| 1 | Apogee Productions was established in 1977 by [[Creator/IndustrialLightAndMagic ILM]] employee John Dykstra. The company is best known for its contributions to the original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' and ''Film/StarTrekTheMotionPicture''. It also helped to create the CGI Creator/{{Paramount}} logo used from 1986-2002, being responsible for the physical models of the mountain and landscape around it. |
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| 3 | The studio disbanded in the 1990s. Dykstra has since moved on to Creator/SonyPicturesImageworks as an effects supervisor. |
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| 5 | '''Note''': This organization has nothing to do with the company formerly known as Apogee ''Software'' Productions that released classic PC games like ''VideoGame/CommanderKeen'', ''VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D'' or ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D''; for ''them'', see Creator/ThreeDRealms. |
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| 8 | !! Aside from the above, Apogee has also done effects for: |
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| 10 | [[index]] |
| 11 | * ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail'' (titles) |
| 12 | * ''Ride/BackToTheFutureTheRide'' (with Creator/DreamQuestImages and Creator/{{Imagica}}) |
| 13 | * ''Film/{{Big}}'' |
| 14 | * ''Film/{{Caddyshack}}'' |
| 15 | * The first three entries of the ''Franchise/ChildsPlay'' franchise (first film with Creator/RubySpears). |
| 16 | * ''Film/DieHard2'' |
| 17 | * ''Film/ElviraMistressOfTheDark'' (movie) |
| 18 | * ''Film/GhostDad'' |
| 19 | * ''Film/GhostbustersII'' |
| 20 | * ''Series/HighwayToHeaven'' (one episode) |
| 21 | * ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'' |
| 22 | * ''Film/{{Lifeforce|1985}}'' |
| 23 | * ''Film/MacAndMe'' |
| 24 | * ''Film/MyStepmotherIsAnAlien'' |
| 25 | * ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' |
| 26 | * ''WesternAnimation/RockADoodle'' |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Spaceballs}}'' |
| 28 | * ''VideoGame/SewerShark'' |
| 29 | * ''Film/{{The Thing|1982}}'' (Motion Control services for Creator/VisualConceptEngineering; uncredited) |
| 30 | [[/index]] |
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| 33 | !!Associated Tropes: |
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| 35 | * CanonForeigner: The Epsilon IX design as seen in ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture''. The original concept had it as simply a radar station on the surface of a planet. |
| 36 | * StockFootage: ''Battlestar Galactica''; which was further recycled wholesale into ''Film/SpaceMutiny''. |
| 37 | * TroubledProduction: The studio is no stranger to this happening to them; even getting kicked off of both ''Film/AlteredStates'' and ''Film/Dune1984'' because of those films' general production issues. |
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