently
she’s taking some
kind of a trip and
he had to be part of
some major affair.”
— CHEVY CHASE,1987
The Bakkers were television
evangelists whose business
fell apart after a series of sex
and money scandals in 1987.